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Its a LOT more involved getting to the RAM. It will be one stick of RAM, Valve have already said they were unable to source ANY volume of 8GB DDR5 SODIMMS so the entire production run is 1 x 16GB.
Ah ok I didn’t realise they’d officially said it’s only 1 x 16gb in there, makes sense to get it moving at least.
Think I followed the guide to the nvme but then closed it not looking to the get to the ram section
Well, as I am now owner of pingwing's old BC-250 setup, I may be able to help with some benchmarking now that I've got to grips with the hardware and setup over the weekend to the detriment of my sleep pattern
I've unlocked the extra 16 CUs, OC's the CPU and GPU and put a quieter fan in place. Unfortunately, still need to upgrade the thermal interface on the VRAM and got some phase change pads on the way that should help on the APU over thermal paste. Not much I can do about the annoying low hum of the PSU fan though without ripping it out for a Noctua (defeating the point of it being budget) or replace the PSU altogether.
I think the Steam Machine is mainly always going to have an advantage over DIY efforts though in terms of size, noise, CEC and suspend/resume.
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Doing some stability testing still. For some reason Bazzite limits my FPS in "Deck/Game Mode" to 60 FPS, so having to do this from the desktop. Thought I'd see how this BC-250 does with CP2077 with some RT (the RT Medium and High are both well under 30fps and in now way going to be playable). Not posting a screenshot, but it gets a respectable 69 avg fps on the Ultra preset at 1080p without turning into jet engine mode. So the DIY Steam Machine does surprisingly well and would be interested to see how the real SM handles it.
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When I first heard about the BC250, I hadn't heard of anyone unlocking the extra CUs. Watched a video on it recently, and it is a nice extra bit of performance that can be clawed out of it. I've really considered one over the last while, but the prices are so much higher than they were.
Awesome little boards though!
Awesome little boards though!
Not much of a review but the SM does what I want when fed through an Onkyo box to the TV/speakers.
CEC works.
Streaming games from main machine works when you need heavy lifting.
Bluetooth pairing for ancient kb/trackpad works.
Logitech game controller (ancient USB from 15 years ago) works.
Adult daughter's nintendo controllers work fine (so she says).
Pair up a bluetooth kb/mouse and head to the desktop where all the stuff that worked on the deck pretty much works better here.
No noise. No maintenance. PC which plays games in your living room and doesn't use Windows.
CEC works.
Streaming games from main machine works when you need heavy lifting.
Bluetooth pairing for ancient kb/trackpad works.
Logitech game controller (ancient USB from 15 years ago) works.
Adult daughter's nintendo controllers work fine (so she says).
Pair up a bluetooth kb/mouse and head to the desktop where all the stuff that worked on the deck pretty much works better here.
No noise. No maintenance. PC which plays games in your living room and doesn't use Windows.
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Random additions from my weekend, got the Mac touch pad and wireless keyboard from my old mini connected no hassle and now navigating desktop mode to do get GOG games set up. They both work as well as when connected to the mini which is a nice experience, makes me appreciate the LTT video using it as a regular pc.
Forgot steamos is ultra barebones when you first set it up and I had to wait a min to download Firefox as well!
Turns out I'm an idiot with Lutris, it can do 99% of the work for you if you link it with your GOG account and there's not bonus work to get things installed (the 00's linux experience is not present here at all)
Forgot steamos is ultra barebones when you first set it up and I had to wait a min to download Firefox as well!
Turns out I'm an idiot with Lutris, it can do 99% of the work for you if you link it with your GOG account and there's not bonus work to get things installed (the 00's linux experience is not present here at all)
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Nothing better to spend their money on with all other tech being sucky at the moment I suppose.
With all the gloom and doom about the economy, the average Joe still finds money from somewhere to spend on tech.
Should be easy to pass up based on your previous comment where you apparently cancelled it
Should be easy to pass up based on your previous comment where you apparently cancelled it
Kind of shows how many went to with the crowd writing it off. Then pop up later on "oh yeah! I forgot I made a reservation and it's being shipped"
Many in this thread have done the same but of course, they are going to keep quiet to save the embarrassment
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Should be easy to pass up based on your previous comment where you apparently cancelled it
Tbh I thought I had but I’m old so I might have just thought about it rather than actually doing it.
Tbh I thought I had but I’m old so I might have just thought about it rather than actually doing it.
Can deffo relate to that lol.