Mid 2024 Handheld PC Buyers Guide

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[alejandrochavez]

I know what I want to buy, I just don't have the money

[brandongabel]

Owned a Steam Deck for almost a year before the OLED came out. I loved it so much and thought I'd buy the OLED for my girlfriend for Christmas. When I tested it out to make sure it worked, I fell in love with it and decided to sell my LCD and upgrade to the OLED. Best decision I've ever made. I love it more than any other piece of tech and gaming console I've ever owned. I almost exclusively play on it, except for when I'm not home. That's when I play my RP4P, which in my opinion is the perfect pocketable powerhouse companion.

Great video man!

[conchobar]

Owned the Steam Deck for a year. Bought an Ally and never looked back. The idea that I cant play basic games like Minecraft or even Roblox on the Steam Deck made me realize it has too many limitations. Also VRR is a must have feature for a handheld used to play modern AAA games as most will be played below 60fps. Buy an open-box Ally and the Best Buy extended warranty and you are good.

[dennisdelacruz]

Sleep mode on the Steam Deck is a super underrated feature. Not needing to meddle with windows and to quickly power on and off my device is PRICELESS. I like to play quick bursts <30mins at a time. Games like Hades1&2, Dirt Rally2, Art of Rally, run flawlessly @90hz. At home I like to use Chiaki4deck and play AAA while my kids hog the TV. Can’t wait for the next version of the Steam Deck. Get the OLED version if you can, temper your expectations and what you can realistically play, and enjoy your device

[zomg]

if you want amazing battery but less performance go for oled deck and if you want perfomance over battery go for ally z1 ext.I had all 4 handheld and they are pretty much all good.Msi claw was useless at launch but now its actually really good with all the updates.Scroring 3900 3d mark timespy while ally hits only 3200.

[DStalth]

Pre-ordered the original Steam Deck and got it on day of release. Loved it, stuck in a 1tb micro sd card full of some of the games i have in the arcade cabinet i built years ago. After awhile, i ran into issues with creating playlists for all my emulated games using the Linux desktop, where it would reset all my playlists every so often. Got on my nerves.

Then the Steam Oled got announced and i was about to pull the trigger, yhen i saw the Ayaneo 2S. It was stupidly expensive but was powerful at the time and looked amazing as it has literally no bezels. I justified the spend by telling myself, ill also ise it as a desktop PC for photo and video editing when im traveling. Stuck in a 4tb ssd i had, threw on a ton of games and used the same front end software I use on my arcade (Bigbox) and its amazing! But yeah, i can't see many people doing that.

[fearlesswee]

Right now during the Summer Sale on Steam, you can get a 64GB LCD Steam Deck for $296.65 USD. Which, for the "price to performance" is just a good deal. Sure that meager 64GB of storage isn't great, but you can stick in any SD card you already own. You're not gonna be playing any big-budget modern AAA releases that really need 300GB of space and a super-fast SSD to function on a Deck anyways, so an SD card is fine.

[fpvpilot]

We need a handheld that plays pc games but performs as well as the Switch in all areas. Battery life, noise, heat, time spent updating, included docking station and hdmi cable when you buy it, the device will sleep while a game is paused, etc.

[conradsmith]

I bought a brand new Steam Deck OLED about a month ago. This thing is awesome. It’s convenient and easy to use like a portable console, yet it can play triple A games. If you get a dongle/dock and keyboard, mouse, and monitor…you can use it just like a computer. It truly is one. Layout and some features are different because it is Steam OS/Linux, but it’s nice enough and not too hard to work with compared to windows. Sure you can’t play all games, but people are constantly working to make things work and they usually can, except for anti-cheat games which I don’t really care for anyway.

I am completely new to gaming. I have little interest in competitive and online gaming. I just want to game casually. My laptop is also starting to break. This thing is exactly what I was looking for. It’s a PC, it’s a console. It’s not perfect at either, but it definitely works as both. I can play older PS and Xbox exclusives and mod games. It’s just like a computer, but you will not find a computer more convenient and easy to use when gaming. If everything is hooked up right it also works like a computer just great.

[Goldn_shotz]

Bro did you say irreguardless ? That’s not a word

[theannoyingcitrus]

I assume you are going by the valve ratings but fall guys works great on steam deck even though listed as unsupported

[egftw]

Black desert works now! Devs need to enable linux for anti-cheat in more games

[AdeelMuhammad]

Well for me Backbone one with my Samsung S23+ with all Emulators (from PS2 to Nintendo Switch) is a GO at the moment.

[NorCalDubber]

Just bought legion go 512 for 579, would have preferred the steam deck oled if it had more power, a better screen resolution, and windows 11 drivers for a dual boot.

[Litematter]

Love the legion go, miles better than then steamdeck for my needs,

[khalilsstories]

I just want one that plays gamecube lol lets watch this video 🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[Acidblack]

The legion Go is the best imo. Had the Ally, OG steam deck, and the OLED deck. The ally screen is too small, the steam deck is nice but can’t run some games without workarounds (anti cheat), the OLED deck screen is the best but it’s still steam OS. The legion go has weak speakers but an amazing screen. I
Love the switch like setup.

[qazifaisal]

I use aokzoe and rog ally z1 extreme on the go even at work .

[RAPMADAFAK]

I love my Legion Go, my main point is to have a big display and I’m also glad Lenovo currently has the best hardware

[TimothyEdwards-eeej]

Got an open box z1e ally for 369 great condition, traded series s and and old IPAD I never use and boom 70 dollar ally. Dont forget about best by trade ins as well!