A Steam Deck Mini PC Using Real Hardware!

In this video we turn a broken Steam deck into a Mini PC!
I recently bought a Broken Parted out Steam deck that would have cost too much to repair so naturally we had to turn it into a mini PC!
Using the LCD Steam deck motherboard and a 65W travel charger with HDMI we transformed the parts into a functional Mini Gaming PC powered by Linux!

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00:00 Introduction
04:28 Testing it out
08:41 Gaming performance
10:50 Final Thoughts

[ETAPRIME]

This actually worked better than expected, but seriously, don't take your Steam Deck apart to try this

[unknown]

The seller after watching this video: Can I have it back?

[finallyfriday]

Seller: Yeah haha my cat pushed it off the table or something
ETA Prime: So that was a f*cking lie

[rcvillapando]

This is what PRIME is about.

Not sponsored ads, just tinkering and being creative.

[nugzmedallion]

The fact that you can basically get a fairly competent low-end gaming PC for $100 or less by buying just the board and fan in this manner is actually really cool.

[internziko]

Damn ETA! You accidentally created the greatest raspberry pie in history.

[zsombor_]

Just a motherboard+cooling & a single cable and it's this functional?! Woah! 👍

[SpartanDiab]

It's good to know that the deck will function without a battery connected and all the other parts, when you take those away the deck really is a tiny little machine!

[grocerybaggy]

These are the type of videos I miss from this channel

[zscske]

I'm so glad someone did it, i get mine back 2 weeks ago, the repair center said there is too much water damage to fully fix it but works as a desktop, but now i can shrink it down, thank you for the idea

[LelandHasGames]

It would be cool to see a custom 3d printed case for it. I was just thinking about how if you could get the motherboard on the cheap, you could get a really good gaming experience out of it. You could just build a mini steam machine. I don't know why Valve hasn't already done it themselves

[acdnan]

Did you feel that? Yeah, second hand Steam Deck just went up in price.

[nguyenminhuc]

imagine putting that hardware along with portable monitor is insane, so we can have a budget ROG flow z13 running steamos

[JerziTBoss]

Honestly even if this is just desktop steam deck, I would connect the battery either way. It still won't be a handheld but it would be portable and if you lose power from the wall, you'll still have backup to save the game or play for a little while longer.

[PaulPhilion]

Build suggestion: Steam Hoodie wearable. Attach the deconstructed steamdeck to a sturdy hoodie, add a pair of Xreal Airs. Wearable gaming platform, that keeps you warm on cold nights.

[KOSMOSA]

Valve, take notes. This is how you resurrect the Steam Machines.

[some_shiptoster]

Would love to see this overclocked, since battery power is no longer a concern. Was planning on using my deck as a set-top box like this if the screen ever breaks, but I didn't realize you could strip so much hardware.

[_Turbocat]

Building it and a dock into a case as a single unit would be pretty cool.

If you can nab a broken steam deck for cheap this would def be worth it.

[Spongegoose]

What a brilliant idea. The Steam Deck is such a great little device for everything it can do, and they're not hard to find cheap. Honestly, I might consider this as a TV PC device.

[RetroCrisis]

Nice way to revive 'broken' hardware. Would be great to see a nice case for it.