If you buy a Sabrent SSD it comes with Acronis and you can clone your drive via USB 4 and an eternal SSD enclosure. I put a 2 TB Sabrent Rocket 2242 in my LeGo a few weeks ago.
Acronis is now a subscription service which sucks ass, it used to be a buy once type of deal (got mine in 2019) but i can attest it is the best back up software ever.
okay I was wondering about that, but you should need to unencrypt it first if you want to clone it no? or would a cloning tool be able to just send everything properly to the new one?
@@CantankerousDave Yep, have had mine for almost a year now. Started at 512GB, then a 2TB, now a 4TB. All still working in my computer. The 512 had the OS originally, so I just kept that instead of cloning it or reinstalling Windows on another drive.
Its like a cicle, they were born thicc and chunky (OG gameboy, atari lynx, sega nomad/game gear), but as the time passed, they got thinner and smaller, now they are getting bigger again... hahahaha....
Pretty soon they'll be like the super boom boxes of the '80s. A giant flat screen that you carry it on your shoulder, with tiny hand contrlos at each end..
That’s me, I have a ROG Ally X as well as a custom built PC that I put together a few years ago that’s equipped with an RTX 4090. I am behind a desk and a PC all day at work. I rather lay in bed of lay back on the couch with my handheld.
I bought a 3DS and a Vita, and ended up only using them on the ride to work. Couldn't stand sitting on my bad playing while I had a perfectly good PC and console a meter away.
Not always the case, I take my Steam Deck to work with me to play on my breaks, and when I get home I love to jump on my big rig to play games maxed out, at utrawide high resolution, and high fps.
If you got payed to count blades of grass all day, you'd call that work. It's menial, has no real benefit, makes no tangible value, but it's still work.
Jay thought you would get a kick out of this story. This happened to me. Back in the early to mid 90's I had to order separate storage drive for the department I headed. IT had asked that I get a 1 gb hard drive to put on the server for my departments storage need(engineering) for our drawings. I went to my boss and told him the cost $1000.00 US. I was instructed that I would have to generate a business plan to justify the expenditure. I did so and we bought the drive. The drive was a full height 5 1/4"drive. We used the drive for many years but servers were upgraded and the drive was not used. Wheni left the company many years later I saw that drive had been reassigned to being a door stop in the server room! Technology and hardware have sure advanced over the years. My first system was 8088 10mhz 64k ram system.
I also couldnt get into handheld gaming even after getting my steam deck at launch. What ultimately got me into it was buying one of those fpga gameboy color handhelds and playing all the games i didnt get to play as a kid, like Harvest Moon, the Pokemon games, Zelda Links Awakening etc. This not only got me into a huge vintage gaming rabbit-hole but also changed my perspective on handheld gaming. These days if I have 30-45 minutes to kill, Im not walking over to my gaming pc, turning it on, waiting for it to boot, wait some more for the game to launch etc.. I just grab a handheld, flick a switch/press a button and i can continue where i left off days ago. Nobody NEEDS to get into handheld gaming, but theres so much fun to be had that I think its worth a few tries to get into it. Im happy as heck i gave it another attempt! ;)
WD_BLACK SN770M 2TB M.2 2230. £129. Free wd cloning software. It's So simple to clone the whole drive. With any nvme expansion enclosure. Via type c port. Power off. Swap over drives. Don't bother to unplug the battery. Then, just hold power the power button down. With charge cable plugged in. Job done. Enjoy.
@@esqueue well i own an original one and with backlight mod, screen mod and sound mod and got rid of the batteries soldered everything myself so i guess i know more than most people
First of all, I indeed signed up for Jayz2digress. Second of all, it would be cool to have Phil do the mobile videos like this. He's so passionate. Not that we don't love you Jay.
There's also the option to use an external SSD adapter for USB. Especially with an USB hub. You could even use a 2230 or 2280 SSD holder, or even a 2.5" SSD or even HDD, on the back of the thing. Or one of those 2.5" M.2 hubs which let you have up to 4 SSDs, I think, but even 2 of those would be better than nothing.
I am also a member of the ROG army here, having had an Ally and now an Ally X. I take mine with me for gaming while I'm on field trips (I'm a schoolbus driver), or if I'm away on vacation. I have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse for it too, and will use it for general desktop purposes while away as well.
I really like how 2230 was a very OEM part type that had seemingly no push to improve outside of hand me downs from other m.2 sizes as they got bigger. rising tide & all that. then the steam deck & all the deck-a-likes come out using that size & suddenly an arms race to improve 2230 starts. all because it's now a size that general consumers, for a given value of 'general', now vocally want. I remember when trying to find a 512gb 2230 was difficult & expensive, but now you can get a 2tb for 'reasonable' prices with high availability
Absolutely agree with Phil on it being the game type. Anything that requires high attention, target tracketing and visual focus is 100% a desktop job. Slower paced, casual stuff that doesn't need 100% uptime on your attention is where I love handheld.
I've have a ROG Ally Extreme for about 10 months, upgraded the 512gb to 2tb 2230 shortly after getting it. used a ugreen SSD enclosure, cloned the drive with the included cloning software that came with the Sabrent 2TB drive and then installed the new drive , its works great with all of my xbox game pass games etc. I have a gaming PC with a 3070ti, and a Series X and yet i find I play the Ally more than anything else. Its very convenient to just play anywhere ( assuming you have power, battery life does suck) .
I briefly owned a Dell SFF desktop from Costco last year. I returned it when I couldn't do triple-head from the onboard graphics. (Turned out to be a good thing since it came with an Intel 13th-gen CPU, but few people suspected that would turn out to be a problem...) It came with Windows installed on a 2230 NVMe. It fit on top of some drive cage or bracket or something; it would also support 2280s which would span across some air gap to a separate mounting post somewhere. When I cracked the case open to look around and put my own Linux 2280 NVMe in there, I was surprised that they shipped it with a 2230. The space saving didn't seem useful, since they still engineered it to allow for a 2280 if the owner wanted to use one. So it wasn't like it allowed them to mash more components into a small SFF case. Maybe the 2230 was a smaller capacity and it saved them parts cost to put in a 256 GB drive that just happened to be shorter--i.e. if all the 2280s they could commercially source would have been larger and more expensive? If it might have mattered to somebody to be able to accept a shorter NVMe drive that they happened to already have, it would only take 2230 and 2280--there wasn't a way to mount an intermediate size because it would have been in the middle of that air gap. (Other sizes are so rare that it seems unlikely a new owner would have one on hand that they wanted to use anyway.)
I bought myself the Steam Deck OLED and absolutely love it. I love that it has a suspend feature that I can put it to sleep without shutting down the game. That way I can sneak in quick gaming sessions even if I only have 10-20 minutes to spare.
I've had a Teamgroup 2GB in my SteamDeck for awhile now. Absolutely no regrets installing... its a faster drive than what was in the Steamdeck too. Glad someone is shedding light on how to do this in general.
My first handheld system was the OG Gameboy. I've been doing it a long long time. There's no secret to it; back in the day GBA and DS were great for taking a shit (another job smartphones replaced) and now Nintendo's only console is the switch. The industry should thank Nintendo for inspiring the handheld revolution. Oh, and I still play my Switch on the regular. Nintendo has some great first party titles, but their selection of indie games is where the console really shines. I recently booted my save from "Cult of the Lamb" and started working through the DLC. I'd recommend just trying some indie games. just sit back in a big easy chair (or in bed, if allowed) and focus on having fun. One thing you might want to look at is a "grip" - the handheld slides into it and gives it the feeling of a giant controller with a screen. Way more comfortable for long sessions.
Rocking a Steam Deck LCD 64GB model with a 256GB internal storage upgrade and a 512GB SD card, i mostly use it as Indie game system and to run Kodi (Ripped DVDs/BD's off a NAS) on my TV via the Dock, i would highly recommend going OLED model tho, the LCD models WiFi/BT modue sucks big time if you have a internet conection faster than 300mb/s or if you want more than 2 BT devices connected at any one time
WD and Corsair make 2TB 2230 sized SSD with TLC flash instead of majority of manufacturers(inc. Crucial/Micron) who make their 2230 SSDs with garbage grade QLC flash
I've been a portable gamer for years. loved my ds, 3ds, psp, ps vita, non docked switch, & my steam deck. action, rpg, action rpg, platformer, anything really story or grind heavy. I've found to be wonderful fits for portable system. for getting into it, just wanting to get some gaming in when you're away from anything & not wanting to use your phone really. I try to keep my deck with me if I know I'm going to be in a waiting room or if I'm with someone who's going to be doing something without me for an extended length of time. sometimes it's also just playing what I want, where I want. I played through quite a few games I had on ps3 & vita almost exclusively on my vita, just because I didn't want to go over to my ps3. & you called phil out on it, but being able to take the power of your main rig to somewhere comfortable to just chill & play is a really attractive thing to do, once you get into the swing of it
A friend gifted me the Steam Deck for my 35th bday this year back in June. I love to all sorts of titles on it even at home cuz some stuff just lends to its controls so much. Like bunch of the stuff I'd break out a controler for, or things that I might not have played on my PC that just work/feel better on the Deck. lots are indi titles, some are just normal games. I was also realllly happy to have it during a blackout that lasted three days back in late June early August.. my machines are a tool that help me with my ptsd/anxiety and most of my support community is online as I'm disabled rl. Being able to just set it up with a Keyboard and mouse and have a battery bank help keep it charged while I listen and chatted with friends and watched RUclips. I take the thing with me nearly every time I head out for errands. Normally I'd be worried about taking such a device around but its not that much more pricy than my Switch and I'm usually not leaving my scooter out of sight.
Got an Ally earlier this year. Swapped out the SSD for a 2TB WD Black SN770. And bought a tiny enclosure for the original 512GB drive that I can connect via a JSAux dock.
It's crazy how far we're come. First SSD I bought was a 128gb samsung 830 back in 2011. It was pretty expensive at launch. I still remember being blown away by how fast and responsive my mid-range PC got. (A year later I bought a 250gb 840 solely for games, same story.) Consumer SSD's must be the single most transformational piece of performance upgrade in PC hardware since....ever I guess. The only other thing I can think of is floppy boot to hard drive boot and floppy to CD-rom and flash drives. Correct me if I missed something. Now you can by a 1 TB+ MICRO SD card for a lot less money than those SSD's. Ridiculous. 🥴
I got hyped about the Deck and preordered it. Then it came out and I played with it for a while, but then it sat. I used it for trips and being out and about for awhile, which was especially nice during the non stop doc and physical therapy visits after my motorcycle accident. Boy it really came in handy then! As of late though it's been the stop gap for my gaming while my PC has been back and forth to MicroCenter with the Intel issues. Since it seems like it will be going back *again*, the deck will be recharged and kept available for gaming while my workhorse is away to ICU...
I use my tablet as a "Steam Deck" type deal with Sunshine for Moonlight. It's been a game changer when I want to just chill on my bed and play some games. Same thing with all the other retro gaming handhelds, is just nice to lay in bed and play some games.
For more experienced users: using a USB C hub and a Macrium Reflect bootable disk, boot the device into Macrium , back the internal storage into ann external Storage, put the new storage and boot into Macrium, deploy back up into the new storage! Go back into windows install Minitool partition wizard and move and resize the partitions to the Max! Takes a litte bit of time but it worth it bit by bit!
I play almost exclusively on my ROG Ally. It’s perfect for being able to game while having a baby. I can play on the couch while she watches TV or takes a nap on me. Or go to bed and play in bed at the end of the day instead of being at my desk. Just makes it more convenient being able to still hang around the family and not tied to a desk.
I finally dove in and got myself a Steam Deck OLED three weeks ago. I had a Gameboy as a kid(I'm 41 now), but it was a big deal that I got one, at the time. I still remember agonizing over which $50 Gameboy cartridge to get once per year when I had managed to save up to get one. I find the switch to controller-style controls from keyboard and mouse is kinda jarring and puts me off playing some games on my Deck. I mainly play Forza Horizon 5 and BG3 on my Deck. Emulation looks really cool, but I haven't messed around with it yet. I could see the Steam Deck being the perfect device to emulate the games of my childhood.
If you're replacing your ssd in your steam deck 2 pieces of advice. 1 remove your sd card, if you open your deck with sd card in it will snap in half. 2. Use a good screwdriver. The screws are really soft and strip easy, get a good driver kit with a head that fits tightly and you should be fine.
I’m using AYANEO 2. I travel a lot with my wife, and I mainly travel play Destiny 2. Which is not compatible with Steam Deck, and the Asus Ally came out after my pre-order. Currently AYANEO is allowing for a motherboard upgrade to the 8640 chipset (although currently delayed). You can also put in full-sized 2280 drives in it.
I might relate with you about hand-helds. Didn't have a Game Boy but my Aunt Barb owned it and let my Uncle Warren play it, and a kid on the school bus had one who said he would let me play it later but I think he forgot, he said no. I did play on the Game Boy kiosk with the screen magnifier at Lancaster Mall in Salem, OR. The game I played on it was Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. I enjoyed it. It was a nifty experience playing games in those days. I didn't own a Game Boy until the early 00's. I remember the games I had were Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Asteroids.
I purchased a 64GB SteamDeck and a 1TB SSD from Sabrant and in came in a super cute metal case. My gaming went from few hours a week on my PC to 30 hours on my SteamDeck lol. It really fixed my issue of gaming in summer with the PC acting as an heater and the AC barely able to cool my room.
I used three different systems, Switch OLED, Ally, and Steamdeck. All of them were sold because I found that I just cannot get used to such a tiny screen and have quality gaming. I rediscovered my love for PC gaming using these handhelds and so there is the silver lining.
Recently got a steam deck. Mostly remote play from my second PC. Absolutely love it. Bing able to just sit back and play a game on a hand held is just awesome.
The Sarge Disk from Sarge also uses 2230 NVME drives. I got one from Kickstarter and 2TB of backup space has been very very handy for a grab-and-go emergency backup.
GPD Win4! Has a keyboard, but it's small enough for my girly little hands. But I love being able to play my MMO if I leave town. I won't miss any of the events, and I can still help the guild, or progress. And if I don't have an internet connection I can just play whatever I have installed. I use it about 1-2 hours/week normally. It really came in handy while I was in the middle of figuring out where I was going to live took about 10 months but with it I knew I was always going to be able to game. It's also great for playing my backlog of games, since I can easily "pause" and just jump back in later.
I'm using an Ally X now. Own an Ally (Z1E) and a pretty decent PC (5800X/2070 super) yet I don't touch my PC anymore. The X runs Skyrim great, Starfield okay, Dirt Rally 2.0, and The Witcher 3 for some more demanding titles. Or I'm playing Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Cult of the Lamb and similar styles for hours on end just chilling on the couch or in bed. It's not a great device for new AAA titles if that's what you want but for 3-5+ year old games or indies, it's great to take out of town with work, freedom to play anywhere, more comfortable seating positions to game in.
The original Steamdeck has been my best purchase for the past like 5 years. I have been playing a lot of roguelikes on it which takes a lot less power and usually runs at 60fps with really low power draw. So I can play wherever I want, on the toilet, on a plane, on a train, in my bed etc.
honestly didnt know it had a cloud windows install. I have been hesitant to swap my 512 out for 2tb but without the ability to clone the drive but now im going to buy another sabrent many thanks J!
Currently I’m trying playing WoW on my Steamdeck. I take it with me to work and play during my lunch break. Was also using my deck to play Darksiders 2, hades, dragon quest builders 2 in bed at night or from the couch if I’m in the living room before I got my laptop or if I don’t want to set it up or need more portable or more battery
I have a steam deck and my main use of it is for travel or when I don't feel like getting out of bed to play something. I also tend to only play games on it that have controller support, that I would normally play with a controller (example, I tend to play EDF games with a controller and playing them on steam deck is fine). Using the steam deck is great in those situations as it's less cumbersome to get setup and lets me get to playing games faster.
Isn't it possible to just clone the old drive to the new one and not have to go through the rigmarole of reinstalling everything from scratch? It is 2024, after all, not 2004.
This stuff is like magic...I have an idea how it works, but its still like magic to me we can manufacture this stuff. I was born in 84, I have seen the entire road of data storage , its just amazing. Wish I could be around in another 100 years, cant begin to imagine what we will have then.
I love that SSD's seem to be time proof, they just keep getting better, smaller, and hold more, while the prices keep the same or decrease. Never had a gaming held hand but man they are starting to look good. I bet an Ally or Steam Deck would bring lots of gaming fun. I don't think I'll be able to convince the wife i need a portable version of the thing i already spend to much money and time on.
I completely agree when it comes to hand held gaming and even console gaming, I could never get into it. It always seemed too expensive to me. I grew up in the days of the Atari 2600, and my cousins had one which we played when we visited, which was sadly much too infrequent. I have always preferred to put the money into my PC. As the family computer guy that provides in person and remote support, I need to try to keep a step above the rest of the family PC's.
I've always entered and exited the handheld market, never with anything other than Nintendo consoles though. Even with a Switch, I tend to still use it as a home-console only, rarely playing it outside of its dock... but when I do play it handheld, it's to play either a retro game (like Super Metroid, Star Fox 64, or Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga) or The World Ends with You (1 - as it's best with a touch-screen). Largely, I think the reason I don't use it handheld more often is the joy cons that come with it aren't ergonomic. Especially for large hands. I might not know what to suggest for you to get into handheld gaming, as PC handhelds don't appeal to me at all. Afterall, the biggest reason to buy a traditional handheld (not a handheld PC) is because games will just work. I guess my advice would be... look for a game that isn't on PC; if it can't be played without emulation and you like it, you're more likely to go back to whatever you have. Also, don't care about performance beyond "can I enjoy the game," as the specifics will be the thief of joy for handheld gaming. Lot of people tend to forget that these days.
I got a Switch OLED last year... I've used it a little bit. But I understand Jay, I spend a lot of time gaming in other ways instead of on the handheld.
When I do portable gaming I play on a Analogue Pocket. I love it for all the consoles it can play such as GB, GBC, GBA and TurboGrafx-16 just to name some of the consoles it can play. I also play GB, GBC and GBA games on it at the moment. I do plan on expanding what I play on it in the future too.
I've had my ally for nearly a year now and still love playing on it. I take it away in my caravan and with the powerstation I've got I can play for hours with it or if its sunny out the play time is unlimited. Also went to 2tb but got an adapter and a slight case mod to fit the full sized m.2 for a lot cheaper than the smaller m.2 The only annoying thing about it is the modern gaming world of always being online and the game has to be updated.
When it comes to handhelds, it is all about the type of game. If I had a steam deck or the like, things like the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, and basically every older Final Fantasy game, and the like would be awesome.
I've been playing classic Pokémon/Zelda on my modded Game Boy Advance. I modded it with an new shell/buttons, USB-C battery, and backlit IPS color screen with an adapter to play via HDMI on my tv. I do have an "Epilogue: GB Operator" for my PC, but it's not the same as holding the system in your hands.
Hey Jay, I'm using a ROG Ally and upgraded mine to a 2TB full-size m2 with an angle adapter I got from Aliexpress. Otherwise I also use an Analogue Pocket FPGA handheld, my Nintendo new 3DS and a PS Vita 2000. Handheld gaming can be very relaxing and it helps with grinding in games for example where you maybe just do it as a side activity.
Original LCD Steam Deck, 512GB, haven't upgraded it yet, but this gives me a reason to. I do have a 512GB Micro SD for the emulation side of things, but Steam (and other) games go to the SSD.
(5:22) Phil Costanza: I was in my underwear playing my Ally, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery! (10:15) Also Costanza: "Woah back it up - beep beep beep!" Also also: Title - What's a "Turorial"
Still playing on my Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, and the Switch for handheld gaming. Lots of different games depending on the mood. Some I have probably paid for 2 or 3 times for different platforms. Much better than dragging a laptop or desktop around when traveling or relaxing in the recliner, on the couch, or in bed. But PC is still the best way to game.
Back when the 64gb Steam Decks were on close out sell, I grabbed one and put a WD SN770M 2tb in there with a matte screen protector and called it a day. I've mostly played Metroidvania games and Armored Core 6 on mine while travelling and when I was house/pet sitting for a friend.
Absolutely wild how a handheld is much more powerful than my tower and laptop lol. No envy, I am genuinely astonished and looking forward to saving up to purchase one.
I did a similar thing with my 64GB steam deck and upgraded to 1TB. I don’t usually like playing games where you get heavily involved in whatever you’re doing on the steam deck. I also don’t like playing fast paced or twitch/reflex games on the steam deck. I play games like Marble it up Ultra, N++, Dave the Diver, Minecraft, Spyro, Fall Guys, Megaman, etc… I also do a lot of emulation (legally of course😇🫣). It’s such a great device for playing old games. When I was a kid, I always wanted to play the full-fledged version of a lot of my PlayStation one and two games on a game boy of some sort. This literally made my realize that dream. I’ll also use it as my backup PC or travel desktop PC from time to time. If I crank the settings all the way down on AAA games, I can get a playable experience. I’ll play Forza horizon, four, overwatch, borderlands, etc. on the steam deck. It’s nowhere near as good as an experience, obviously, but it stilla lot of fun TBH.
Grew up with Nintendo consoles: NES, SNES, N64. Never owned a Gameboy. Got into PC gaming after that. A couple years after the Nintendo Switch came out I got one of those. At first I just wanted to play Zelda Breath of the Wild (great game!!!). I tried playing it first on my PC with Ryujinx and a crappy controller, but you really miss out on the motion controls that you get with the joycons on the Switch. Then bought a used Nintendo Switch and hooked up to my PC monitor using those joycons and it felt amazing! Even though it was 720p I didn't care 🤣 Since then I've loaded it up with all sorts of games like "Little Kitty Big City" and "Super Mario Bros Wonder". I even play Skyrim on it. I have to travel sometimes and the only things I can carry fit in a backpack. A lot of times, pulling out a laptop feels too cumbersome with it's bulky power brick, but it's way easier to pull out the Switch in the car or a motel room. Highly recommended the Zelda series if you give this a try. Never owned a handheld PC. If I did, I'd be really worried how well Windows 10 / 11 worked on it or how the UI handled the buttons. I guess that's why I like the Switch a lot: it's simple to use and only plays games. You don't have all the distractions that a PC brings with it. Yeah, it's kind of a one trick pony, but that's what makes it fun and relaxing to use.
I think handheld gaming is something you have to learn in your youth. I grew up with a gameboy color/advance being my main device. I don't have any x86 handhelds, but I'm big on the emulator handhelds like the LDK vertical, Retroid Pocket 2, and RG 35XX SP. Something about holding one of them shuts half my brain off because it goes "oh, we're playing games now." They also have extremely limited connectivity, so they can't be used for doomscrolling or discord.
I bought an original 1989 gameboy for nostalgia, modded it with a red chassis and blue buttons and an IPS screen and rechargeable C battery and played an original Pokemon blue. I also have a GBA with new chassis and IPS screen mod too, specifically to play GB, GBC and GBA games. Then I have the ROG Ally modded to hold the 2280 SSD 2TB and modded with an aftermarket clear shell for better cooling in a dBrand killswitch case. I'm looking at getting a Retroid Pocket to play the games of my youth, like the original PS and PS2 games , and try out games from that era that I never had the chance to try. I'm waiting for the kickstarter project from Sharge to be finished, it'll allow me to attach an external NVME drive to the ally and it has passthrough charging so I can have like 6TB or even 10TB storage! I got my 4TB Firecuda already, just waiting on the case
I like how they are getting even smaller, but also pissed that regular SSD's aren't being made now at much higher capacities for quick backup, temp storage.... The prices on the ones at the high average being only 2TB have almost doubled, and find one at 4TB, triple that!! They are supposed to quadruple the size and then some to get double the price! They could probably make 2.5" SSD's at 16Tb by now, and at under $300.
I use the CRAP out of my Steam Deck, but I'm a team truck driver. Use it in my downtime bored in the sleeper before I pass out. Really wish I'd put a 2Tb in mine instead of 1Tb, but the Sabrent is a great drive so can't complain too much. The only time I fire it up at home is to add/delete/update games/OS. Usually once a month or when I remember to take it out of the truck.
the reason why Jay can't get into handheld is probably the same reason I can't - just a different generation of folk who have a much deeper love and appreciation for LARGER SCREENS. don't get me wrong, I had a Game & Watch (you could say a precursor to Gameboy) which had one game per 'console', ie. Donkey Kong, Oil Panic, Octopus, etc. but you're talking about games and 'tech' from 40 years ago. I skipped past the whole Gameboy thing and left my nephew to it, it was more his generation, while he sat back and appreciated me working on the 'big boy' stuff (PCs).
I love my Legion Go, although the updates are very slow, especially for the iGPU. But i love how versatile the device is with controllers which you can detach. I am also planning on buying one of the eGPUs in the future and makes it far better experience while using my Quest 3 during travelling.
OLED Steam Deck... I like it, for travel or quiet days at the office... Brotato, Satisfactory, Cult of the Lamb, Destroy All Humans, Squirrel with a Gun... a few others...
I am an avid handheld/portable gamer. Tbh, it was cheaper and easier for my parents to get 2 gameboys than an n64, for example. These days, however, I use it a lot for public transport as most trips I do are 1-2h each way, waiting between clients or when they're in appointments, and for my anxiety, when I need ti calm and focus on the go, etc. Also, paired with a portable touch monitor and a foldable keyboard and trackpad, it serves also as my main business pc. Basically I do everything a laptop does but in a generally easier to carry formfactor. I also have just collected handhelds for years
fun fact, 2230 and 2280 is the physical size of the drive in mm (metric) if you didn't know
22mm x 30mm and 22mm x 80mm, specifically.
thats what she said
@@KtotheL Dude... if you got a 2230 down there you need to have a lot of humor...
@@MannidonnaXT it expands to 2280 though!
@@MannidonnaXT Hahahahahaha, I'm surprised that you didn't get more replies.
If you buy a Sabrent SSD it comes with Acronis and you can clone your drive via USB 4 and an eternal SSD enclosure. I put a 2 TB Sabrent Rocket 2242 in my LeGo a few weeks ago.
Crucial also comes with Acronis.
WD comes with Acronis too however Acronis won't read the drive through the enclosure. Ask me how I know.
Acronis is now a subscription service which sucks ass, it used to be a buy once type of deal (got mine in 2019) but i can attest it is the best back up software ever.
okay I was wondering about that, but you should need to unencrypt it first if you want to clone it no? or would a cloning tool be able to just send everything properly to the new one?
@@arashitempesta unencrypt first
4TB ones are in production right now.
4tb 2280 sized drives are the best bang for the buck, actually.
@@CantankerousDave Yep, have had mine for almost a year now. Started at 512GB, then a 2TB, now a 4TB. All still working in my computer. The 512 had the OS originally, so I just kept that instead of cloning it or reinstalling Windows on another drive.
@@2hotscotfrom 512 to 2 and 4 gb, what a downgrade🙃
@@microwaveoven2 lol oops, I will correct it...
@@CantankerousDave Huh, not here in Europe... Cheapest per TB are the 2TB ones
Those gameboys are getting huge though
Do you prefer small screens? 😏
The legion go is having a Lite model which is smaller as well as a gen 2 device. That will be nice.
Its like a cicle, they were born thicc and chunky (OG gameboy, atari lynx, sega nomad/game gear), but as the time passed, they got thinner and smaller, now they are getting bigger again... hahahaha....
Pretty soon they'll be like the super boom boxes of the '80s. A giant flat screen that you carry it on your shoulder, with tiny hand contrlos at each end..
The era of miniaturization ended the second people figured out they can watch porn on those things.
I have seen some ROG ALLY owners and Steam Deck owners say that when they get out of work they don't want to sit at there PC Setup.
That’s me, I have a ROG Ally X as well as a custom built PC that I put together a few years ago that’s equipped with an RTX 4090. I am behind a desk and a PC all day at work. I rather lay in bed of lay back on the couch with my handheld.
I bought a 3DS and a Vita, and ended up only using them on the ride to work. Couldn't stand sitting on my bad playing while I had a perfectly good PC and console a meter away.
Not always the case, I take my Steam Deck to work with me to play on my breaks, and when I get home I love to jump on my big rig to play games maxed out, at utrawide high resolution, and high fps.
@dravynn how do I get a job like that bro I'm getting tired of running my ass off all day fr
If you got payed to count blades of grass all day, you'd call that work. It's menial, has no real benefit, makes no tangible value, but it's still work.
I love upgrading Asus products, you never have to worry about the warranty.
Steve (gamers nexus) agrees!
Because there isn’t one.
is this satire?
Jay thought you would get a kick out of this story. This happened to me. Back in the early to mid 90's I had to order separate storage drive for the department I headed. IT had asked that I get a 1 gb hard drive to put on the server for my departments storage need(engineering) for our drawings. I went to my boss and told him the cost $1000.00 US. I was instructed that I would have to generate a business plan to justify the expenditure. I did so and we bought the drive. The drive was a full height 5 1/4"drive. We used the drive for many years but servers were upgraded and the drive was not used. Wheni left the company many years later I saw that drive had been reassigned to being a door stop in the server room! Technology and hardware have sure advanced over the years. My first system was 8088 10mhz 64k ram system.
I also couldnt get into handheld gaming even after getting my steam deck at launch. What ultimately got me into it was buying one of those fpga gameboy color handhelds and playing all the games i didnt get to play as a kid, like Harvest Moon, the Pokemon games, Zelda Links Awakening etc. This not only got me into a huge vintage gaming rabbit-hole but also changed my perspective on handheld gaming. These days if I have 30-45 minutes to kill, Im not walking over to my gaming pc, turning it on, waiting for it to boot, wait some more for the game to launch etc.. I just grab a handheld, flick a switch/press a button and i can continue where i left off days ago.
Nobody NEEDS to get into handheld gaming, but theres so much fun to be had that I think its worth a few tries to get into it. Im happy as heck i gave it another attempt! ;)
Had my Steam Deck OLED for a couple of days now. Really enjoying it and I actually bought the P310 2TB with it :)
I did the same, I originally got the 512gb model, but it filled up too quick. Now I'm using half of my 2tb drive.
WD_BLACK SN770M 2TB M.2 2230. £129. Free wd cloning software. It's So simple to clone the whole drive. With any nvme expansion enclosure. Via type c port. Power off. Swap over drives. Don't bother to unplug the battery. Then, just hold power the power button down. With charge cable plugged in. Job done. Enjoy.
in canada that drive is $354 CAD, BTW
I'm still playing Game Boy Non-Color.
The thick one was great
@@M4XD4B0ZZ What'chu know about the OG Gameboy?
@@esqueue well i own an original one and with backlight mod, screen mod and sound mod and got rid of the batteries soldered everything myself so i guess i know more than most people
First of all, I indeed signed up for Jayz2digress.
Second of all, it would be cool to have Phil do the mobile videos like this. He's so passionate. Not that we don't love you Jay.
There's also the option to use an external SSD adapter for USB. Especially with an USB hub. You could even use a 2230 or 2280 SSD holder, or even a 2.5" SSD or even HDD, on the back of the thing. Or one of those 2.5" M.2 hubs which let you have up to 4 SSDs, I think, but even 2 of those would be better than nothing.
I am also a member of the ROG army here, having had an Ally and now an Ally X. I take mine with me for gaming while I'm on field trips (I'm a schoolbus driver), or if I'm away on vacation. I have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse for it too, and will use it for general desktop purposes while away as well.
Crucial drives have been my go to for many years and all I buy. Never let me down! Inside this to my Ally too.
I have PSP for like 17 years, but I upgraded to PS Vita this month and it's amazing. Love that little handheld!
I really like how 2230 was a very OEM part type that had seemingly no push to improve outside of hand me downs from other m.2 sizes as they got bigger. rising tide & all that. then the steam deck & all the deck-a-likes come out using that size & suddenly an arms race to improve 2230 starts. all because it's now a size that general consumers, for a given value of 'general', now vocally want. I remember when trying to find a 512gb 2230 was difficult & expensive, but now you can get a 2tb for 'reasonable' prices with high availability
Absolutely agree with Phil on it being the game type. Anything that requires high attention, target tracketing and visual focus is 100% a desktop job. Slower paced, casual stuff that doesn't need 100% uptime on your attention is where I love handheld.
I've have a ROG Ally Extreme for about 10 months, upgraded the 512gb to 2tb 2230 shortly after getting it. used a ugreen SSD enclosure, cloned the drive with the included cloning software that came with the Sabrent 2TB drive and then installed the new drive , its works great with all of my xbox game pass games etc.
I have a gaming PC with a 3070ti, and a Series X and yet i find I play the Ally more than anything else. Its very convenient to just play anywhere ( assuming you have power, battery life does suck) .
I briefly owned a Dell SFF desktop from Costco last year. I returned it when I couldn't do triple-head from the onboard graphics. (Turned out to be a good thing since it came with an Intel 13th-gen CPU, but few people suspected that would turn out to be a problem...)
It came with Windows installed on a 2230 NVMe. It fit on top of some drive cage or bracket or something; it would also support 2280s which would span across some air gap to a separate mounting post somewhere. When I cracked the case open to look around and put my own Linux 2280 NVMe in there, I was surprised that they shipped it with a 2230. The space saving didn't seem useful, since they still engineered it to allow for a 2280 if the owner wanted to use one. So it wasn't like it allowed them to mash more components into a small SFF case.
Maybe the 2230 was a smaller capacity and it saved them parts cost to put in a 256 GB drive that just happened to be shorter--i.e. if all the 2280s they could commercially source would have been larger and more expensive?
If it might have mattered to somebody to be able to accept a shorter NVMe drive that they happened to already have, it would only take 2230 and 2280--there wasn't a way to mount an intermediate size because it would have been in the middle of that air gap. (Other sizes are so rare that it seems unlikely a new owner would have one on hand that they wanted to use anyway.)
These small drives tend to heat up a lot more, need to keep an eye on them, otherwise will eat the lifespan of the drive
I bought myself the Steam Deck OLED and absolutely love it. I love that it has a suspend feature that I can put it to sleep without shutting down the game. That way I can sneak in quick gaming sessions even if I only have 10-20 minutes to spare.
I've had a Teamgroup 2GB in my SteamDeck for awhile now. Absolutely no regrets installing... its a faster drive than what was in the Steamdeck too. Glad someone is shedding light on how to do this in general.
My first handheld system was the OG Gameboy. I've been doing it a long long time. There's no secret to it; back in the day GBA and DS were great for taking a shit (another job smartphones replaced) and now Nintendo's only console is the switch. The industry should thank Nintendo for inspiring the handheld revolution. Oh, and I still play my Switch on the regular. Nintendo has some great first party titles, but their selection of indie games is where the console really shines. I recently booted my save from "Cult of the Lamb" and started working through the DLC.
I'd recommend just trying some indie games. just sit back in a big easy chair (or in bed, if allowed) and focus on having fun. One thing you might want to look at is a "grip" - the handheld slides into it and gives it the feeling of a giant controller with a screen. Way more comfortable for long sessions.
Rocking a Steam Deck LCD 64GB model with a 256GB internal storage upgrade and a 512GB SD card, i mostly use it as Indie game system and to run Kodi (Ripped DVDs/BD's off a NAS) on my TV via the Dock, i would highly recommend going OLED model tho, the LCD models WiFi/BT modue sucks big time if you have a internet conection faster than 300mb/s or if you want more than 2 BT devices connected at any one time
Sadly the oled version also has a crappy wifi driver / hardware that keep disconnecting...
WD and Corsair make 2TB 2230 sized SSD with TLC flash instead of majority of manufacturers(inc. Crucial/Micron) who make their 2230 SSDs with garbage grade QLC flash
I've been a portable gamer for years. loved my ds, 3ds, psp, ps vita, non docked switch, & my steam deck. action, rpg, action rpg, platformer, anything really story or grind heavy. I've found to be wonderful fits for portable system. for getting into it, just wanting to get some gaming in when you're away from anything & not wanting to use your phone really. I try to keep my deck with me if I know I'm going to be in a waiting room or if I'm with someone who's going to be doing something without me for an extended length of time. sometimes it's also just playing what I want, where I want. I played through quite a few games I had on ps3 & vita almost exclusively on my vita, just because I didn't want to go over to my ps3. & you called phil out on it, but being able to take the power of your main rig to somewhere comfortable to just chill & play is a really attractive thing to do, once you get into the swing of it
A friend gifted me the Steam Deck for my 35th bday this year back in June. I love to all sorts of titles on it even at home cuz some stuff just lends to its controls so much. Like bunch of the stuff I'd break out a controler for, or things that I might not have played on my PC that just work/feel better on the Deck. lots are indi titles, some are just normal games. I was also realllly happy to have it during a blackout that lasted three days back in late June early August.. my machines are a tool that help me with my ptsd/anxiety and most of my support community is online as I'm disabled rl. Being able to just set it up with a Keyboard and mouse and have a battery bank help keep it charged while I listen and chatted with friends and watched RUclips. I take the thing with me nearly every time I head out for errands. Normally I'd be worried about taking such a device around but its not that much more pricy than my Switch and I'm usually not leaving my scooter out of sight.
Got an Ally earlier this year. Swapped out the SSD for a 2TB WD Black SN770. And bought a tiny enclosure for the original 512GB drive that I can connect via a JSAux dock.
It's crazy how far we're come. First SSD I bought was a 128gb samsung 830 back in 2011. It was pretty expensive at launch. I still remember being blown away by how fast and responsive my mid-range PC got. (A year later I bought a 250gb 840 solely for games, same story.) Consumer SSD's must be the single most transformational piece of performance upgrade in PC hardware since....ever I guess. The only other thing I can think of is floppy boot to hard drive boot and floppy to CD-rom and flash drives. Correct me if I missed something. Now you can by a 1 TB+ MICRO SD card for a lot less money than those SSD's. Ridiculous. 🥴
This is the best tuRorial I've ever watched.
I have a 2TB Firecuda 2230 drive in my Steam Deck, and its AMAZING. All that storage at the palm of my hand
I got hyped about the Deck and preordered it. Then it came out and I played with it for a while, but then it sat. I used it for trips and being out and about for awhile, which was especially nice during the non stop doc and physical therapy visits after my motorcycle accident. Boy it really came in handy then! As of late though it's been the stop gap for my gaming while my PC has been back and forth to MicroCenter with the Intel issues. Since it seems like it will be going back *again*, the deck will be recharged and kept available for gaming while my workhorse is away to ICU...
I use my tablet as a "Steam Deck" type deal with Sunshine for Moonlight. It's been a game changer when I want to just chill on my bed and play some games. Same thing with all the other retro gaming handhelds, is just nice to lay in bed and play some games.
For more experienced users: using a USB C hub and a Macrium Reflect bootable disk, boot the device into Macrium , back the internal storage into ann external Storage, put the new storage and boot into Macrium, deploy back up into the new storage! Go back into windows install Minitool partition wizard and move and resize the partitions to the Max! Takes a litte bit of time but it worth it bit by bit!
I'm running a SteamDeck OLED 512GB... I love it. I've been looking into upgrading the NVME too
I play almost exclusively on my ROG Ally. It’s perfect for being able to game while having a baby. I can play on the couch while she watches TV or takes a nap on me. Or go to bed and play in bed at the end of the day instead of being at my desk. Just makes it more convenient being able to still hang around the family and not tied to a desk.
I finally dove in and got myself a Steam Deck OLED three weeks ago. I had a Gameboy as a kid(I'm 41 now), but it was a big deal that I got one, at the time. I still remember agonizing over which $50 Gameboy cartridge to get once per year when I had managed to save up to get one. I find the switch to controller-style controls from keyboard and mouse is kinda jarring and puts me off playing some games on my Deck. I mainly play Forza Horizon 5 and BG3 on my Deck. Emulation looks really cool, but I haven't messed around with it yet. I could see the Steam Deck being the perfect device to emulate the games of my childhood.
If you're replacing your ssd in your steam deck 2 pieces of advice.
1 remove your sd card, if you open your deck with sd card in it will snap in half.
2. Use a good screwdriver. The screws are really soft and strip easy, get a good driver kit with a head that fits tightly and you should be fine.
I’m using AYANEO 2.
I travel a lot with my wife, and I mainly travel play Destiny 2. Which is not compatible with Steam Deck, and the Asus Ally came out after my pre-order.
Currently AYANEO is allowing for a motherboard upgrade to the 8640 chipset (although currently delayed).
You can also put in full-sized 2280 drives in it.
I might relate with you about hand-helds. Didn't have a Game Boy but my Aunt Barb owned it and let my Uncle Warren play it, and a kid on the school bus had one who said he would let me play it later but I think he forgot, he said no. I did play on the Game Boy kiosk with the screen magnifier at Lancaster Mall in Salem, OR. The game I played on it was Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. I enjoyed it. It was a nifty experience playing games in those days. I didn't own a Game Boy until the early 00's. I remember the games I had were Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Asteroids.
I purchased a 64GB SteamDeck and a 1TB SSD from Sabrant and in came in a super cute metal case.
My gaming went from few hours a week on my PC to 30 hours on my SteamDeck lol. It really fixed my issue of gaming in summer with the PC acting as an heater and the AC barely able to cool my room.
I used three different systems, Switch OLED, Ally, and Steamdeck. All of them were sold because I found that I just cannot get used to such a tiny screen and have quality gaming. I rediscovered my love for PC gaming using these handhelds and so there is the silver lining.
Recently got a steam deck. Mostly remote play from my second PC. Absolutely love it. Bing able to just sit back and play a game on a hand held is just awesome.
The Sarge Disk from Sarge also uses 2230 NVME drives. I got one from Kickstarter and 2TB of backup space has been very very handy for a grab-and-go emergency backup.
I bought that too. Things great
GPD Win4! Has a keyboard, but it's small enough for my girly little hands. But I love being able to play my MMO if I leave town. I won't miss any of the events, and I can still help the guild, or progress. And if I don't have an internet connection I can just play whatever I have installed. I use it about 1-2 hours/week normally. It really came in handy while I was in the middle of figuring out where I was going to live took about 10 months but with it I knew I was always going to be able to game. It's also great for playing my backlog of games, since I can easily "pause" and just jump back in later.
I'm using an Ally X now. Own an Ally (Z1E) and a pretty decent PC (5800X/2070 super) yet I don't touch my PC anymore. The X runs Skyrim great, Starfield okay, Dirt Rally 2.0, and The Witcher 3 for some more demanding titles. Or I'm playing Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Cult of the Lamb and similar styles for hours on end just chilling on the couch or in bed.
It's not a great device for new AAA titles if that's what you want but for 3-5+ year old games or indies, it's great to take out of town with work, freedom to play anywhere, more comfortable seating positions to game in.
The hitmarker moment and sound are so accurate. It got me.
The original Steamdeck has been my best purchase for the past like 5 years. I have been playing a lot of roguelikes on it which takes a lot less power and usually runs at 60fps with really low power draw. So I can play wherever I want, on the toilet, on a plane, on a train, in my bed etc.
The asus Z13 Also uses it. I have a 2 TB Sabrent drive in mine.
I’d love to see more mods if possible your style is so easy to follow and it would be a massive help
honestly didnt know it had a cloud windows install. I have been hesitant to swap my 512 out for 2tb but without the ability to clone the drive but now im going to buy another sabrent many thanks J!
"the hard parts getting ahold of it, because its so tiny" I felt that
Same as Jay, never got into handheld gaming or controllers. PC FTW!
Currently I’m trying playing WoW on my Steamdeck. I take it with me to work and play during my lunch break. Was also using my deck to play Darksiders 2, hades, dragon quest builders 2 in bed at night or from the couch if I’m in the living room before I got my laptop or if I don’t want to set it up or need more portable or more battery
I have a steam deck and my main use of it is for travel or when I don't feel like getting out of bed to play something. I also tend to only play games on it that have controller support, that I would normally play with a controller (example, I tend to play EDF games with a controller and playing them on steam deck is fine). Using the steam deck is great in those situations as it's less cumbersome to get setup and lets me get to playing games faster.
Played my steamdeck a lot when I first got it at launch. Now I go months at a time without turning it on. The SSD upgrade was pretty easy on it too.
Isn't it possible to just clone the old drive to the new one and not have to go through the rigmarole of reinstalling everything from scratch? It is 2024, after all, not 2004.
It is, I have cloned a couple of drives on my time of owning the Ally and Ally X.
If you get a Transfer Board for Rog Ally Handheld you can put a 2280 nvme in it. I did this with mine.
It's $6 usd on Amazon.
Steam Deck user here. It was originally 512gb but upgraded to 1tb so I had plenty of room to dual boot windows.
This stuff is like magic...I have an idea how it works, but its still like magic to me we can manufacture this stuff. I was born in 84, I have seen the entire road of data storage , its just amazing. Wish I could be around in another 100 years, cant begin to imagine what we will have then.
Also embedded devices (industrial) are using these small form factor NVMe drives.
I love my SteamDeck. I go between newer single player games and emulated games. Pokemon Rom hacks offer a lot of fun.
I love that SSD's seem to be time proof, they just keep getting better, smaller, and hold more, while the prices keep the same or decrease.
Never had a gaming held hand but man they are starting to look good. I bet an Ally or Steam Deck would bring lots of gaming fun. I don't think I'll be able to convince the wife i need a portable version of the thing i already spend to much money and time on.
I completely agree when it comes to hand held gaming and even console gaming, I could never get into it. It always seemed too expensive to me. I grew up in the days of the Atari 2600, and my cousins had one which we played when we visited, which was sadly much too infrequent. I have always preferred to put the money into my PC. As the family computer guy that provides in person and remote support, I need to try to keep a step above the rest of the family PC's.
I've always entered and exited the handheld market, never with anything other than Nintendo consoles though. Even with a Switch, I tend to still use it as a home-console only, rarely playing it outside of its dock... but when I do play it handheld, it's to play either a retro game (like Super Metroid, Star Fox 64, or Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga) or The World Ends with You (1 - as it's best with a touch-screen). Largely, I think the reason I don't use it handheld more often is the joy cons that come with it aren't ergonomic. Especially for large hands.
I might not know what to suggest for you to get into handheld gaming, as PC handhelds don't appeal to me at all. Afterall, the biggest reason to buy a traditional handheld (not a handheld PC) is because games will just work. I guess my advice would be... look for a game that isn't on PC; if it can't be played without emulation and you like it, you're more likely to go back to whatever you have. Also, don't care about performance beyond "can I enjoy the game," as the specifics will be the thief of joy for handheld gaming. Lot of people tend to forget that these days.
I got a Switch OLED last year... I've used it a little bit. But I understand Jay, I spend a lot of time gaming in other ways instead of on the handheld.
I modernized my GBA (Game Boy Advance) adding a screen that actually lights up and a battery charger with USB type C. Man if feels good to play it!
When I do portable gaming I play on a Analogue Pocket. I love it for all the consoles it can play such as GB, GBC, GBA and TurboGrafx-16 just to name some of the consoles it can play. I also play GB, GBC and GBA games on it at the moment. I do plan on expanding what I play on it in the future too.
I've had my ally for nearly a year now and still love playing on it. I take it away in my caravan and with the powerstation I've got I can play for hours with it or if its sunny out the play time is unlimited.
Also went to 2tb but got an adapter and a slight case mod to fit the full sized m.2 for a lot cheaper than the smaller m.2
The only annoying thing about it is the modern gaming world of always being online and the game has to be updated.
When it comes to handhelds, it is all about the type of game. If I had a steam deck or the like, things like the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, and basically every older Final Fantasy game, and the like would be awesome.
I've been playing classic Pokémon/Zelda on my modded Game Boy Advance. I modded it with an new shell/buttons, USB-C battery, and backlit IPS color screen with an adapter to play via HDMI on my tv. I do have an "Epilogue: GB Operator" for my PC, but it's not the same as holding the system in your hands.
In every one of your videos, I just want to look your back😂😂😂, is EVGA🥰 all built! I really really like and love it so much😍😍😍
Hey Jay, I'm using a ROG Ally and upgraded mine to a 2TB full-size m2 with an angle adapter I got from Aliexpress. Otherwise I also use an Analogue Pocket FPGA handheld, my Nintendo new 3DS and a PS Vita 2000. Handheld gaming can be very relaxing and it helps with grinding in games for example where you maybe just do it as a side activity.
7:33 I love the hilarious commentary. Rolling on the floor 🤣😂
Original LCD Steam Deck, 512GB, haven't upgraded it yet, but this gives me a reason to. I do have a 512GB Micro SD for the emulation side of things, but Steam (and other) games go to the SSD.
(5:22) Phil Costanza: I was in my underwear playing my Ally, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery!
(10:15) Also Costanza: "Woah back it up - beep beep beep!"
Also also: Title - What's a "Turorial"
Still playing on my Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, and the Switch for handheld gaming. Lots of different games depending on the mood. Some I have probably paid for 2 or 3 times for different platforms. Much better than dragging a laptop or desktop around when traveling or relaxing in the recliner, on the couch, or in bed. But PC is still the best way to game.
Back when the 64gb Steam Decks were on close out sell, I grabbed one and put a WD SN770M 2tb in there with a matte screen protector and called it a day. I've mostly played Metroidvania games and Armored Core 6 on mine while travelling and when I was house/pet sitting for a friend.
Absolutely wild how a handheld is much more powerful than my tower and laptop lol. No envy, I am genuinely astonished and looking forward to saving up to purchase one.
I have the ROG Ally X, I love it. It’s so convenient!
Man... live tiles would be perfect on that screen!
I did a similar thing with my 64GB steam deck and upgraded to 1TB.
I don’t usually like playing games where you get heavily involved in whatever you’re doing on the steam deck. I also don’t like playing fast paced or twitch/reflex games on the steam deck.
I play games like Marble it up Ultra, N++, Dave the Diver, Minecraft, Spyro, Fall Guys, Megaman, etc…
I also do a lot of emulation (legally of course😇🫣). It’s such a great device for playing old games. When I was a kid, I always wanted to play the full-fledged version of a lot of my PlayStation one and two games on a game boy of some sort. This literally made my realize that dream.
I’ll also use it as my backup PC or travel desktop PC from time to time. If I crank the settings all the way down on AAA games, I can get a playable experience. I’ll play Forza horizon, four, overwatch, borderlands, etc. on the steam deck. It’s nowhere near as good as an experience, obviously, but it stilla lot of fun TBH.
3:05 it did fit, so you can't quit 😂. -JayzTwoCents
Grew up with Nintendo consoles: NES, SNES, N64. Never owned a Gameboy. Got into PC gaming after that. A couple years after the Nintendo Switch came out I got one of those. At first I just wanted to play Zelda Breath of the Wild (great game!!!). I tried playing it first on my PC with Ryujinx and a crappy controller, but you really miss out on the motion controls that you get with the joycons on the Switch. Then bought a used Nintendo Switch and hooked up to my PC monitor using those joycons and it felt amazing! Even though it was 720p I didn't care 🤣 Since then I've loaded it up with all sorts of games like "Little Kitty Big City" and "Super Mario Bros Wonder". I even play Skyrim on it. I have to travel sometimes and the only things I can carry fit in a backpack. A lot of times, pulling out a laptop feels too cumbersome with it's bulky power brick, but it's way easier to pull out the Switch in the car or a motel room. Highly recommended the Zelda series if you give this a try.
Never owned a handheld PC. If I did, I'd be really worried how well Windows 10 / 11 worked on it or how the UI handled the buttons. I guess that's why I like the Switch a lot: it's simple to use and only plays games. You don't have all the distractions that a PC brings with it. Yeah, it's kind of a one trick pony, but that's what makes it fun and relaxing to use.
I think handheld gaming is something you have to learn in your youth. I grew up with a gameboy color/advance being my main device.
I don't have any x86 handhelds, but I'm big on the emulator handhelds like the LDK vertical, Retroid Pocket 2, and RG 35XX SP.
Something about holding one of them shuts half my brain off because it goes "oh, we're playing games now." They also have extremely limited connectivity, so they can't be used for doomscrolling or discord.
Some of the more recent Dell Latitudes use the 2230-sized NVME drives too. I've changed enough of them!
I bought an original 1989 gameboy for nostalgia, modded it with a red chassis and blue buttons and an IPS screen and rechargeable C battery and played an original Pokemon blue. I also have a GBA with new chassis and IPS screen mod too, specifically to play GB, GBC and GBA games. Then I have the ROG Ally modded to hold the 2280 SSD 2TB and modded with an aftermarket clear shell for better cooling in a dBrand killswitch case. I'm looking at getting a Retroid Pocket to play the games of my youth, like the original PS and PS2 games , and try out games from that era that I never had the chance to try. I'm waiting for the kickstarter project from Sharge to be finished, it'll allow me to attach an external NVME drive to the ally and it has passthrough charging so I can have like 6TB or even 10TB storage! I got my 4TB Firecuda already, just waiting on the case
PSVITA. Modded to all hell. Great for planes and the commute to work every day.
I have a SteamDeck and mainly use it to play NFSU2 (completed the game many times, but never gets boring) and The Talos Principle 2
I like how they are getting even smaller, but also pissed that regular SSD's aren't being made now at much higher capacities for quick backup, temp storage.... The prices on the ones at the high average being only 2TB have almost doubled, and find one at 4TB, triple that!! They are supposed to quadruple the size and then some to get double the price! They could probably make 2.5" SSD's at 16Tb by now, and at under $300.
I use the CRAP out of my Steam Deck, but I'm a team truck driver. Use it in my downtime bored in the sleeper before I pass out. Really wish I'd put a 2Tb in mine instead of 1Tb, but the Sabrent is a great drive so can't complain too much.
The only time I fire it up at home is to add/delete/update games/OS. Usually once a month or when I remember to take it out of the truck.
the reason why Jay can't get into handheld is probably the same reason I can't - just a different generation of folk who have a much deeper love and appreciation for LARGER SCREENS. don't get me wrong, I had a Game & Watch (you could say a precursor to Gameboy) which had one game per 'console', ie. Donkey Kong, Oil Panic, Octopus, etc. but you're talking about games and 'tech' from 40 years ago. I skipped past the whole Gameboy thing and left my nephew to it, it was more his generation, while he sat back and appreciated me working on the 'big boy' stuff (PCs).
Thanks to you guys i have an i fix it kit.
I love my Legion Go, although the updates are very slow, especially for the iGPU. But i love how versatile the device is with controllers which you can detach. I am also planning on buying one of the eGPUs in the future and makes it far better experience while using my Quest 3 during travelling.
Still Rocking my Switch - Love Splatoon - still a great little platform.
My latest dell laptop came with one of these small sized drives. Only size that will fit in it as well, really limits replacement options.
OLED Steam Deck...
I like it, for travel or quiet days at the office...
Brotato, Satisfactory, Cult of the Lamb, Destroy All Humans, Squirrel with a Gun... a few others...
I am an avid handheld/portable gamer. Tbh, it was cheaper and easier for my parents to get 2 gameboys than an n64, for example. These days, however, I use it a lot for public transport as most trips I do are 1-2h each way, waiting between clients or when they're in appointments, and for my anxiety, when I need ti calm and focus on the go, etc.
Also, paired with a portable touch monitor and a foldable keyboard and trackpad, it serves also as my main business pc. Basically I do everything a laptop does but in a generally easier to carry formfactor.
I also have just collected handhelds for years
Just bought the Steam Deck OLED this week. I’m really happy with it.