We Built The Smallest Steam Deck OS Gaming PC And It Has A GPU!

[@easenst1978]

Lenovo has a specific top cover if you order the device with GPU, the that top cover have ventilation hole to the fan of the GPU, you can buy that as the parts number is 02CW661 / 02CW662.

[@chaosen3]

Second that! I have a Lenovo ThinkStation P340 tiny with a GPU added the same way, it works perfectly as my vmware esxi host and I can still pass the GPU through to my Linux host

[@ecksearoh6283]

Thanks for this!

[@halfey]

Good to know!

[@sylvershadow1247]

any ideas on where I can get one for REALLY cheap?

[@奶师傅]

But his hole doesn't match the fan of the RX6400. So we still need to drill a more suitable opening manually or 3D print one.

[@blue.gift7758]

Build something like this using newer M75q Gen 2

[@Nightball12]

The Lenovo Tiny PCs (and Dell + HP versions) are so awesome Perfect as a home server, NAS, router, evidently even gaming machine.

[@iplyrunescape305]

Glorious to see more Linux PC builds become more and more common. Great work, I definitely really wondered if any of these mini form factor PCs would ever take at least one PCIe slot.

[@pianissimo7121]

@@iplyrunescape305 how are windows pc and Linux pc builds different? It's all same right? Haven't watched the video, incase there is context in it.

[@iplyrunescape305]

@@pianissimo7121 the hardware yes is the same. it's the resource management from the Operating Systems that is different. All down to the software. Linux is very very light compared to Windows 10/11

[@andresvaldevit3692]

Always blows my mind the mount of videos this guy puts out everyday. Good job!

[@Stuck-on-Stuck]

Dude, I literally was going to ask you to start testing Warframe in your videos for iGPU’s and cards and here it is. Please keep this game in your rotation. Need to build a small PC for Warframe.

[@THOR47200]

i have the same setup! i think that keeping the same case without having to create one with a 3D printer, maintains the essence

[@MarbleGiant]

A matrix of smaller and equally spaced holes might also work. You might be able to attach a mesh below them on the case interior.

[@sirleeofroy4732]

I did exactly this with my old M720Q and Nvidia T1000

[@Kingzgamingandrealtalk]

Brother you keep coming with these bangers! I'm gonna be broke as hell this holiday!! You're a legend

[@lrpreda]

I have mine with 9900T + T1000 + 64gb ram (above the limit but fully funcional) Rock solid !!!! M930q (2 m2 slots)

[@JoJoDramo-ih7qk]

I love those gaming Linux builds. There is so much good hardware out there just needing more love.

[@technodrone313]

linux is janky though. good luck trying to do anything not on steam.

[@zomg346]

​@@technodrone313 Besides game pass everything works I use bazzite

[@TheCommunistRabbit]

@@technodrone313 as a linux user i agree. But this is only because people dont trust linux. If people started believing in desktop linux being a thing, anticheats would work much better, many bugs would get fixed because more people would develop for it. and most importantly more software would be ported like it is for mac As of right now, desktop linux is a mess if you have old hardware + nvidia + using kde plasma which is used on steamdeck.

[@macdonaldez]

​@@technodrone313True, it can be a challenge although I've also been able to add some non-Steam windows games and then run them via Proton.

[@andresvaldevit3692]

I can't find these PCs for less than 300$. It's going to take a lot of love to justify getting one of these and mod it

[@fubarru2]

i Personaly use these as a router .... a 256 gig Mvme with 16 gig of ram and a dual 10 gig Network card .... Nothing beats it and I mean Nothing its a absolute beast running Openwrt.

[@GoblinArmyInYourWalls]

What's the benefit of running your own router? I have a mesh network set up for mine, and I host a VPN so I can get access to my jellyfin anywhere without it being directly exposed to the internet. Would I be able to do this same or more with running my own hardware? Mesh network isn't a deal breaker, honestly

[@Hawk3r]

Me too, I run one with vmware, have a second Intel nic and run pfsense firewall/router. But I find this interesting, I love my steam deck lcd and can't believe how good gaming is becoming on Linux thanks to valve. Just needs the steamOS to go official so I can run it on my gaming pc

[@johnuzoka6229]

Isn't that overkill

[@GoblinArmyInYourWalls]

@@Hawk3r you can already run linux gaming distros. You can even build them yourself or just use something like Bazzite

[@Hawk3r]

@@johnuzoka6229 being able to put all your cameras and smart devices on an isolated vlan away from your computer network is the best way. Running a firewall like this is a good idea.

[@ryanbartlett672]

Thanks. Love these videos. I'm going to start building one soon. I'll probably go Batocera with Steam inside it.

[@greenprotag]

Nice! A Linux box. I love these little thin clients with PCIE slots.

[@datenraffzahn6094]

I love these little Lenovo Mini PCs, you can't have enough! They do a way better job in the home lab, than any Raspberry Pi, and now gaming too? Neat!

[@HoldFastFilms]

I have one of these that I used as a server for a while and just built it into retro gaming machine to play some older PC games that I missed playing. It's great for that.

[@JWSpradlin]

I got one of these free from work that wouldn't boot. I fixed it, got 32gb of RAM, and installed an Intel X540-t4 NIC, and have it as my OPNsense router. These are great little machines!

[@Punk661]

Man I love your channel, everyday theres a new interesting video to watch, keep it up you are doing great.

[@bigno1900]

love the setup with a more powerful gpu.

[@cubeskywalker4953]

Very nice little PC!

[@everneg]

thanks for doing my request man, been waiting for you to do this. you're awesome.

[@MrAtda]

I kind of want to print a double height cover to see what cheap double slot cards could be used. Maybe a few 2.5 bays over the cpu. Still be small but the gained robustness could be nice. Edit I didn't realize the 6400 was the best readily available amd card that's PCI powered. Maybe extra space for a sff power supply but now we're getting complicated haha

[@_zttf_]

I looked for this from weeks!

[@megan_alnico]

Warframe hell yeah! Always great to see Warframe in these tests. I didn't even know it ran on Steam OS!

[@dzxtricks]

4:35 spending that time just to watch the benchmark scene again and again and again and again is dedication

[@brittaniemccommon2482]

This is exactly the video i was looking for. I've been wanting to replace my daily driver laptop with something a little more powerful yet still compact for gaming and/or normal stuff, and I'd been looking into micro/small form factor stuff. So, thank you for a walk through of some decent budget parts.😊 I would like a walkthrough of maybe a small form factor budget build with parts you prefer?

[@bartz0rt928]

You can buy a little converter to go from that proprietary Lenovo charger port to USB C, so you can use a smaller power supply. That converter does "tell" the computer how much power it can draw, so you do need to make sure that you get one that says the correct wattage. (as long as the computer doesn't need to draw more than what can be delivered, at least. I'm using an old laptop that came with a 45 W brick so I figured using a converter labelled for a 100W but a USB C charger of 65 W shouldn't be an issue, and it wasn't.)

[@TVCHLORD]

Always the double videos on windows + steamos for the same device

[@BFY-yc7fw]

Eggs-cellent setup

[@Zymaric]

These rx6400 gpus are BADASS! AMD is killing it with their drivers!!!

[@ben-tendo]

Would you not be able to go into the properties of a game within the SteamOS menu and force a resolution? Also, it's shows how lucky we are in 2024 to discuss the concept of Cyberpunk "'only" getting an average of 56fps! 😂

[@Sirpry]

Just did a quick search on the low profile GPU selection out there, practically there is no option out there for a bit more powerful GPU, most cards have two slots and the fan + heat sink will be too thick to fit into the case. If you are going to need a bit more graphic power, you are going to need to cut a good chunk out of the case, 3D print another case, or modding the GPU.

[@luisfelipegonzalez4423]

There are magnetic fan cover 4x4.

[@Bums001]

I've been meaning to build something like this. A list of all thinkcentre sff with this pcie would be nice but this one should still be largely available

[@JocileiBazo]

Really interested to see your review of the MANBA ONE V2. Looks like a great controller. Will you review this controller?

[@adithyanks6532]

Like the wrist band youre using❤

[@hradlo5705]

I have this with original GPU cover and with i7-9700T and it is absolutely great with RX6400

[@PIayboyNike]

Smaller desktops are the future

[@Zephyn]

One of these days, I am going to be able to make myself a little Steam PC. Only thing that really makes me hesitate right now is the two gacha games I play that don't co-operate with Linux.

[@hereis_Tiff]

It's easier to purchase an M920Q with the ventilated top cover. Why waste money drilling into your top case (and making it look worse) when Lenovo already has a high quality solution?

[@MGMan37]

The only pictures of an M920Q I've seen with a vented top cover are ones that were obviously custom drilled too

[@hereis_Tiff]

@MGMan37 Try part numbers 02CW661 or -662, those are the Lenovo top cover parts for the M920Q

[@smilaise]

Wasted money? Drilling a hole cost nothing.

[@hereis_Tiff]

@@smilaise You need a drill, you need a step-bit, sanding paper (or a file) to smooth out the rough edges; these things still cost (more) money than just getting the Lenovo-made ventilated top cover 😂

[@saintjohnny45]

​@@hereis_TiffIts often the case with DYI solutions. They seem to cost less but in the end its actually more + the time you spend, but curiously most people seem to not care about their time and just waste it.

[@abrahamacosta1056]

WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW HELLDIVERS 2 RUNS ON THIS BUILD!

[@fishthefirst]

The RX 6400 is very underpowered. You can expect 40-60 fps at 1080p low settings.

[@abrahamacosta1056]

@fishthefirst gotcha, my daily drive is powerful enough to play on high but I do love that my steam deck can play it on low settings at 30 fps 😂 which I'm new to PCs but I had a lot of fun building my PC and I actually used one of my favorite KZbinrs "oztalkshw" $500 builds. I switch to PC when the ps5 came out and I couldn't get one because of the scalpers re selling them for double the price SMH. I really love seeing what people can do with low low end PC builds.

[@screem_mix]

you play Warframe 😮 awesome!

[@Jackpkmn]

The Radeon Pro W6400 should also work great for this. Lotta ppl don't know about that one.

[@frankfortfcgoc]

Cool little set up but here in Ireland to build this even with buying parts from ebay costs 350 euro at least

[@Benanonsafety]

Still cheaper than an steam deck

[@johnuzoka6229]

Look for an m720q it's cheaper also the wx4100 is a decent GPU for this. I got this combo for $230 CAD including the riser

[@faystoface3134]

hi, is there a pcie port in the m720q version to integrate a new graphics card? I inquired and was told no... your feedback on my question would be appreciated and I thank you in advance. ​@@johnuzoka6229

[@johnuzoka6229]

​@@faystoface3134yes there is a PCIe slot on m720q

[@faystoface3134]

@@johnuzoka6229 hi would an amd graphics card be compatible with the lenovo m720q m920q?

[@luwfu7467]

Really simple, but you have to buy step bit and be very very careful. Open case

[@chamucoliz]

We need a comparison of this vs a steam deck to see performance

[@SomeNameHere]

The Drop in Streetfighter 6 are normal when connected to a 60hz Display and turning Vsync on. Ive noticed it myself, that Graficdrivers (Nvidia and AMD) like to set the Refreshrate from 60 to 59,97hz from time to time, this makes you get 59-61 fps. Since 59,97fps isnt 60 if you dont round it up (Afterburner and stuff dont) it shows you 59fps. Sometimes you have the 59,97 overlapping like it generates One frame at 0,0001sec than 59,97 + 1 at 0,9875sec wich starts the 3rd Cycle wich makes you generate a 61th Frame in that Sec.

[@greendro6410]

Very nice alright 😁

[@WMan37]

8:59 Any time something like this happens, try putting SteamDeck=0 %command% in launch options. This tricks it into thinking it's not running on a steam deck. Conversely, you can do it the opposite way for non steam deck linux.

[@MorganEdgy]

OH MY GOD YOU'RE PLAYING WARFRAME

[@kobs9636]

pls include DotA2 on your benchmark tests. theres really not enough benchmark about it. and i really want to see how well it plays on max settings.

[@forgottenalex]

So you made a Steam Machine is what you're saying

[@ABOhiccups]

Can you make a video about a Single Slot NVIDIA RTX A4000 from Amazon? Well this Low Profile Graphics Card works with Minisforum MS-01 without an external power supply?

[@SamusKitsune]

Warframe my beloved!

[@Sonyboj]

These micro PCs from Lenovo, HP and Dell are now cheap using 8th/9th gen intel CPUs are perfect for an office PC.

[@charlesburris6314]

Cool little retro/emu gamer if it's cheap enough. I'd probably look for 11th gen base though.

[@gaming-zombie1392]

SteamOS plays better than Windows.....

[@Benanonsafety]

For most of the games yes, but some are not even playable

[@ezie-peezy9513]

@gaming-zombie1392 yeah cause it's an gaming specific optimised version of Linux with some fancy UI to make it easy to work with.

[@reluttr2]

@@Benanonsafety Usually because of kernel level DRM. Which hopefully will be going away after Microsoft blocks off access next year.

[@noodleman4555]

​@@Benanonsafety In my experience, most games including ones listed as unsupported are actually playable. A good example of one is lego lord of the rings. The game by default has rendering issues on Steam OS, but these are fixed simply by putting a DLL file in the game folder. That is the only reaspn the game is unsupported, and it's fixed with a file. This is the case for the majority of games that are supported, or a similar issue. The games I've encountered that actually will not work are using an anti-cheat or DRM that intentionally blocks Linux play. That thankfully is in fact, not most games. Most games do work on Steam OS.

[@elmarvo7505]

1:33 Excuse me Sir, what do you mean by "HP version"? You mean a graphics card by the manufacturer HP or does "HP" stand for high profile?

[@emarshallp]

What about a rtx 3050 low profile???? Great video! Thanks!

[@Sonic6293]

I really hope that AMD makes a good successor to the RX6400. At least PCIe 4.0 x8, 8GB VRAM, and performance that at least can do 1080p high with little complaint. Low profile, single slot, no extra power would be great too. A man can dream...

[@gunturbayu6779]

They can but they wont sadly

[@Brand0n555]

To get the fallout 4 geaphics options on steam deck (or bazzite, holo iso what have you) go to the games properties, launch options then type SteamDeck=0 %command%

[@MayankJairaj]

The p330/m920x have a perforated top cover no need to drill

[@MountKash1]

Yup ! Correct

[@JorgeC-uk6wk]

Do they have 2 m.2 usable slots, and can add GPU?

[@MayankJairaj]

@@JorgeC-uk6wk yes obviously

[@JorgeC-uk6wk]

​@@MayankJairaj Ok because the 920q only has one m.2 usable slot

[@MayankJairaj]

@@JorgeC-uk6wk 2 SSD slots 2 ram slots and one GPU slot, I just checked mine again

[@SADBOY-xu8ib]

I can't wait for valve's home console

[@nonholographic]

The official release of steam OS 3 is right around the corner

[@Hunterkiller5150]

FYI you can force Fallout 4 to the Windows version by forcing proton compatibilty. It will cause the game to re-download the Windows version.

[@enzospartan]

Bazzite does seem intriguing for a mini PC. Does the OS support sleep/resume as well? Possible to wake from a controller?

[@rastamouse7861]

Yeah man, i wanna do it.

[@ktomcruz]

I've been looking into getting this exact SFF PC, but as a NAS instead of a gaming PC.

[@Benanonsafety]

Nice Project, how are the benchmarks vs the ones from the steam deck (which has an cpu developed for the steam deck software)

[@thatzaliasguy]

Witcher 3 in DX11 (or just run older 1.3.2 build) runs much better on lower-end, especially with DXVK vs VKD3D on Linux.

[@bricewillis6577]

Will you please do a video on the DFR 1091 sdc no one has any videos on this sbc and it has a base clock of 4.6ghz GPU and mabey some overclocking if possible LOL thanks ur videos are awesome by the way thanks for all the entertainment.

[@jazzawazza2033]

Valves watching right now

[@flashedkickz1255]

bro just built a Ps5 for half the price good stuff

[@riboiman4005]

To fix the Spiderman issue I found out that you need to always have the Anisotropic Filtering set to 2x or higher on a Linux machine, never using the trilinear setting. I found this out when playing on a 3050 Ti laptop running Manjaro Linux. You will need to tweak that one setting if you want to use the low or very low presets but you will be good to go after that!

[@troyharrison5772]

I put one of these together with an nvidia t600. It works really well, but I've noticed that the CPU fan speed increases drastically when the GPU reaches 72 degrees. This is unusual behavior for a PC. It seems like the CPU fan speed is somehow linked to the GPU temperature. I'm running with the top cover off and the CPU temperature is quite low (around 55-60 degrees while gaming), but when the GPU hits 72 degrees the CPU fan spins up and bring the CPU down to about 48 degrees. When the CPU hits 72 degrees the fans speed up as expected. I have put the GPU fan at a fixed low speed with afterburner for testing so I know for sure the fan speed increase that I'm hearing is in fact the CPU. Have you noticed the CPU fan in your system ramping up when the GPU gets over 72 degrees? If so were you able to fix it?

[@MGMan37]

It's built into the BIOS. Nothing that can really be done about it without hiring some guy to hack the bios. This happens with my P330 Tiny too.

[@leontechtalks]

could you try the rx 550?

[@TerranigmaQuintet]

I use that exact same GP but in a more modern Lenove P340 tiny, that has a 10700t in there. Unfortunately that one does not allow to use a bogstandard LP bracket like this one. Does run tih 64gb 2933mhz ddr4 ram, so got a bit more power available with it. It comes with the proper copper cooling and has the mesh top cover for the gpu and cpu. Still it can get quite toasty, mainly that rx 6400. I use it as work pc tho.

[@fantom0369]

This is a pretty good setup, how does Batocera do on it?

[@MGMan37]

I've seen someone who built a custom heatsink and ran an RTX A2000 in one of these.

[@alltobago8429]

bazzite has a new update with fedora 41 and mesa3d 24.2.3, performance should be way better

[@Inmate80]

Any chance you got your hands on the new Legion Y700 2024?

[@TheBigMan6414]

Hey, would like to see this running Batocera, I'm sure it would be powerful enough for the likes of emulation 😁

[@daverhodus]

Come on, Strix Halo.

[@middle_pickup]

If it's a Bethesda game you can bet modifying the .ini file can fix the resolution issues.

[@Benanonsafety]

For linux you should always try to go for an AMD CPU

[@jeffnash00]

Would a RTX A2000 work any better in this rig?

[@faiflowright01]

While this is amazing, if I was to sit down to use a PC, I would rather bring it up to a normal gaming PC. If I needed to bring it around, the steam deck is plenty useful. And this IS my daily routine. Day offs, main gaming rig. Workdays in the office, Steam Deck.

[@reluttr2]

If a person was wanting to migrate to linux from windows for reasons I cant really recall. Would one be better off using a more mainline distro such as Mint or would Bazzite, with desktop mode as the default, be the better option for a gaming workstation?

[@CharmPeddler]

I currently have an Unraid server and I'm looking to run a retro ambulation setup. What would you recommend I use for the OS in the container or VM in order to stream remotely to browsers on other computers? In my local network hardware is all Intel 11th gen with a Nvidia 3090 Fe

[@GM-bm1zg]

Buen video

[@JerameatC]

I would really do 32gb if you can afford it. 16 gigs feels like the minimum.

[@mikesmith123]

You should give away things like this on your channel. This would be amazing 😃

[@anthonylipke7754]

Could you squeeze a 4060 in there with more mods?

[@Arciellan]

Any chance of you getting a 3400GE variant and test the performance on that without dGpu?

[@johnuzoka6229]

I think he's already done that in the past

[@Arciellan]

@@johnuzoka6229 Nah, there's only 3 M920q video and none of them run the PC barebone without GPU.

[@CAS3823]

what’s the grey controller with the orange sticks in the thumbnail for the video?

[@kylefowler4809]

What's up with the frame times? Fps is good and all but frame times is going to feel noticeable on more latency-sensitive games (e.g., missed clicks and delayed actions)

[@e1x0r1]

What are your thoughts about using that big of a power brick to power the gpu better? Is that ok with the motherboard or vrms?

[@ankitraj-mp5mn]

There should be more new gen low profile GPUs

[@MGMan37]

I've had a similar build for a while but the fan noise when doing any gaming is very annoying. If you really need something this small you're way better off getting a Steam Deck, especially for the price.

[@Luke357]

I personally would stop using the 6400 on these older machines as the performance is severely degraded with PICE 3.0 systems.

[@TerranigmaQuintet]

Problem is, that even with that performance hit, it is still the fastest option we have for such small mini pcs.