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) so if you want one of them you might want to try and hold out for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals and you'll probably save like $30 from current prices if you are a prime member. IIRC the 1TB extreme is like $133 on newegg marketplace but I wasn't sure if I wanted to use newegg marketplace then it went on sale for less on Amazon (Sandisk store) so it was a pretty easy decision to buy it.
Im interested in this one as well, been eyeballing it for a while
This is currently on sale for 44.98, a full 14.01 cheaper than normal and currently the lowest it's been seen.
For me I just like having a lot available without the need to wait for it to install. If a 2TB 2230 drive came out I'd probably buy one and replace the internal drive. I have about 3 games installed on my 512 internal but my 1TB SD card is already at 50%. I have a couple of games that are on the deck but can't run properly on my PC (Prototype and Technomancer). I also tend to install on my PC then copy them over to the deck to try out there.
Are these games that support Linux natively or running through WINE or a Windows VM?For me I just like having a lot available without the need to wait for it to install. If a 2TB 2230 drive came out I'd probably buy one and replace the internal drive. I have about 3 games installed on my 512 internal but my 1TB SD card is already at 50%. I have a couple of games that are on the deck but can't run properly on my PC (Prototype and Technomancer). I also tend to install on my PC then copy them over to the deck to try out there.
I am also using the deck as a kind of test linux desktop since I am probably going to move to a Desktop linux when MS EOL Win 10 since I don't plan on upgrading to any newer Windows OS. Steam Deck did one thing, it absolutely showed me how viable it is to run a Linux Desktop and not be game limited. Since the only major issue gaming wise are anti-cheat software and I don't play multiplayer games 99% of the time, every game I am playing works on the Deck so game wise I could switch to a linux desktop now.
Some are native linux builds but most are through Wine/proton. Interestingly, there are games that won't run on my Windows 10 rig that will run under proton on the deck (Prototype and also Technomancer). To be fair though it could also be due to the core count difference more than anything else. Prototype has to be set with affinity and I can get it to run but it is so unstable on my windows rig that it's unplayable (like now it refuses to load from my save file without crashing). Similarly on the deck it takes a very specific version of Proton to run it normally otherwise it crashes/locks up. Technomancer won't run at all on my windows rig unless I edit the system config to only run 4 cores and reboot to that limited core environment. That's not happening so it is basically unplayable anywhere else but on the Deck for me.
2TB 2230 has been out for a while, western digital makes them they sell for $300-350 on fleabay.For me I just like having a lot available without the need to wait for it to install. If a 2TB 2230 drive came out I'd probably buy one and replace the internal drive. I have about 3 games installed on my 512 internal but my 1TB SD card is already at 50%. I have a couple of games that are on the deck but can't run properly on my PC (Prototype and Technomancer). I also tend to install on my PC then copy them over to the deck to try out there.
I am also using the deck as a kind of test linux desktop since I am probably going to move to a Desktop linux when MS EOL Win 10 since I don't plan on upgrading to any newer Windows OS. Steam Deck did one thing, it absolutely showed me how viable it is to run a Linux Desktop and not be game limited. Since the only major issue gaming wise are anti-cheat software and I don't play multiplayer games 99% of the time, every game I am playing works on the Deck so game wise I could switch to a linux desktop now.
Decks are generally available to impatient twits now, make them buy their own.
Thanks, I noticed shortly after I posted that, but it's too much to justify for 2TB. I'll wait for a while and hope prices drop, but I am pretty happy at 1.5 tb. I might just stop spending on the deck now and just wait for the deck 2 cause I am sure I want it if they make it lol.
