Steam Machine

A mini-ITX Steam Machine build starts with three numbers: card length, PSU format and cooler height. Fractal’s Node 304 lists all three.

AMD GPU for SteamOS: the RX 9060 XT is sold in 8GB and 16GB, and Valve’s own box has 8GB. See which VRAM size suits your screen.

SteamOS NVIDIA support comes down to drivers: Mesa’s open RADV is the Vulkan driver on Steam Deck. Here is what that means for GeForce owners.

Build your own Steam Machine with a Ryzen 5 7400F and RX 7600, then check the one part that won’t carry over: Valve’s SO-DIMM memory.

Steam Machine Windows 11 and HDMI: the hardware supports HDMI 2.1, but SteamOS runs at 2.0 speeds. Windows behavior is still undocumented.

Steam Machine HDMI 2.1 isn’t on the spec sheet, yet Valve says the hardware can do it. Here is what each port handles and where the limits sit.

Steam Machine storage expansion has one catch: the lone M.2 slot replaces the stock drive rather than adding one. Then come the microSD and USB limits.

Steam Machine RAM compatibility has a performance angle: adding a second 16GB stick lifted 7-Zip scores 19.4% in one Gamers Nexus test.

Steam Machine SSD compatibility is narrower than it looks: Valve and iFixit name two lengths, and other drive types go undocumented.

A Steam Machine RAM upgrade uses an empty second slot: Valve says every unit built so far has one 16GB stick. Reaching it is the hard part.