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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You can just buy an aftermarket anti-glare screen. They are cheap.

You can change the SSD by yourself but you'll lose waranty. There's a noticeable speed difference between the eMMC and NVMe versions. There's no noticeable speed difference between the NVMe versions.

IMHO if can afford it and have a few technical skills buy the little one and install one of these. You might even want to wrap it in one these (there's a real leather option too) or these or replace the joysticks with these (can't get drift and have a much smaller deadzone).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can change the SSD by yourself but you’ll lose waranty.

Just a FYI, but changing the SSD will not void your warranty. There are two cases you can void your warranty: 1) by opening up your Steam Deck you damage something. 2) you no longer have the original SSD (Keep it safe, because you'll need to put it back when you send it to Valve). Valve have been rather chill about the whole SSD change.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think I'd bother with a skin, but those sticks look fancy - and not too expensive really.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Any of those said aftermarket screens you could recommend?

Agree on the NVMe bit, only reason why I took the 256GB intermediate aside from the fact that extra space gave me some breathing room off the bat

I can snag a better NVMe on sale down the road

Great tips all round, will be snagging those sticks you shared

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can get really fast SD cards these days and it supports installing games on either.