A recent video update on the YouTube Valve account posted the latest process of Steam Deck teardown. The video mainly focuses on the analog stick and SSD replacement and the manufacturer has promised that at some point replacement parts will become available so a video like this will become handly should anyone need to replace those components.
In the video, however, Valve has made one thing clear and SSD replacement is not recommended. The drive which was used in the video for replacement was carefully chosen for the console and was tested thoroughly in terms of power consumption and electromagnetic interference.
People who have pre-ordered the steam deck will now start receiving them from December. New orders however will not be fulfilled till the second quarter of 2022 at least, that’s assuming no component shortages.
Valve’s steam deck is equipped with AMD Van Gogh APU based on Zen2 and RDNA2 microarchitecture and comes with 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage options. This storage can further be expanded through the MicroSD slot, which is a recommended way according to the video. The device is supported by 16GB of LPDDR5 memory and sports a 7-inch 1280×800 display, and a 40 Whr battery.
Check out the video below:
| VideoCardz | Steam Deck | One player | Aya Neo 2021 | Aya Neo 2021 Pro | Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Switch OLED |
| Architecture | AMD Zen2 & RDNA2 | Intel Tiger Lake | AMD Zen2 (Renoir) | AMD Zen2 (Renoir) | ARM Cortex | ARM Cortex |
| SoC | AMD Van Gogh | Core i7-1185G7*** Core i7-1165G7** Core i7-1135G7* | Ryzen 5 4500U | Ryzen 7 4800U | NVIDIA Tegra X1 | NVIDIA Tegra X1 |
| SoC CPU | 4C/8T @ 3.5 GHz | 4C/8T * 4.2*, 4.7**, 4.8*** GHz | 6C/6T @ 4.0 GHz | 8C/16T @ 4.2 GHz | 4x A57 | 4x A57 |
| SoC GPU | AMD RDNA2 8 CUs @ 1.6 GHz | Xe-LP (Iris) 96 EUs @ 1.35 GHz | AMD Radeon Vega 6 @ 1.5 GHz | AMD Radeon Vega 8 @ 1.750 GHz | NVIDIA Maxwell 256 CUDA | NVIDIA Maxwell 256 CUDA |
| Memory | 16GB LPDDR5-5500 | 16GB LPDDR4X-4266 | 16GB LPDDR4X-4266 | 16GB LPDDR4X-4266 | 4GB LPDDR4-3200 | 4GB LPDDR4-3200 |
| Storage | 64GB eMMC (PCIe Gen2x1) 256GB/512GB NVMe (PCIe Gen3x4) | 512GB*, 1TB **, 2TB *** NVMe | 512 GB / 1TB NVMe | 1TB / 2TB NVMe SSD | 32GB | 64GB |
| Display | 7″ 1280×800 IPS | 8.4″ 2560×1600 IPS | 7″ 1280×800 IPS | 7″ 1280×800 IPS | 6.2″ 1280×720 5.5″ 1280×720* | 7″ 1280×720 OLED |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5 | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, USB 4.0 x2 | WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 | WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 | WiFi 5, Bluetooth 4.1 | WiFi 5, |
| Battery | 40 Whr | 15,300 mAh | 12,300 mAh | 12,300 mAh | 4310 mAh | |
| Weight | 669 g | 820 g | 650 g | 650 g | 400g / 277g* | 420g |
| Dimensions | 29.8 x 11.7 x 4.9 cm | 28.8 x 13.0 x 2.1 mm | 25.5 x 10.6 x 2.0 cm | 25.5 x 10.6 x 2.0 cm | 23.9 x 10.1 x 1.4 cm 20.8 x 9.1 x 1.4 cm* | 24.2 x 10.2 x 1.39 cm |
| OS | Steam OS 3.0 (Arch) | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Custom | Custom |
| Release Price | $399 (64GB) $529 (256GB) $649 (512GB) | $1,059 * $1,158 ** $1,599 *** | $925 (16G/512GB) $1,015 (16G/1TB) | $1,215 (16G/1TB) $? (16G/2TB) | $299 $199* | $349 |
| Release Date | Holiday 2021 | June/July 2021 | March 2021 | TBC | March 2017 Sep 2019* | Holiday 2021 |
| * Standard Edition ** Pro Edition *** Ultimate Edition | * Lite |
