And a SSD I guess.
Alternative question: Do you want steam to offer a console only version? Same motherboard, just no screen or battery.
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I would fight a baby penguin for a Steam Controller v2; it was (and still is - I have 2) the best controller I have ever used.
This would be a new one obviously. When it matches the steamdeck and OS perfectly it could be more streamlined.
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You could. You would need some sort of dock for HDMI/DP output but you can run just the motherboard by itself, though you would also need cooling. If someone made a fitting heatsink/fan you could make a little case that has a built in USB C hub and turn the motherboard into a mini-PC/console pretty easily.
When I was repairing my broken motherboard after my failed RGB mod I tried powering up the motherboard by itself with a dock and display and it booted up just fine. Would be a good repurposing of that board since the thing that died was related to the built in game controller and that isn’t needed on a console. If Valve or iFixit sold replacement motherboards I’d replace my bodged repaired board with a new one and repurpose the bodged one for a console.
If you want a console look you can always look up mini itx motherboards and cases
I think at that point just build a computer
But this would be cheap af. What, $250?
I doubt it’s cheaper
Steamdeck is already cheap. Take out the price of the display, battery, and all the buttons and it’s even cheaper.
Before ifixit official sold Steam Deck parts, all the prices got leaked and the motherboard was sold for $350. When they officially started selling steam deck parts the motherboard was no longer included, but that’s unsurprising if that one part is going to sell for so much when a 64GB deck is only $400.
I use ChimeraOS on an old i5 box with Intel graphics for my couch co-op addiction.
ChimeraOS is SteamOS from Steamdeck but for x86/AMD64. Supports not only Steam but also Epic and a bunch of emulators.
Installation was plugnplay except for one hiccup with sound not going through HDMI . Googled and fixed it in 2 minutes.
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Better to buy a PC and install chimeraOS
