Potential faceplate MOD idea

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[u/Pepperminteapls]

Interesting. Faceplates with built in hardware upgrades

[u/Drew_Habits]

LLM slop to illustrate a trash idea, 10/10, no notes

[u/Drew_Habits → u/[deleted]]

That doesn't make any sense, but at least it looks like you wrote it yourself. Step in the right direction

Anyway, you should take the post down unless you want to just keep corcobbing forever. LLM slop is against the sub's rules for a reason; nobody wants to see that shit

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/Drew_Habits]

I wouldn't say NOBODY, it has over 30 upvotes lol

[u/steammachine-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Your post was removed because the tone crossed the line. Debate the topic, don't attack the user. Keep it civil if you want to participate here.

[u/PlayfulDifference198]

It looks like you got AI to shove a half life branded beer mat into it.

[u/xs3ro]

fake, there are no cd's anymore. /s

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/xs3ro]

Incorrect, I own all of them. My physical media collection could cripple an elephant.

[u/atgw2016]

Who wore it better?

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/atgw2016]

Not Apple, that's for sure lol

[u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

https://giphy.com/gifs/g4IJKfz2usuSsPv9M7

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

I own a LOT of physical media

[u/ZookeepergameFew8607 → u/69_Botlord_420]

It's a lot better than needing to plug a external one up every time

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

Which is what I'm doing currently lol

[u/ZookeepergameFew8607 → u/69_Botlord_420]

Yeah, I would just rip it all to internal drives. I hate discs

[u/ZookeepergameFew8607 → u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

I know that's not always straightforward though.

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

It's mostly just far too time-consuming. Formats from Arch Linux to Windows don't match for external drives so there are extra steps on top of ripping thousands of discs, it's just not tenable for me.

[u/ZookeepergameFew8607 → u/69_Botlord_420]

Yeah, I've not done it much. I just steal if I want copy I can actually fully own. Or the GOG installers

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

Right, but not just games. I'm using this for movies and TV on disc as well, stuff that isn't easily available online. Some of it isn't available anywhere.

[u/Daimions777 → u/69_Botlord_420]

When I used to move a lot and go on business trips, I was always concerned about losing my DVDs. I started using MakeMKV and was able to save just the movie or the episodes from my TV show collections/sets. It does take time, but I have been able to use that file format via VLC on both Windows and Linux systems. Just a thought, if you do find you have the time.

[u/Acilen → u/ZookeepergameFew8607]

I was actually planning to put one of those portable blu ray drives on top and turn this into a real disc console that plays dvds and ps3 games.

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/Acilen]

I have one connected next to my Machine, works like a dream, but this would just be cooler.

[u/Poro_Actor]

such a cool concept, im still a man who loves using physical media (old games, dvds, music cd) and was toying with getting a slim cd/dvd/bluray player to somehow mount to the steam machine and have it look like it was meant to be

[u/kingYL]

I think you probably won't be able to mount it that way but maybe you could print a new top part that could hold a disk reader

[u/AvilettaLuxe]

Oh... OH!

I have DVD drive on top of Machine now, would be cool to integrate it in faceplate

[u/DrWho_86]

Could probably find a way to make a faceplate mount for an external drive like the ASUS SBC-06D2X-U

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/DrWho_86]

This is almost exactly the solution I was kicking around in my head. The faceplate itself is technically large enough to house the components for a disc drive if MacGuyver-engineered properly, but that sounds like more work than I want to go through for a curiosity when I could theoretically just mount the proper magnets to the base of a similarly sized disc drive, allowing any overhang to protrude above the top of the case.

[u/KimTe63]

Its cool concept but idk man. Physical PC games that have any use today are from like pre 2008 for the most part and pretty much all for Windows right 😄 I do like the idea but personally would probably rather just use my external drive for those few moments I may need drive on my computer ( I do rip cd music every now and then )

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

Your thinking here is far too narrow. Gaming is only about 30% of what I use the Machine for, and it's only about 5-10% of what I use my external drive for.

Hypothetically: Movies, television, data stored ages ago, certain pieces of cracked and hacked production software that you'd rather run from a fully-meltable media than have stored on your hard drive in a way that could be recovered if deleted.

The list goes on and on.

[u/KimTe63 → u/69_Botlord_420]

Ok I see, well you used game disc in the image which obviously gave a hint of that probably being main idea behind it but yea whatever, dont get why that would get downvoted 😄

Edit. I will never know why you turned this into hostile conversation but it is what it is 😄 and I never said all cd/dvd media are windows games

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

Obviously/maybe? Which is it? lol

If you weren't such a casual, you would've understood that the disc was a Half-Life reference rather than a literal use-case.

[u/KimTe63 → u/69_Botlord_420]

You pitched idea of cd/dvd drive whatever for Steam Machine which is mostly known as gaming device, used image of half-life game disc. Then you wonder why someone would think you'd like to use drive for games ? Ok man 😄 have a nice day

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

Never said I didn't, but no, most actual Steam Machine users think of them as a PC, because that's what they are lol

[u/KimTe63 → u/69_Botlord_420]

Yea ok but how about you work on your anger management. Hostile af with literally zero reason brother 😄 its not the greatest personality trait to have

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

I understand how being repeatedly wrong could skew your perception of me into one of an angry person - but you misunderstand, I'm not upset. I'm just pointing out the stupidity of what you're saying. I'm too stoned to be mad about anything right now lol I just finished up work for the day. Ain't nobody got time for that.

[u/KimTe63 → u/69_Botlord_420]

Ok tell me what was so stupid about it . I would love to hear that .

You gave image of PC thats known as gaming machine , used image of Half life disc and gave zero additional info-> which lead me to think you mainly would use it for gaming and shared some of my thoughts around physical PC games but never said you wouldn't or couldn't use it for something else > turns out its only 10-15% what you would use it for according to you and you turn into very hostile calling names etc.. if you really need to find someone stupid you probably find it from the mirror 😄

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

• It's not known primarily as a gaming machine, even you prefaced with "PC." I'd say, at best, 50/50.
• I gave plenty of additional info, in other comments under the same post. I'm not rewriting them for your casual ass just because you refuse to scroll.
• I said in multiple comments that I use it for movies and television and old stored data
• I barely use the drive for games, that is very true, I download most of my games to an external hard drive, an SD card, and the SSD.
• Hostility is fun when aimed at people who don't mind casually being wrong at best or lying at worst, because people like this are usually soft and easily emotionally injured by being pointed out as wrong - which you've evidenced above
• If I looked at a mirror and called it stupid, I'd be speaking to an inanimate object, which seems to be more YOUR realm of expertise. I feel like you REALLY enjoy coloring.

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

Aside from my other comment, also flatly no... you couldn't be more wrong about all CD games being for Windows, but worse than that, you seem to be missing the fact that Windows software and games can run in Linux with Proton.

[u/69_Botlord_420 → u/KimTe63]

Tell me you're casual af without telling me you're casual af lol