- Valve’s refurbished Steam Deck OLED is now cheaper than new LCD models
- Now 20% cheaper than new OLED models
- US stocks may be low, UK already out of stock
valve Steam DeckOLED The model has been competing with similar ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Rescuer Go – Now that competition has increased, refurbished OLED models are much cheaper than new ones and almost as cheap as remaining LCD models.
According to Tom’s hardwareCurrently, the Steam Deck OLED is 20% cheaper than the new 512GB and 1TB models, which cost $439 and $519 respectively. This is through Valve Certified Renovation Programthe device is fully tested and fully functional, and you get a one-year warranty on new models (more depending on your region).
While the Steam Deck OLED isn’t as powerful as the ROG Ally or Lenovo Legion Go (both use the Z1 Extreme APU), it’s a competent device in a variety of games – it has a 90Hz display, added HDR support, and can peak The brightness is 1000 nits, while the LCD is 600 nits.
While these refurbished options are available in the UK and US, all options (including the LCD) are currently out of stock in the UK. If you’re in the US, the only refurbished models available are the OLED 512GB and 1TB variants – depending on how quickly they’re out of stock in the UK, you may want to act now before it’s too late.
What does this mean for competing with other handheld gaming PCs?
As I mentioned before, the Steam Deck LCD and OLED don’t really offer the same level of performance as other newer handheld gaming PCs – the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go both outperform this device at the higher 1080p resolution, Ally This is even more true in the case of X.
If you’re less concerned about getting high performance on a handheld device and more concerned about display quality, the Steam Deck OLED or the Lenovo Legion Go are two devices worth considering. However, with the price of refurbished OLED models dropping, I’d probably choose Valve’s popular gaming system over Lenovo’s pricey Legion Go (MSRP).
There’s no word yet on whether a successor to the Steam Deck will appear, but if it does, I’d expect the processors used to match or at least be close to those from Asus, Lenovo, and MSI.