Excellent Repairability: Steam Machine Tear-Down and Accessing RAM & SSD (Gamers Nexus) [Video]

Gamers Nexus (2.62m subscribers)

June 24, 2026

Video length: 28m 44s

Valve's Steam Machine is too expensive considering the RX 6600 to RTX 5050-level of performance, but as a positive, the company has applied its Deck and Controller philosophy of making a highly repairable device. The Steam Machine has QR codes, clear labels, plain English text, numbers, and color codes scattered throughout the device in a way that makes it easier to take apart. Accessing the memory, such as to upgrade the RAM or enshrine the single stick you get in the gold that its value equals, is mostly easy except for some cables secured by (unfortunately) glue to the finstack.

00:00 - Steam Machine Tear-Down

06:07 - Removing the Machine from the Case

12:35 - A Ridiculous Fan

15:17 - Accessing the RAM on the Steam Machine

23:09 - The CPU and GPU

25:45 - Conclusion

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Posted Wednesday 24 June 2026 at 4:45 pm AEST (my time).

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