u/eltowars

SteamOS questions

Hello, people,

My bc250 setup is almost finished, but I have a question about software.

I'm on catchy right now and I have some doubts on installing steamOS

- My main problem with catchy is that I cannot connect new stuff (like Bluetooth devices) without leaving steam big picture. Is there a way to do so? I would like to do almost everything from big picture.

- Does SteamOS let you do so? Meaning connect to a WiFi or new Bluetooth devices in steam mode?

-I have 40CU unlocked. If I install SteamOS will I have to re-unlock them? I bought my bc250 secondhand with catchy and unlocked and I would like to do a fresh install in order to know how is everything. If it's not automatically restarted, what should I do?

Thanks!

reddit.com
u/eltowars — 2 days ago

Questions about cooling

Hello. I already have almost all my components. I have some questions about cooling, as I don't understand much about airflow.

I'm thinking in having 2 12mm fans. One on the cpu heatsink and one in the front. On the gpu side, I'm thinking on a heatsink as shown in the images. Should it be enough? The cpu fan would be introducing air and the front one extracting it. Does it make sense?

My case will be made by me on wood. About the "openings" for the fans, the best idea is to have all the panels solid and just open the parts where the fans are? Should I also make the gpu heatsink side open?

Can The flex psu touch the gpu backplate? If it's better not to, what can I put inbetween?

is there something else I should consider?

btw: I'll be playing with 40CU and, if it gets stable, 8 cores. I don't think I'll overclock.

thank you!

u/eltowars — 17 days ago

Is vr possible at the moment? How?

Hi! I'm finishing my bc250 setup. I have seen very few people talking about playing vr on this device. Posts are some months old and I was wondering if there are any updates.

Is it possible to play games like Alyx on bc250? Has anyone succeeded?

I have a quest 2 and wouldn't have any problems playing by cable. Right now I'm on catchy but I could change distro if there's one which handles it easier.

Thanks!

reddit.com
u/eltowars — 18 days ago

Dual power bricks?

I have a question about psu. Would it make sense to use 2 dell or meanwell power bricks? One for the PCIe and one for the microfit? Would that work? Is it going to give enough power? Thanks!

reddit.com
u/eltowars — 25 days ago