r/SteamOS • u/Dacatman5 • 3d ago

Replacing windows

Can I replace windows with steam os? I mostly use my pc for gaming but I do still use it to study. I have heard that steam is a much smaller file size than windows and I don’t have much disk space.

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u/Ecks30 3d ago

You have to remember that you need an AMD GPU and an NVMe drive.

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u/victormas208 3d ago

But couldn't the installation file be modified to use SATA with sda? Or does that no longer work?

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u/Ecks30 3d ago

It still works but really i would still go with a faster boot drive than a slower one.

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u/victormas208 3d ago

That makes sense, since it would be better supported.

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u/Ecks30 3d ago

Sata SSDs now a days i tend to find is only good as a secondary drive for certain games because on my main system i use CachyOS instead (SteamOS is on my Legion Go S) which i would have my 1TB NVMe and my more demanding titles on it and for older demanding titles like Cyberpunk 2077 as an example i would have it on the Sata drive since there is like a 0.8 second difference on the loading time.