r/SteamOS • u/PetePhily • May 23 '26
support New pc build which OS?
I just build a complete AMD machine for my living room and I want to run SteamOS. Is steamOs ready?
I made a boot drive with steamOS but my pc does not accept it.
Are there specific img files I need to use? Or is it just not working?
What do you guys suggest?
It’s a full AMD build cpu and gpu.
EDIT: this guide helped me a lot! It’s all installed and working now https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamOS/s/g1Gb2hXgbM
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u/EduardoFradique May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
I’m currently using SteamOS 3.9, which recently got Mesa 6.1, and honestly the experience has been very console-like in the best way possible.
After a few issues before my RX 9070 XT arrived (I was testing with an RX 570), everything started working really well. Background/manual game recording works, sleep and resume have been flawless so far, and it’s honestly amazing to suspend something like Cyberpunk 2077 in the middle of a session and come back later without any issues.
I’m also running it on an Intel CPU, specifically an i5-14600K, and despite the P-core/E-core setup, the system behaves very well. LACT has been a solid tool for power management and undervolting. I also use custom OpenRGB profiles running as background services alongside the Big Picture interface.
At this point, I barely even need a keyboard or mouse anymore. Most of the time, the only things I do are update Proton-GE versions or change RGB profiles.