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  "id": 673674,
  "title": "Modders give the Steam Machine a Radeon eGPU and water cooling, because why not",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/modders-give-the-steam-machine-a-radeon-egpu-and-water-cooling",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/113444-modders-give-steam-machine-radeon-egpu-water-cooling.html"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two recent modding projects aim to substantially boost the Steam Machine's performance. One modder discovered a roundabout method of adding external graphics, while another built a water block from scratch to achieve dramatically lower temperatures. Read Entire Article",
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        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Resourceful gamer shrinks Valve’s Steam Deck into Game Boy, with custom 3D-printed cooling — plans display around 1200x1080, 90Hz AMOLED panel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/resourceful-gamer-shrinks-valves-steam-deck-into-game-boy-with-custom",
        "published": "2026-08-12T09:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Valve wants $1,049 for a Steam Machine, but SteamOS just turned my old PC into one for free",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/valve-wants-1-049-for-a-steam-machine-but-steamos-just-turned-my-old",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:30:10.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "The MSI Claw EX is the most important handheld since Steam Deck — I still wouldn’t buy one",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-msi-claw-ex-is-the-most-important-handheld-since-steam-deck-i",
        "published": "2026-08-14T11:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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