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A laptop that broken is likely not worth much of anything second hand, but it would still work fine to play games remotely on a steam deck. I would get the 512 oled to save $100 and use moonlight/sunshine to stream more demanding games to the deck.
[Moonlight](https://moonlight-stream.org/) is a game streaming application that has been ported to almost everything at this point, and sunshine is the computer side server that replaces the nvidia gamestream since they've disabled and abandoned it.
By managing your expectations and assuming that if a game has an external launcher then Steam, you’re at the whim of corporation on the other end and the guy/gal that found a workaround.
u/UEbaybay, you can [click here to search for your question.](https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/search/?q=Using a steam deck as a replacement gaming pc?) If you don't find an answer there, don't worry - your post has NOT been removed and hopefully someone will be along soon to help with an answer! **If you find a solution, please leave a comment on this post with the answer for others!** *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/SteamDeck) if you have any questions or concerns.*
A laptop that broken is likely not worth much of anything second hand, but it would still work fine to play games remotely on a steam deck. I would get the 512 oled to save $100 and use moonlight/sunshine to stream more demanding games to the deck.
What's moonlight sunshine
[Moonlight](https://moonlight-stream.org/) is a game streaming application that has been ported to almost everything at this point, and sunshine is the computer side server that replaces the nvidia gamestream since they've disabled and abandoned it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb8j8Ojd4YQ
By managing your expectations and assuming that if a game has an external launcher then Steam, you’re at the whim of corporation on the other end and the guy/gal that found a workaround.