Totally overkill if you cut the specs to the half I have the feeling they are still overkill
The only point are the hdds and the mass storage, I can not decide if it is a lot or not, but for your list I would say that you can even go one order of magnitude down. But it mainly depends if the number of Linux isos you want to archive
Yeah man, this a show-a-bit-love message to encourage you to continuous. I really appreciate it specially the small text you always attach to the games.
And if yiir reviews are with the steam deck, even better so I can see what to expect from the not-yet-at-my-hands console
Keep going!