A Modular Case for the Steam Deck! - JSAUX ModCase Review 

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Yay!🥰

Please check my comment I've seen where Jsaux copied the fan from and the video did show a lot of detail on thermals and an 18*c fall was shown on that.

Family week? I don't like that. Taki Jr. should be a permanent part of the channel!!!!

@@RoccoCusumano jr weekends 🤔

I agree. Concerning the Steam Deck, you should be able to take the chance to buy it. I understand that 'nervous' feeling as I just took the dive to acquire a Retroid Pocket 3+ knowing that in a few months, a manufacturer is possibly going to supersede that device. I know personally that the device will satisfy the need that I wanted. I have been waiting for 'that device' for approximately a year.

Recently received my 256GB model steam deck, and honestly, even though it isn’t nearly as powerful as my main rig, it has pretty much replaced it. It feels good to the hands and is a blast to use. I think the steam deck will be supported by valve for at least the next 5 years, and even when valve decides to abandon it as they do with nearly everything, the community will do the work for them, so if support or use for it is a concern for you, don’t worry, the community will handle it once valve doesn’t.

It seems that they don't have any plans to replace it in the immediate future, as they've said that keeping a large group of gamers locked at a certain performance threshold is really useful for game development, etc. They might pull a Nintendo and have an OLED refresh, but the guts will likely stay largely the same: i think you're safe 🙂

I thought the same for a while and waited. I have had my steamdeck now for a month and use it daily. I am really surprised at what it can run and the amounts of unristrickted tinkering you can do with it. Even as a project for a techlover, it's worth it. Saying that, maybe in a year a better one will come out. But even then, the value it brings is huge! I always wanted to play games but it's a hassle to sit behind my rig because it reminds me of work. So now I can easily grab it, play games, take it to a friends house, chill behind the TV and so on. It changed how I see the coming future. Normally I would not take the train and grap the car but now I do. Playing your favourite game while going to work made my day so much better. Any how, that is how I think about it, there is not really a losing situation here. Waiting and get (probably) thinner divice or going for it since it's a great hobby and tool for a tech lover. I even lost my laptop charger on eday and used the steamdeck to work in the cloud, that was a golden moment for me.

@@m.pixelated It's a bit easier to swallow that pill when it's a $100-200 device rather than a $400-650 one. However I jumped on a 512gb Steam Deck and don't regret doing so and I doubt it will be replaced/updated by valve in any significant way in the next 2 years or so. They had to put a lot of time, R&D and built relationships with partners/vendors to source what they've put together at the price point they have. Any major update to that will take time. I could only see small things like perhaps an OLED screen and/or battery life upgrade in any sort of near term.

Thanks, this reviewer has trust issues

Omg dude I thought I was going crazy being the only person who doesn't want to put the deck in a case in a case IN a case (backpack)! Like what explosive are you protecting the deck from? The Killswitch and maybe even the Jsaux case are MORE than enough to protect the Deck if it's secure and not sliding inside a backpack. I don't want to lug around three cases.

To top it off the deck isn't even that expensive, the whole reason it's so popular is that it's a pretty cheap product for what you get. Most phones nowadays are easily over 2-3 times the price a deck and yet no one is putting a case inside a case for their phones, and everyone seems to be getting by just fine I've had no issues with just the case and cover in my bag, and gives me much more space for other things like a controller or headphones

dBrand is overpriced and treats their customers like crap.

Ah hello bot also that's definitely not true ​@@XxsoonerbornxX

Yep, I agree

This is the reason why I got a gpdwin max 2. Storage galore.

With Valve now confident in its success, the Steam Deck 2 is really going to be a feast of options imo, can't wait even thoug I have a Steam Deck 1.

@@CrystallineLore I hope deck 2 is the same form factor so everything we own continues to work and its just a better screen smaller bezel and more powerful chipset. That would also speed up production as the only change would be the front plate and some cooling design changes inside perhaps.

I know I had to import my onexplayer bits from yoycart and my gpd win max bits from amazon japan it was interesting but a right pain to buy the items.

Yup , 10lb Velcro has amazing flexibility

How without covering the screen or obstructing holding the deck? Do you have a pic of how it looks like imgur?

that's only because gaming is wildly more popular nowadays and there's more random chinese companies pumping out these products

@Jonathan Stretcher True, and depending on quality, some products get free or paid promotion from unfluencers and the like. It's not a bad thing, but it gets difficult to find the gems in between all the lumps of coal.

BigBen Gamecube?

@@ProjectDv2 Bigben branded accessories for Nintendo and Playstation consoles.

@@PizzaCatSamurai ahh ok, I thought maybe this was a specific console modded by someone named BigBen, like BenHeck or something.

Also you have the killswitch, perfect I can see some pros and cons between the two

@@theman4821 sooo, what’s your take, I’m curious

@Dre2timezz Well from the video, it looks like the quality of the killswitch is better overall, but the jsaux has the extra features since it's modular. Regardless, it looks like the travel cover is kind of a useless concept. I was interested in it because I wanted something I can slip in and out of my bag on the subway. However, unless you have some sort of tight pouch you can slip the deck into. It's pointless. It's better to use the full case, even if you have to zip the zipper everything you take/put back the deck

@@theman4821 I personally like my travel cover bec w/ the steam deck case, it’s like Im carrying two SDs in one bag, size wise. Tbh, as long as I’m not encountering bullies lol on my commute to college, I found my travel cover to do its job in my book-bag very well

@@sonicandroxas good to know, I think go with the killswitch in the end, since I don't plan on attaching anything extra to the deck

That would be one heck of a honking case.

You can buy a spigen case, Deck mate bundle, and power bank for the same functions (for the most part).

That's actually a really clever use for an SD to Micro SD adapter. I have maybe a dozen of those in a section of a drawer and I might have to start using them for similar situations haha.

Pretty much lmaoo

The deckmate is awesome! That's what I use The attachments are super quick to attach and detach and work great.

Why compare it when you can apply it to the case instead and make it more modular?

The Handy Boy will make a comeback!

im in the exact same boat as you. i love the steam deck oled and i want a case that doent hinder one of its best additions being the weight difference

dont worry it will work perfect..who cares if it moves a bit

@@overoula doubt

@@overoula thanks! We'll see how it is. I plan to put it in a pouch compartment in my bag, not thrown in the main compartment, so that makes a difference for how comfortable I'd feel putting it caseless in my bag. If the front cover falls off if it's packed by itself, no biggy. Still disappointing that it doesn't appear to click on very tightly since that's its whole purpose, it's not simply a dust cover.

Give us an update when it arrived, my hope is that it's good when thrown in a bag, my issue right now it while on the bus or sitting down anywhere it's just to cumbersome to unzip the case and the pull the deck out and then afterwards having to find the case again and pull it out, my hope is that I just grab the front plate clip it on and then through it in the bag

@@crashdude7589 will do. Yep, that's my hope as well.

Yeah, I thought the ability to add a battery like that was great until I noticed that. It's a bummer

Well I have to say that fan is pretty cool but there is a very small fan 40mm I found it on Amazon that is $10 I just got some of the lock Velcro and stuck the fan on to my steam deck and it seems to work really well because it has a low medium and high setting and it runs off a USB but I got a relatively cheap steam dock that was $29.99 That has two USB ports and a USB-C port but unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to get that case with this steam dock Because it slides onto the back very tightly and it hooks into the outer part of the top ventilation. I’m not sure if I should buy that case cause I’m worried it won’t fit properly.

Yeah it's a flaw to even feature the fan if not showing what effect it has. Ironically, the case doesn't seem to take advantage of the thermal pad from the transparent backplate whatsoever. You'd think it would since they're both made by the same company.

It would depend how he had it during the pause. Before it was at 40 at 99% CPU. The after showed it at 60 fps at 70% cpu. If he didn't change any fps settings that can be huge for demanding games. It would increase ur battery life and u could pull more from the system without it getting sluggish due to temps

Yes

I have one dock from them and it is good. When it comes to docks, I am fine with any of the cheap ones that don't block the air vent and have a network jack.

@Taki Udon thank you for your response, trust your word over most

JSAUX feels well made. I really like their stuff.

It does I just got mine in today

I was wondering about this myself. Did you ever find out?

@@TheHandi-Gamer works with the travel case, i have it know. I just dont know about the valve dock, since the dock i bought was a different one.

If you got the base mod kit it will come with the stand and the strap.

There's an attachable hub you can purchase on their website