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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Linode
1:22 - What is the Ultimate Steam Deck?
2:02 - 2TB SSD Upgrade
4:30 - Joystick Upgrade
6:30 - Cooling upgrade
9:15 - Charging IC Heatsink
10:05 - Protection
13:05 - Battery Upgrade
16:40 - Testing it out
18:10 - dBrand!
19:03 - Outro

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@NovaCascade Год назад

Alex is quite a rare creature. He seems to have enough general knowledge on how to get something to work, yet he manages to have this jank yolo approach that could only be tolerated by a company who is ran by someone that routinely drops 1k+ pieces of hardware.

@ravenof1985 Год назад

its a fairly admirable quality amongst maintenance and prototype engineers, in both instances it doesnt matter how/why something works, all that matters is that it works so the tolerance for jankyness is SUPER high.

@suspiciousinternetfinds4296 Год назад

I watch this channel for Alex and his craftsman ship alone. The whole team is great, but he is so laid back and doesn't give off the hyper gen z vibe that this channel is trending toward in recent years. Any vid with him in the shop gets my view.

@anon_y_mousse Год назад

Whoever keeps hiring these people is clearly great at picking gems.

@Gren4te Год назад

@@anon_y_mousse and good at making powerpoints!

@ppduval Год назад

He's amazing

@Olav_Hansen Год назад

I think that even though most companies dislike this kind of modding, somewhere valve's people are just looking at this video and think "you go linus, unlock full potential"

@Hassenesoua Год назад

"yeeee linus, modding go brrrr!" -valve

@tumamaencosplay Год назад

Honestly, if they designed a steam deck 2 with an easy and user-friendly heatsink add-on, I wouldn't even mind paying for it separately.

@jusghonson3667 Год назад

valve is just that way, and i hope it stays the same

@cheezyfriez12 Год назад

I see your point, but they are definitely more worried about software Modding/modchips, piracy and all that.

@VTF5252 Год назад

@@cheezyfriez12 you are free to change the OS to your liking, I can't imagine what you would even do with a modchip on it. It'd be the same as putting one on your pc and I haven't seen anyone do that in a hot minute.

@Paularite Год назад

valve : "you can open and repair your steam deck, but you really shouldn't be doing it" those guys : "let's slam a heatsink on that bad boy"

@averagemobileplayergfs7383 10 месяцев назад

Right? Haha

@the_undead 3 месяца назад

My favorite part is that valve did officially acknowledge this mod. They did not endorse it but they did say that this is something someone has done. I forget if they acknowledged it was LTT that did or just that someone did effectively strap an external heat sink to a steam deck

@nikog2575 Год назад

Honestly the fact that any of that is even reasonably possible for anyone to do is just incredible. Like imagine being in the design meetings and someone is like, "well i know it will probably reduce our profits a bit, but let's just make that modular or at least swappable for the end user" and everybody else is like, "you know what? That's a great idea, we will do that." What other company in any sector would do that? Fucking incredible.

@fabiandrinksmilk6205 Год назад

I don't even think it drops their profits. People are buying it because it's so consumer friendly. That's some extra sales.

@BuildItMakeIt Год назад

@@fabiandrinksmilk6205 This is one of the biggest reasons I bought one. I am pretty sure I can fix and replace stuff over time and upgrade it so I felt it was good to go. I also bought a cheap used ssd before getting the steam deck in hand knowing I could upgrade it. Valve was very smart with this.

@the_undead 6 месяцев назад

What helps valve is they have the only money printing machine on this planet, and all this is doing is driving their money printing machine more because now the steam deck is the definitive handheld, so if anything this is increasing their profits not hurting them by making this thing right to repair friendly and similar

@elmergloo3259 Год назад

There’s a kind of magic when the community is allowed to make upgrades to an already finished product with the manufacturer being totally chill about it

@Aethelbeorn Год назад

I know right?

@iCore7Gaming Год назад

Valve are just the best

@ResidentRecon89 Год назад

Wish the fans were plug and play cause I’d fuck up the soldering knowing me. I’d send it off to iFix it and have them make these modifications.

@wck Год назад

Why wouldn't the manufacturer be chill about it? The point where they probably won't be so chill is when you do this and then submit a warranty claim.

@hammerheadcorvette4 Год назад

@@wck Most companies now adays are against "Right to repair" . . . Kind of a big deal.

@saxreaper Год назад

I really like how valve makes this actually user upgradeable, way better than the switch, I would order one if I had a use for it, I don't use my switch nearly enough to justify buying a steam deck.

@Josifer4GAppFire Год назад

even if you wanted one you couldn't get one lol

@yepisme455 Год назад

@@Josifer4GAppFire bruh

@Anfimus Год назад

You don’t play the switch as much, possibly because your playing steam on pc? Steam deck isn’t to replace switch as the game library is completely different

@Parhelion2 Год назад

Mine is showing up in a couple days. It’s gonna be my new mobile pc because I get way to nervous bringing my desktop with me to LAN parties (they aren’t dead yet!) I’m gonna put windows on it after a bit of seeing what steam os is like. And I may be looking into these upgrades too.

@taxevasion2403 Год назад

I've had my Switch for 2 years and my Deck for 3 months. I have already put more hours with the Deck than the Switch. Having access to PC games on the go or in bed with good performance was a litteral game changer

@carston101 Год назад

Man I love the back & forth relationship LTT & Dbrand have. Actually makes me not skip ad spots because they're Genuinely entertaining.

@OviWanKeno9i Год назад

This really made me look into both the Steam Deck, the joysticks AND the case. I'm searching for that heatsink video now too.

@thefowles1 Год назад

dbrand naming their case for what is effectively the "nintendo switch killer" the "killswitch" is a brilliant marketing move. someone got a raise for that one.

@colbster12302 Год назад

Remember when they told everyone it's pronounced "da-brand" that guy got fired

@K4inan Год назад

This thing will not put a dent on switch sales

@flarkjohnson6785 Год назад

congratulations, you got the joke!

@youcefdz5598 Год назад

@@K4inan says the 6 years old who only plays kids' games

@K4inan Год назад

@@youcefdz5598 I think your IQ is in the low 40s

@evifnoskcaj Год назад

That soldering job looks so solid, just the shine, the perfect cone form, no sign of microfractures; it was GLORIOUS. 😉 Love your practical engineering, calm demeanor, and positive outlook and DIY attitude, Alex! Also, past Alex is a cool dude too.

@temperance7 Год назад

Lol i just started reading it in Bateman's voice

@hfric Год назад

@EkiToji Год назад

@@Noah-lj2sg Agreed past Alex sucks. I bet he gives future Alex all sorts of extra work to finish.

@engineeringvision9507 Год назад

I loved the soldering job. Especially loved the use of heatshrink so the wires don't short, that was a really good omission 😋

@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse Год назад

@@Noah-lj2sg Hes like Red Jeff, he will be back!

@DIYtechie Год назад

Great video. The best since the HDMI cable test. This is really awesome because it is actually making something people want.

@THC800 Год назад

This is quite entertaining to watch. The whole time Linus was literally giggling like a little school boy with all the mods Alex had done (including their sponsor's product!) . I love this video. GG guys.

@Luvutoo Год назад

Battery kickstands actually sound like a brilliant idea, especially considering I can hinge it away from the body if it's getting warm

@dappermuis5002 Год назад

Also it would be pretty much just plug and play, unlike the other mods shown. Which would be great. Most people are not technical.

@shotgunmonke4483 Год назад

Brotha

@akippnn Год назад

I personally don't find it that brilliant. It sounds nice but isn't feasible realistically. Producing custom shaped batteries is pretty hard for companies, doubt you'd have any luck with DIY. You just won't have good ergonomics with a standard battery shape. Battery packs are kind of what solves this problem though it's not integrated to the device itself, but they are a suitable contender to providing external power. Turning Steam Deck's internal battery into external battery is more appropriate and works well for a lot of scenarios although you have the problem of keeping the battery near the thing at all times and deal with the wire.

@RomanMines64 Год назад

@@akippnn looks like a worthy sacrifice to me, seems easy enough to reproduce the way they did it

@freedomofmotion Год назад

@@akippnn What do you mean standard battery shape, there isn't really a standard. There's like 50.

@spacemarine5758 Год назад

You know you have good connections when companies send you basically engineering samples to test if they even work

@rohanlowe Год назад

…too see if they break? i’d send something to LTT to see how it breaks.

@christopherjc54 Год назад

To be fair, Linus did challenge companies a while back to send them their engineering samples for constructive criticism since so many were making dumb mistakes.

@Vysair Год назад

@@christopherjc54 the higher you are, the more out of touch you are. Company also suffers this internally and it tends to be one giant echo chamber. Linus is a consumer as well a professional so he's a good pick

@adriankyleabaja9271 Год назад

Just like Dave2d with laptops

@jorceshaman Год назад

@@Vysair Not just a professional but the money to hire competent employees to help with the testing.

@vilicles Год назад

Great soldering job, Alex!

@Donseipo Год назад

Super fun to watch! Amazing content!!

@hugoslav843 Год назад

Your soldering skills are flipping amazing

@tj_2701 Год назад

👍

@undeada-man1920 Год назад

Thanks

@allhandsonsteamdeck1440 Год назад

IF YOU ARE READING THIS IF I SEE YOU IN PUBLIC WITH YOUR STEAM DECK YOU BETTER LET ME PLAY IT OR ELSE 😡

@bbmatias22 Год назад

@@allhandsonsteamdeck1440 no

@connorjenkins9557 Год назад

The hilarious relationship between LTT and dbrand has genuinely moved me to buy their products.

@tardvandecluntproductions1278 Год назад

Marketing goal achieved.

@bluedogtransportwa Год назад

Watching this on my genuine dead cow backed iphone Actually a really nice skin, really suits the apple aesthetic

@RodrigoBadin Год назад

I kinda want to see a compilation of LTT vs DBrand segways lol

@Kaos.the.1st Год назад

I’m actually getting an iPad Pro soon and I will be ordering my first dbrand skin because of LTT

@MrOmen_ Год назад

@@rustler08 that is implying they don't make good products?

@leonardomercedes7826 Год назад

Short, sweet and to the point. Bless you

@oneuptheextraman Год назад

For d-brand. I would totally consider a case+kick stand + battery combo thing, even if it needs a cable out the top, and if the battery were not huge. 5kmah would be fine for me, maybe. I think that would be cool. I think the switch has some accessories like that.

@MrHamncheez Год назад

The steamdeck is already pushing the limit on whats comfortable to hold in your hands; I'd just get an external battery + cable, that way the extra battery can live on your lap or in your pocket.

@spaghettilocomotive Год назад

the kilo (1000) and milli (1/1000th) eliminates eachother, you might aswell just say 5Ah. ;)

@ariuss3009 Год назад

Wow, 5 kmah must be the weirdest mush up of prefixed I've seen. It's just 5 Ah

@ZerotheWanderer Год назад

Think of those old phone cases with a built in battery, giving you stupid amounts of usage time. Now imagine the case with ample room for your fingies, raised a bit for cooling intake, but otherwise the whole back of the steam deck is just a huge battery bank.

@M1U5T0N3 Год назад

They should call Anker. I know they can do it ;)

@TwilightWolf032 Год назад

16:32 A battery kickstand for both the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch (and all other portable PCs/consoles to come), THAT'S BRILLIANT!

@seanuzar583 Год назад

Alex you did a great job with the soldering

@skoy21 Год назад

Great soldering job Alex!

@the3rdid485 Год назад

Alex is really developing as a confident entertaining host and you can really tell he's getting comfortable (or amazing faking) and he's getting better and projects. Super entertaining arc.

@danielstellmon5330 Год назад

"Fake it tell you make it" was some of the best advice I ever got.

@MarceloRodriguez-gk1kq Год назад

Kpp

@MarceloRodriguez-gk1kq Год назад

Ñq

@SwarumtheForum Год назад

I love how they made sure to add Linus's face to the pads

@Hunnter2k3 Год назад

Definitely hope they take that battery stand in to consideration, really nice idea. They could, in theory, design one that can host a battery the way you did it, or horizontally for larger batteries. (simple extending grip on a rotating part should do it, or elastic) It'd need to be slightly wider if they want to support larger batteries properly, but it's doable.

@andreaswahl6644 Год назад

What valve has done for Linux gaming the past years... They have my eternal gratitude

@iNSANELYSMART409 Год назад

Valve will most likely be the reason for more developers to make linux ports of their games. Its crazy man.

@MountainJack28 Год назад

I run windows with launchbox as a frontend.

@andreaswahl6644 Год назад

Windows VM with gpu passed through

@UNSCPILOT Год назад

As a new Linux user this year, I agree doubly so, as seeing how cool the steamdeck was gave me the push to actually try linux on my current hardware, now my desktops, laptops, and soon a small server will all be running various Linux distros, predominantly "Garuda Linux" as it's my favorite so far, the automatic backups on update or new software install, plus the recovery control from grub has saved me from several noobish errors, and the little "Garuda Gamer" utility is handy for lazily installing stuff like Proton GE, or all the emulators I could ever want

@andreaswahl6644 Год назад

@@UNSCPILOT If you would like to deepen your Linux knowledge I highly suggest installing base arch and customising it to your liking. You can ofcourse take some inspiration from garuda. But I learned a lot from composing everything myself :) And it's honestly not as hard as everyone makes it out ro be😅

@_radu Год назад

As a mechanical engineer, that soldering job is of the exact level I would do if I had to solder something quickly 🤣

@dvxofficial2395 Год назад

Isn't soldering electrical... Then Welding and brazing mechanical?

@discozillah Год назад

@DvX Official exactly the point, as a mechanical engineer we don't really care if it looks pretty, it just has to work. It's not like we need to solder a complete pcb or something.

@logicalperson8825 Год назад

As a member of Association of mechanical engineer I agree

@williameldridge9382 Год назад

@@dvxofficial2395 actually they are ALL welding. Welding and soldering are in fact completely interchangeable words. Synonyms of each other. However, the distinction commonly comes up when referring to the materials used. You use entirely different metals when welding vs what people typically think of when soldering. However, they are in fact the same thing. Heat up metal to join things together. That's their entire job.

@linnea8608 Год назад

@@williameldridge9382 I think, not 100% though, that it is solder when you don't melt the material you are metal gluing and weld when you do.

@wuzzle5261 Год назад

Great soldering job, buddy!

@douglasboyle6544 Год назад

Lex, your soldering skills are fantastic.

@noeperard8843 Год назад

That's actually good ideas for Valve if they want to do a v2 : improve cooling, hall-effect thubsticks, and much more. I really hope the deck stays as a product and a lineup

@vystorm Год назад

*cough cough HDR OLED cough*

@Swarm509 Год назад

Or send out as an upgrade package for 1.0 hardware users! Prusa 3D Printers do something similar for their machines and they are super popular and nice to bring older hardware up to the current design as much as possible.

@vystorm Год назад

@Clarissa 1986 it's lifespan is actually very good now

@vystorm Год назад

@Clarissa 1986 This extremely long message looks phenomenal on my amoled display, nice bright white letters and pure black background, if this is junk it's extremely enjoyable junk

@vystorm Год назад

@Clarissa 1986 do you like microled at least?

@tito_me_doe676 Год назад

Hey Alex, here’s an idea for the backpack. Radiator, sealed reservoir, and battery go in the backpack. The radiator needs to be one of those 1u-style radiators where air flows left to right instead of top to bottom (like the alphacool UT60) then the backpack needs to be breathable on the sides, but then soft tubing can go to the deck over the shoulder

@dvxofficial2395 Год назад

Bs idea man... Could as well use an oxygen tank... What a wank

@anon_y_mousse Год назад

They could call it the PortaPack.

@tito_me_doe676 Год назад

@@anon_y_mousse I like PortaPoly, since it increases the polygons and sounds like Port-a-Potty 😂

@anon_y_mousse Год назад

@@tito_me_doe676 I was thinking along those lines, but yours is better.

@TigerofRobare Год назад

Like a Camelback!

@tomkroebel4936 Год назад

That was a GREAT soldering job!

@BB-nn9en Год назад

That heatsink fan zip tie is certainly better than the bread ties I used on my celeron 300A fan. lol. Nice job Alex!

@TonGi018 Год назад

I really like seeing the intro at the beginning of an LTT video, I know Linus and team have been playing with leaving it out but the "new" 3D intro which we've had for quite some time now is just awesome, short, the music fits perfectly with the animation and you just know you're in for a good time.

@nikkoa.3639 Год назад

that's what makes him such a good fit for this company. It's amazing

@bartz0rt928 Год назад

Another cool mod I've seen is someone glued in little microswitches that the triggers will hit if you pull them all the way. They're not wired in to anything, but they don't have to be. You can configure Steam Input to treat that final bit of pull as a different input, so you only actually need the switches to provide the tactile feedback.

@joshjlmgproductions3313 Год назад

So, they act like the Index triggers? That's cool.

@bartz0rt928 Год назад

@@joshjlmgproductions3313 Or the ones on the steam controller, yeah.

@d34th6un3 Год назад

Or how the PS5 controller work

@firecrow7973 Год назад

sounds cool, what games would that be used in though?

@TheLazurus Год назад

Ooh... That could be perfect for GameCube games

@7676tbrown Год назад

Good to have you back

@2009M109R Год назад

Alex's shirt is awesome! Home town for me! Awesome build!

@elonchan4883 Год назад

What I was curious about was replacing some of the plastic on the back with an aluminum plate and having the small chips dissipate heat to it + have some of the heat in the air of the intake dissipate into it. It’s a lot less obstructive and maybe below the burn limit

@bradhaines3142 Год назад

the problem with that is it would put the heat straight to your hands. not pleasant

@yourcomradebanana5559 Год назад

@@bradhaines3142 then I guess what you can do, is to sandwich it with a piece of plastic/rubber.

@cor7740 Год назад

@@bradhaines3142 not neccicerily, macbooks have done this for years without scorching people. Since heat always moves from high temp to low, most of the heat would be drawn away from your hands to the cooler sections of the back exposed to the air. Aluminium sinks heat to air really well so if you had some fins on it i dont think youd actually get much hotter than the plastic would. could be intresting to test though

@batt3ryac1d Год назад

Remake the whole case in gold and have it passive cool. Plus Yvonne has another thing to complain about.

@Xfade81 Год назад

@@bradhaines3142 you're holding the grips, not the backplate.

@Psychomon Год назад

Imagine going through TSA with that thing and trying to explain to them that you didn't turn it into some sort of bomb. 😂

@Eden_Fire Год назад

No can ever take the Ultimate Steamdeck on a airplane. To an untrained this is definitely a DIY explosive

@fetzie23 Год назад

@@Eden_Fire Yeah, TSA is totally calling this an IED

@mastershooter64 Год назад

_me trying to get a bomb through TSA disguised as a steam deck_

@corktail7900 Год назад

they will take it away because they want this amazing piece of hardware for themselves

@BennyLlama Год назад

This might or might not make you feel better but you'd have approximately a 90% chance of getting it through TSA without them even noticing it exists. Thats only because they have an abysmal detection rate for actual weapons so you'd probably be ok.

@meric12131415 Год назад

I guess we can thank Linus for letting us skip the boring but still for some people the somewhat useful sponsors segway

@AbdallahTeach Год назад

A lot of linus ads have products i can't have. I understand he lives in canada so the ads are centred around that region

@meric12131415 Год назад

@@AbdallahTeach not always just sometimes it's centered around a certain region

@pacspacs8693 Год назад

1:20 Damn i know what you did there Linus

@cinderblocktreehouse Месяц назад

Everyone’s jealous of my deck

@TheDoubleBee Год назад

That battery pack is so huge it could be used as an Anker... ok, I'll show myself out.

@nivozi1694 Год назад

👏

@Fr0z3nS0liD Год назад

Remember all the nintendo peripherals for the gameboy, gameboy color and gameboy advanced that you could combine to make a real abomination? This has sort of the same energy. It's impressive through. Good job.

@narius_jaden215 Год назад

If only we could get some official way to do this or a model that worked like this

@anon_y_mousse Год назад

I had attachable speakers and a lighted magnifier on my DMG. Probably still have them in a box somewhere.

@mick3y966 Год назад

I got a 2TB SSD on eBay a couple weeks ago, along with the quieter fan from iFixit. Already having a blast.

@Ken_neThT Год назад

1:09 Linus being the anime protagonist that he is, completed with an ahoge 3 adverts within the first 2 minutes of the video is some anime level stuff lmao

@richardharrison2802 Год назад

A dedicated battery case would be great for the steam deck. One that has a similar chunky heatsink like the one Linus put on but lower profile with the fan on the top of the heatsink pulling air out the deck. This as a packaged case would be the bomb!

@fluodtine868 Год назад

Zerolemon makes nice power banks for phones. Wish they could design something for Deck

@henrik1743 Год назад

Battery case with an integrated USB-C portable display and a bluetooth for xbox controller and you have a on the way setup ez

@hsharma3933 Год назад

There’s a massive battery bank you can get by this company called Baseus for $60 on amazon. It’s listed as a steam deck accessory. There’s even ways to mount that power bank onto the back of the deck without interfering with functionality.

@wmccoyIII Год назад

The idea about a conversion kit or upgrade kit would be amazing! @linustechtips if you sold this as a more refined upgrade-at-your-own-risk set I would shell out the money!

@lukmanulhakim5529 Год назад

It's kinda wonderful to see where Steam releasing the Steam Deck and the community goes wild on experimenting the device 'hidden potential'. This might give some insight for Steam on what consumers love about what to add on the newly improved model (if they decide to do it). Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for the preorder to open in the South East Asia region. T.T

@hurgcat Год назад

Sad Thai Noises

@jackofthelantern1545 Год назад

Steam Deck 2 just HAS to be perfect, since there will be no Steam Deck 3

@lukmanulhakim5529 Год назад

@@jackofthelantern1545 ahhhh...... Totally forgot about that. lol

@its_saval Год назад

@@jackofthelantern1545 Steam Deck 2: Episode 1

@carlospc223 Год назад

Same in South America.

@Mr.BananaIsKool Год назад

I love how on the top right it says: Compliment Alex's soildering when they are talking about it

@KwarterCraft Год назад

Love it. I'll definitely be getting a Steam Deck, but not until the v2 comes out.

@sharpefilms2287 Год назад

This is giving me major "Gameboy Colour with a pile of accessories" vibes and I love it.

@miinyoo Год назад

Yes please. That should come from valve as a modular swappable package, combo battery, kickstand, extra cooling. Valve, you know you can modify the existing hardware to accommodate this with no extra weight or form factor changes other than a door and hidden brackets with tiny pad connectors for electrical pre-wired to a standard accessory config ready to go from factory for add-ons that you can sell. Optional official hall effect sticks also with contact pads instead of lol soldiered wires. Get cookin' Gabe! This is awesome!

@UNSCPILOT Год назад

That might be a "Steamdeck 2.0" kind of feature, but I will say it's interesting, I think I'd rather it got a little thicker just to host more fans and heatsinks inside though rather than the hilarious tower cooler they have here, as well as a even larger battery. The biggest wishlist Item I could add is just a full-sized M.2 2280, since a larger drive can accommodate more storage, cache, and speed plus a heatsink to help it keep cool and last longer. Oh and that power management chip deffinitly needs way, way better cooling, 90+ degrees sounds too much like my old 2012 laptop struggling to run Fallout 4 and nearly melting down, even with the fan screaming at full tilt XD

@crimsondespair_9505 Год назад

@@UNSCPILOT It might be a bit difficult for a 2280. 2230 SSDs have lower power consumption and thus better heat handling. I think a battery pack case that doubles as a kickstand could work though

@wmccoyIII Год назад

Unless someone beats them to the punch, like Linus. He has the means to create conversion kits or upgrade kits and sell them directly to us. When that enavidialy does succeed, maybe the SteamDeck2.0 would be modular by design! Somebody get the CEO of Steam on the phone!

@Mrsloththegreat Год назад

Great soldering Alex

@dododogdodo Год назад

your soldering is great alex

@kaidiemulan6061 Год назад

Really needed my daily dosis of Linus

@dingdongpaofficial Год назад

So true

@raulgalets Год назад

me too kid

@HafifSyukra Год назад

U mean tech tips

@lunarincorporated Год назад

it’s dose 🤓🤓🤓

@garretthorton163 Год назад

Love your hair poking up perfectly in the middle during the Linode ad XD 1:15

@Crysyn1 Год назад

Honestly .. the kick stand battery idea for a version of the Killswitch makes me kind of want to wait to see if that becomes an option.. Id use a normal one most of the time but when traveling and such the extra battery sounds like a perfect fit.

@IraQNid Год назад

I was under the impression that all 3 TBs of storage was on a single drive. What is the speed difference of the micro SD Flash Memory card and the SSD? I remember Linus making fun of a manufacturer who made it possible to store data to 10 SD Flash Memory cards from a single expansion card.

@MrML4L Год назад

Glad to see you guys give UFD the shoutout. His steam deck hot-rodding def deserves the recognition.

@BerserkGun Год назад

The soldering was great!!!

@757ad Год назад

extremely common alex W and even more common eathan W

@BakaTheSussy Год назад

Awesome solder job, Jacob!

@teamblueflare5464 Год назад

Very excited for backpack to arrive

@gaming-zombie1392 Год назад

Amazing work guys....

@luizarthurbrito Год назад

What?? We need more!!! What's the new battery life in different applications? What's the fps difference in a bunch of games? how much have loading times improved???? This needs a part 2.

@Yuricen Год назад

i dont know how much valve invest in hardware development, but the amount of free R&D they are getting from LTT is mindblowing (maybe not really free, but hey dirt cheap)

@hansdietrich83 Год назад

If you think Valve hasn't tried all this at first, you are probably sorely mistaken. The probably started with a huge cooler and ssd and shrunk it down until they fit the price target

@xerzy Год назад

Not just LTT, but the whole community. That's the nature of open hardware and free software: people do whatever they want with it, and you get to learn from all of it!

@kazioo2 Год назад

When they started the hardware lab 10+ years ago it already costed many millions of dollars. Then they built the most advanced automated consumer electronic production system in the USA for the Steam Controller (at that time; there is video on their channel). Then they changed the headquarters to make the lab bigger, so now IIRC they have 2 floors for hardware work. So, yeah, they already spent quite a lot for a software company.

@pixelmaster98 Год назад

@@kazioo2 well, to be fair they also make a fuckton of money with their 30% cut on sales on Steam

@ZeroOne130 Год назад

@@pixelmaster98 facepalm.

@0xggbrnr Год назад

I love that everything can be solved with a heatsink.

@TigerTT Год назад

I just reserved a 64GB Steam Deck on the 30th of September and they already asked me to confirm my order yesterday,which was way faster than I was expecting. I used to mod PSPs so modding this should be fun.

@CNormanHocker Год назад

Linus: "This is my Steamdeck, right." Alex: "If you want it." (You are the boss)

@RyanWAFFELYoung Год назад

the rest of the mod is neat, but those hall effect sticks are something I've wanted for years, and contemplated designing my own for my steam controller. This is amazing and the #1 reason I was so absolutely excited when valve made the analog sticks modular. I ALSO love these, because them being modular means they're able to be modified/used for personal projects.

@Secret_Takodachi Год назад

simplest upgrade ever was totally worth doing myself and can tell you it's easier than it looks. Take your time and do it right, and the whole process can be done by a kid if you give them proper instruction ❤ I mean that encouragingly FYI: Whether you're 8, 18 or 80, there's no bad age to start learning how to mod your own electronics!

@I_was_a_Bullfrog Год назад

@Secret_Takodachi the soldering is the part that freaks me out

@RyanWAFFELYoung Год назад

@@I_was_a_Bullfrog I can not state how easy it is to do. Even if you do it badly, and there's way to much solder, and it looks hideous and the wire jacket gets all melty, it'll still work just fine. Don't sweat it at all. Even if you've got shaky hands You'll be fine. alternatively, there's probably a local maker place, or if you're in school a lab that someone would be glad to either show you or just do it for you right quick. also, for the true bastardization(which still probably works fine), you can buy "electrically conductive wire glue" and just glue the wire down.

@RyanWAFFELYoung Год назад

@@Secret_Takodachi thanks for the encouragement :) I'm an electrical engineer and been soldering for 30+ years, but I absolutely agree with you, anyone can do it and I love your positive attitude.

@EndUser-yu7gg Год назад

First time I ordered something from you guys ... but I just got my SteamDeck turn in line today so ... ROCKING for some modifications =) --- you guys always seem to come up with the super overkill crazy ... but yeah totally awesome ... when that heat sink came loose before did it actually cook anything or was device ok ... like idea of cooling that controller but I don't have a vac chamber to make fish glue ...

@austinlux8984 Год назад

Alex your soldering is top notch

@AAnerfkid Год назад

This totally brings back the days of old when we could find so many 3rd party Gameboy parts that would turn the already brick into an unwieldly brick.

@hammerheadcorvette4 Год назад

With a Camera and Printer. . .

@AlqaZen Год назад

@@hammerheadcorvette4 hahaha good old power brick....

@hammerheadcorvette4 Год назад

@@AlqaZen People need to look that up, to think the Gameboy had a camera and printer back then was insane !

@CosmicInvert Год назад

@@hammerheadcorvette4 not to mention a whole ass sewing machine LOL

@mga0c1t Год назад

3:33 You can use clonezilla to clone the old installation disk to the new one before even opening the steam DECK, and then resize the home partition, with gparted live or similar, and then you replace the ssd. Yes you can go the full restore way but it's not needed.

@b-gill9224 Год назад

Great sodering job!

@tonyleo01 Год назад

That's pretty crazy. I feel like I'd wait a few years before I attempt to perform any jerry-rigging to my cool new Steam Deck lol.

@Verlisify Год назад

I flinched when Linus dropped it lmao Pavlovian response even when on purpose

@spiedi7272 Год назад

those electro magnetic joysticks sound amazing, really hoped there would be versions for other controllers since Im looking for replacing the ones on my dualshock 4 controller and feel like putting in another potentiometre one would just prolonge the lifespan by a bit before the problems start again

@madmax2069 Год назад

It's basically the same kind of thing that's in a Dreamcast thumbstick. I don't get why console manufacturers still use pots on their controllers.

@realislit8064 Год назад

The same company made replacements for joy cons, and a 3rd party switch pro controller (king kong 2 pro) With how their model works, its either a adapter for their king kong 2 or another 3rd party controller (unless another company make another design that works differently)

@durururururururu Год назад

They are working on Switch version. The hall effect joysticks aren't drop in replacement, and works differently than potentiometer, so you can't just replace the component. They make controllers with the joystick in it.

@skilletborne Год назад

The company makes their own controllers, tho they're for Switch, Android and PC only (tho it might work with Xbox) I've bought the King Kong Pro 2 about 2 months ago and it's really nice so far.

@russelldoty2743 Год назад

@@madmax2069 I bet they still use pots because they're cheaper to make than the Hall effect sensors and magnet assembly. Maybe they should splurge a bit next time...

@gabrielshouse6142 Год назад

Wow, great Soldering Job!

@LadyLynxx 8 месяцев назад

Soldering was great!

@apocalypseap Год назад

Wow, Alex's soldering job was amazing! Great job.

@SirSicCrusader Год назад

Just got mine, and frankly I am super impressed with sd card performance for loading times, so I'm glad Ill be able to wait to do something like this (the ssd maybe not the other stuff haha), BUT still awesome that I can without too much hassle :D

@legin3753 Год назад

ME too was gonna upgrade ssd but not arsed now

@Makavelli2127 Год назад

Remember when the glorious pc masterace use to shit on consoles for holding back gaming? Now look at you all creaming over this 720p 30fps console 😂

@bradleysmith855 Год назад

@@Makavelli2127 well it's portable and lets us play PC games on the go. you don't need it to be super powerful lmao

@Fernando-ek8jp Год назад

They need to do a liquid cooling version. With whiskey.

@Fernando-ek8jp Год назад

@@Makavelli2127 here it makes sense. It's battery powered all in one device that you can carry around. A console has triple digit power consumption, and in a lot of cases used older or esoteric tech while claiming to be the cutting edge. Here the selling point is literally: "Hey, it ain't the best but it's capable and you can carry it around. Plus it's fully fledged x86 computer" and they're delivering.

@SecretSauceyjuice Год назад

Before Linus even said it, I was thinking battery pack kick stand alllll the way. Absolutely a prime opportunity for an upgrade. Kind of like those power bank phone cases, but already utilizing a bulky area where the kickstand is.

@DanRamosDR Год назад

Best soldering job EVER! :)

@ArielGonzalez1 Год назад

soldering job was amazingly done man!! and man, the result you made with the battery, d-brand should consider do it for the retail version

@Kafj302 Год назад

Now Dbrand needs to make a SEGWAY mount for the steamdeck, so that you can do a SEGUE on a SEGWAY. plus they could put a custom skin on the Segway.

@DaniloMajhenic Год назад

your soldering job was great.

@CraigMansfield Год назад

I love that you're able to modify it. It gives it a Russell from Half Life: Alyx feel :D Well done.

@walking_in_ Год назад

I LOVE all dbrand sponsored videos on LTT, they are always cool, with a bit of humor between Linus and dbrand, and always hits an interesting theme Dbrand, sponsor them more! =D

@Mulengr0 Год назад

Steam deck arriving tomorrow. I certainly won't be able to do everything you've done, but you're coverage has definitely cemented my desire for it to arrive!

@RichardMontgomeryYT Год назад

Great soldering job

@ChristopherToro Год назад

J saux came out with an awesome cooling fan attatchment, seems like everyone is paying attention to these steam deck videos, please make more mod videos for steam deck.

@ThereisNoCarrollinHR Год назад

I love every sponsor the dbrand does with you guys. "Hey market this thing and you can basically say whatever you want as long as it's funny". Plus more Alex is always better!

@an3k Год назад

At 18:04 it says, right there, FAN at 2516 RPM and since the external fan is connected to the interal one ... either both fans are running or someone broke a solderpoint.

@LinusTechTips Год назад

The Noctua fan turns on a little bit later than the internal fan, seems like the external fan turns on when the internal one is at about 3000RPM. -AC

@indigenous.rabbit2877 Год назад

3D print a nice cover for the fan/heatsink on the back. It could cover it up and improve aerodynamics and thermals of the heatsink at the same time. Plus it would look a lot better

@Abedeuss Год назад

Ordered SteamDeck yesterday after months of waiting for email... can't wait for it to come.

@perpetualtech5906 Год назад

I love the video! Even more than that, I love how upgradable the steam deck is. Being able to swap the SSD and joysticks is huge!

@mndlessdrwer Год назад

I wonder in Valve is going to take these kinds of mods into consideration if they decide to make a second revision steamdeck. Just double or triple up on the cooler surface area and make the center of the back quite a bit more chonky so you can fit in the larger cooler and fan and maintain peak boost through your entire gaming session. As long as it is the same thickness or less compared to the grips and triggers then it won't matter. Plus you can borrow any space below the fan for additional battery cells.

@TommygunTorres 6 месяцев назад

I’m from the future. They just made one with a OLED screen 🎉 that’s it. 😂

@spacedogn7668 Год назад

i love it apart from the cooling option, i'm not mechanical engineer, but even i can envision a better cooler if we're modding it to begin with, with only adding some thickness to the standard unit.

@blakelzbentley Год назад

The backpack battery is really a great idea guys

@Jonnycrs Год назад

I wish you guys had shown before and after performance. I love that you got Doom locked at 60, but HOW much better is it than the Unmodded one?

@waffle911 Год назад

I think they covered that in a previous video where they first hot-rodded it with the heatsink.

@dexteritymaster Год назад

@@waffle911 wanted to leave same answer, thermal epoxy might change temp for charging chip a little bit, but in general as any custom mod every mod will differ, so that video data should be enough to have general idea.

@illansuu9572 Год назад

As a steamdeck user i would say that the performance in of itself isnt that different but it is much much cooler

@ForeverHobbit Год назад

they said same performance just cooler and more quiet it won't push more fps if you cool it better, it's capped

@luizarthurbrito Год назад

@@illansuu9572 I'm sure they can find a game that had its performance throttled at least a bit by high temps, besides loading time tests in a bunch of apps? Battery life tests in different uses like watching RU-vid, gaming? This video needs a part 2