Makes sense, half if not the vast majority of the people subscribed likely don’t even have a Steam Deck or other stuff like it and instead just watch the channel for the sake of watching cool tech videos, like how most of the Binging with Babish watchers watch his cooking vids while eating old take-out. So it’s not unlikely that most of these people are suggesting awful ideas simply because they don’t have a Steam deck to confirm that no, it is genuinely not a good idea and the source they got it from was idiotic.
Vital parts like the SSD/thumbsticks/buttons are relatively easy to replace. I think that's what's most important. A shell swap is of secondary importance, nice but never necessary.
I got the Sabrent 2TB from Amazon. It took about 2 weeks to arrive, but it was very expensive due to tariffs as I'm from Europe. Having 2TB SSD plus 1TB sdcard is awesome. I haven't even filled up the whole storage yet. I also bought the Gulikit joysticks and they are nice. Be careful to buy the newer version. The older version requires soldering a wire, and it doesn't have the AB switch: it only works on version A. And regarding the versions A and B: if you select the wrong one, the only feature that won't work is the ability of the joystick to detect when you touch the top of the joystick. So be careful if it *appears* to work fine. Besides being unaffected by drift, the new joysticks can reduce the "dead zone" to almost zero. The dead zone has to be reduced in the settings, but it's quite easy, and can be done in the GUI without the need to go to the desktop mode. I also bought the Jsaux backplate crystal version. It looks very cool, and improves the thermals. It achieves that by having a metal plate that gets very hot, but it doesn't bother me. I agree changing the front cover is definitely not worth it, so I didn't do it either. A lot of work and big risk of damages and imperfections. Don't do it unless you are obsessed about aesthetics and you are trying to turn your Deck into an art piece or something. I also got the Jsaux mod case. I quite like it, although it will make the metal plate dissipate less heat, worsening thermal performance by a bit. I believe there's really no other mod worth doing, and if you get all of this stuff you'll be totally fine until the Deck 2.
Couldn't find the file linked in the other channel for the 3d printed part. Could you put it in this description? I've tried one in the past but it wouldn't hold the charger good so I gave up.
The front shell swap just looks like a pain, the back shell swap though is easy and probably better if you use one of the ones that has a metal heatsink on it. It doesn't make a big difference in cooling, but it does get you a couple degrees off.
I'll save you 20 minutes. SSD upgrade Joystick upgrade She'll swap Not sure why it took so long for you to mention 3 things, especially since only 2 were upgrades and the longest one is ironically just aesthetic preference
Touch pads aren't useless. Outside of the usefulness for it in games that are more mouse based, as well as FPS games for more mouse-like accuracy without Gyro, both are extremely useful for emulator options while you're in-game, and make desktop mode not suck as much if using it purely as a handheld
Aside from using the touch pads as a mouse/joystick. I mainly use them as extra buttons, creating touch menu's in steam input. They are extremely useful for games that need lots of buttons or shortcuts.
@@user-s8jb3qb6yeven if you seriously just *cannot* get used to them while gaming (like me), they are still *incredibly* useful in desktop mode. That control, in itself, is so very important for a handheld PC. I can’t see *anybody* choosing *not* to use them in favour of the joystick’s when browsing/using desktop mode. The steam deck’s ease of use just obliterates the competition right now, at least in *my* testing w/ the ally, ayaneo air and aokzoe. And again, I don’t even use the touch-pads for gaming…
You're still the only person I've seen who says they don't use the touchpads. But even if they're not truly transparent, I think the surface-level consistency of the plastic is worth the extra effort you put into it. *thumbs up emoticon*
He even used it wrong and complain that it doesn't work. He swipes the touch pad, when in the home screen it's work as dpad so you have to click not slide, what a joke.
Yes, that's in desktop mode for scrolling up/down. In gamemode it functions as a d-pad by default, where you press down on the sides to move in that direction. I don't know why he was swiping left/right on it lol
I love my steam deck trackpads! I use them most of the time. The track pads were a major selling feature for me. I don't understand why all handheld PCs don't have track pads.
Touchpads are what made me go steam deck over the ally. The fact that it enables whole bunch of other games that wont have native controller support and makes navigation a breeze. Its what honestly what most of these other handhelds lack. Plus having it as a item menu from 1-9 or like a radial menu is insanely useful. I think the trackpad is the best thing about the Steam Deck. And i wish every other controller had it too.
The best thing about the steam deck is that it's made by valve. Track pads are cool and all but it's something you'll rarely see people talk about except when it's mentioned in video
Should have mentioned you can swap the screen for the one the most expensive deck comes with thanks to ifixit. So if you buy the cheaper one and later decide you want the coated screen, you can do it for $99. It’s a pain to do for sure, but if you were going to take it apart for a shell upgrade you might as well upgrade the screen too :)
That’s exactly what i be doing next week. I have the display already here and just wait for extremerates shell. I did the SSD mod today with an m.2 enclosure (from 64GB to 2TB) and it took me 15mins to clone and replace the SSD. It‘s absolutely worth it.
There's some new 3rd party screens in the works that are 1200p and supposedly more colour accurate. Might be a decent add-on if you're going through the trouble of changing everything in the Deck.
You can literally just get a matt finish screen protector. Probably ones out there that are better than the etched glass anyway, and much cheaper, and not risky to install. If you were to change the screen might as well upgrade to a 1200P one, but then you might as well upgrade to an Ally. The SteamDeck cannot handle 1080p.
@@lolcat eh for emulation and less powerful games it's a nice step up - especially if it's brighter and got better colour reproduction. If it was my device I'd keep it stock, but lots of people like changing things around with theirs.
I swapped out just the back for a transparent purple one, and felt pretty happy with that. I'm not surprised the front was such a nightmare though. I probably would have given up halfway through in frustration, so serious props for managing to complete that without any major issues.
The trackpads are extremely useful provided you know how to customize them. I use them for virtual menus in emulators or games with extra keyboard commands that a standard gamepad can't use. Also, the reason the left trackpad wasn't working consistently in the main menu is because it's not set to swipe gestures for navigating. It's set to dpad mode which means you click down in the direction you want to navigate. Your swiping was sometimes putting enough pressure to activate it.
The left touchpad works like a dpad in the ui. Pushing down on the top/left/bottom/right of the touchpad is what your supposed to do in the menu. I would guess what's happening while your swiping is sometimes you push one side of the pad down while swiping. The touchpads are really useful for games that don't have gamepad support. I would recommend trying something like roller coaster tycoon 2 or an rts game with the touchpads.
Oh, that phrase about trackpads really triggered me. These are really useful for lots of games - better aim, additional menus (weapon swap, special actions, macros), even mini-map navigation. If found for myself that making good control scheme for some games even more enjoyable than playing these games (maybe because I already played hundred of hours)
Hey man, just discovered your channel recently and I just wanted to say I really enjoy watching your back catalogue of content! I also wanted to suggest potentially making a future video on gaming smartphones and how well they run emulators, specifically Gamecube/Wii games, Ps2 games, and 3ds games. Keep up the great work man!
The touchpads are absolutely amazing in games that require a lot of keybindings, I have 10 actions set to the left pad in FEAR and in Euro Truck Sim!! and they are amazing too in desktop mode
Same I use it to map extra actions that would be more comfortable to use via virtual menu. also do you know that you can make nested virtual menu? Like, you click menu 1 and another menu shows up. It's almost like you can bind 100 buttons if you want to!
@@chariothe9013 yeh xd in Minecraft I have one of the options with a sub command also so it pressed f3 and f4 for me to quickly toggle through all the game modes
Of those, I only did the SSD swap. That was pretty simple, although I was terrified. I didn't back up anything, didn't need to, and just used the Steam OS files provided by Valve to get it working. Easy peasy.
15:17 in the steam deck menu, the left touchpad acts like a d-pad, you click on the left and it goes left, you click on the right and it goes right. swiping does nothing
I'm so confused by that, the thing has been out for over a year and this dude has made multiple videos about it. How can you possibly get that wrong? And the gall to call the touchpads "stupid" when you don't even know the first thing about how they work...
@@aaronsiegfried7891 yep the fact that he's neglecting that part on a device for that long is amazing in itself, also show that how ignorant he is that he never used steam input at all despite it's on the first page when you click steam button during game, or he probably never use the device outside from making content.
For the Recovery Image, you can put the recovery image on a MicroSD card aswell, so you don't need any special tools or things except a SD card reader to get the recovery image on the MicroSD.
So the recovery is bootable without anything on the new SSD? I am so tempted to pick up a steamdeck. How small of an image can I go? I guess a 64GB would be enough...
@@tomoprime217 Yes, recovery is bootable without anything on the SSD, The entire process can be done without a USB stick, only thing you need is a MicroSD card and "possibly" a SD card reader if you're computer doesn't have one. Valve recommends atleast 8 GB minimum of space for the recovery image, so anything higher than that should be good, and then once SteamOS is back on the SSD, you can reformat the SD for actual storage.
I had so much trouble with the recovery image. Much of it was probably old cheap thumb drives but i couldn't get it to boot properly from a micro SD either, and at one point the deck just stopped reading the SD at all. Finaly got one of the thumb drives working after re etching three times.
I recently replaced my 64gig to a 512gig and even tho I was a bit nervous doing it, I was super happy with the end result! For people new to this kind of stuff its actually really nice to see that Valve made it so simple, for most things anyway, to change in and out parts at will. Ya its a learning curve for a few things but man is it ever worth it in the end.
I used goo gone on the adhesive when i did the shell swap on my switch lite. However, I will probably just use the DeckHD screen that will come out later this year when I do this mod to make that process so much simpler.
The shell looks flimsier than the JSAUX options that are now out for both front and back plates. The threads are metal lined, the back plate has additional thermal pads, and now a place to magnetically add an external fan… maybe check that out if you go for it again?
Thanks Bob for suffering through this. Now I know I won't want to do this. Possibly only the buttons if anything. I won't be able to afford to get a new one if it breaks 😵
GOOD TIP FOR ANYONE DOING THIS MOD It is not impossible to remove all The adhesive from the old screen. I used paint thinner that I had laying around in my garage and got all the old adhesive off the screen very easily lol
Having everything done does look pretty awesome. I did the SSD on mine as soon as I got my steam deck (got the 64GB model, so that was the plan going in). I do have the gullikit hall sense sticks, but they've been sitting in the box. If and when I get drift I'll go ahead and do that. For the case, I've seen a few videos now and EVERYONE said it was a pain. I think what I would do though is swap the back cover and get some matching buttons to swap in which should look pretty good and be reasonable enough to do.
I just used an M.2 SSD enclosure I got from Ali Express for like $5 and used the Konsole command to clone the drive. Takes like 10 minutes to run (though I only had the 64GB version) and all of your settings and downloads are good to go. As long as you follow a guide and copy one line of code you're golden. Also pro tip for musicians or people who live near a music store, a guitar pick (I use heavy picks) makes for a perfect spudger
WULFFDEN: "im a tech reviewer and i also mod consoles" Also WULFFDEN: uses way too much solder, fucks up and has track pad in d-pad mode, and so forth.
Id love for him to make a video on it. I love the touchpads but either a "i was wrong" style turnaround on them, or "i was right" type video would both be fun watches. I want him to really try them tho.
For me it is one of the best and honest opinions on all modding and consequences after it done. I am using Nintendo Switch, but it is so nice to watch all of your videos, doesn't matter about Switch or other products. Thank you.
For whomever might be interested: The "2230" form factor is actually derived from its physical dimensions. It's 22mm wide and 30mm long. The most common form factor for M.2 drives is "2280", which is--you've guessed it--22mm wide and 80mm long. Other admissible lengths are 42mm, 60mm, and 110mm. There's also other admissible widths besides 22mm, which are 12mm, 16mm, and 30mm. I'll let you infer what the form factors for any combination of these would be called ;) No, this will not be on the exam :P Bonus Factoid: The connector is only rated for ~60x plug/unplug operations, so you should probably avoid needlessly unplugging those drives.
Tumbs down just for the trackpad comment 😅. I use trck pad for all strategy games and FPS games.. Without the trackpad they wold have been unplayable for me.... And also... Desktop mode..... I tried to use ROG in shop it was a disaster to navigate with the joystick as the mouse.....
15:10 "The Steam Deck's useless, just, worthless touchpads" Blasphemy. They are incredibly useful, plus they make the desktop mode (or any mouse-operated application like Yuzu or any 4X games) usable, and are pretty nice in FPS's if you get your settings tuned in well. Also they have haptics, and the default steam navigation mode makes it act like a d-pad where you press it (until the haptics click) to move around, not swipe. In games with mouse control though (including shooters), they're tuned to feel like trackballs with momentum and everything which, combined with the gryo, is surprisingly very nice once you get used to it. If you play splatoon, the gyro makes it handle like that but with a (faster, more mouse-like) trackpad instead of a stick. All of that could be said about the Steam Controller too which had the trackpads in a more comfortable location. Valve pls, Steam Controller 2 with all of the Steam Deck inputs and a better trackpad location
Man, normally I love your videos but this one is rubbing me weird. You complain about the touchpads - yet you don’t know how to use them properly. They’re fantastic, please learn their function before you shit on them. It’s the reason I got the deck over the ROG You act like desktop mode is an inconvenience. Valve touts that this is a full PC. Of course you have features in Desktop that you can’t access in Game Mode. Game mode is fine for normal users who won’t do things like this. Desktop is for people who are into tinkering and getting things that shouldn’t work, working. Additionally you mention that the sticks are off center. Both the Amazon posting and the website for the stick tells you to calibrate them with the button on the bottom with the calibration screen open. Prior to sealing the unit.
BIG nostalgia hit hearing Ridge Racer Type 4 music right at the beginning of the video. The song is Lucid Rhythm, but the caption calls it "calm pop music" lol.
I got my Steam Deck on Saturday and a 2TB SSD from Sabrent ready to go. The first thing I did was upgrade the SSD the moment the Steam Deck was delivered. I really love the Steam Deck. I was debating or trying to justify owning one, but now I don't care. I love it.
The touchpads are a you problem, and for you to trash them because you personally don't like them is such biased tech reporting, the track pads are great if configured correctly to YOUR needs... Once you learn to use the touchpads properly, they are extremely useful and intuitive.
I'm pretty sure he's trolling and pronouncing everything incorrectly on purpose and then he says the track pads are utterly useless and yeah definitely trolling and trying to P off people. I will admit that I'm not mad at him for saying start and select button even though they're not called that. Don't even ask me what they're called I genuinely don't know. And whenever someone is playing video games with me and they can't find the start button because it's shaped like a plus or says options or share or something I just want to throw my hands in the air but I ain't waving them like I just don't care.
I NEED bob wulff to make a video giving the trackpads a chance. Download one shooter please. Im begging. Download one rts or city builder. Anything a joystick isnt good at but a mouse is you can put on the pads. I want to see him give it an honest try and at least understand the depth of their capabilities before writing them off. If afterwards he still feels the same way than hes right and he truly doesnt need them but they're too useful to write off so completely without giving them a shot.
Thank you for being so transparent about the shell. I have a deck coming today and almost bought a transparent shell. Seems like way too much of a hassle. I’d rather do it on my switch or something.
Honestly wish they sold the Steam Deck without storage so I could source my own. Everyone that does the swap just has a low capacity default SSD lying around now.
15:15 when using the touch pad do you use it like a mouse or a D-pad? because when I'm navigating the steam menus I use it like a D-pad and I get to what I'm looking for just fine
apparently there is a hd screen mod for the steam deck which probably would be warranted for the ultimate steam deck Edit: i think its called the DeckHD
For some reason when I swapped out the SSD I had a nightmare of a time trying to flash the OS onto it. Sincerely I had a really tough time with it and it had nothing to do with the physical swap but everything to do with trying to get the data onto a thumbdrive and train SSD with that specific operating system. At one point after three late nights of working on it it actually started to install the new OS automatically. It was as though I had a mystical non-physical helping hand at the end of my extremely difficult process. I'm definitely not new to tinkering and this SSD swap was completely beguiling befuddling and ridiculously difficult for no apparent reason.
I'm excited to do the Gulikit mod. I'm waiting for my analog sticks to poop out to do that. For strange reasons, I'm not too interested in the SSD mod. I have 256GB and after downloading a bunch of games, emus, roms and plug-ins, it just felt cluttered to the point that I avoided my SD.. Now I keep three - five games at a time and I'm much happier.
Honestly, hearing about how easy the SSD mod is changing my opinion on getting one. I didn't want to rely on a Micro SD for all my storage and reading with large PC games, but hearing that I could get the cheaper model and just change the amount of storage that easily, total game changer.
@Brandon_Y nah. I did it. too:) I jist used a wooden stick and rolled it up like snot:) it was pretty fun. don't use alcohol for big parts.. if ubdisolve it it becomes a mess. u gotta pick at it when it's cool. my instalation is clean. my screen is flush asf. just take ur time. and ya don't disolve adhesive snot😂 may e its cause I have a craft art background so I knew this trick. but ya. don't dissolve it
Great video as I have to switch out the screen this week (dropped the damn thing and it landed screen first on the foot of my gamingchair). At least upgrading the SSD to the 2TB Version (especially doing so almost directly after getting it) was fairly easy as I didn't need the data on the drive and just reinstalled it. Replacing the backplate with a JSAUX one was also kinda easy (it's ONLY the Back, not front after all as they didn't have FRONTplates at the time anyway) and my 1TB SDcard works fine. The SteamDeck in Black/Green looks awesome and I've got a LOT of space for games now so I just have to fix the broken screen... at least I don't have to be careful removing the old one
@WULFF DEN - I'm so glad that you showed your Happy Gilmore Moment. Because even, I was thinking in my head when you were all like "What the F***K?!?" 🤣🤣🤣
I've always wondered since the Steam Deck is on sale right now and it went on sale a couple of months ago if you were to buy a steam deck on sale swap out the 64 gig SSD with a 1 TB swap out the joysticks with hall effect joysticks and make sure that it has the less noisy fan could you make enough of a profit selling it to make it worth your time and effort?
I feel like people don't talk about the repairability enough. It's great knowing if a stick breaks, I can just replace it fairly easily. Unlike a drift-con lol.
@@GhostyOcean At the beginning everyone mentioned that, however, I have some friends that have not been following the Steam Deck, but now with the Ally being available, they were trying to decide which one to get, but most reviews don't mention that in their comparison, they only focus on the additional power of the Ally and the console like experience of the Steam Deck.
At least this and Joy-con are easier than the PSP where everything is on a different board and the D-pad is litterally a sticker applied to the plastic of the shell.
@@kotta8kritter ah, that would probably be a significant difference then. I don't watch comparisons between the handhelds since I already own and am perfectly content with my deck. I'll watch reviews of the other ones because I think they're cool, and the deck's repairability isn't mentioned that much in that context. But I see tons of content about people's customization of their decks all the time.
so i installed the white one and i think the whote shell is thicker. i love thr feel way more than the original . alot of issue wolfden seem to have is not being anal about the detials. make sure u clean the glue goop like they tell you😂 that way u wont have a screen sticking out.. its kinda common sense.. mine is 100 flush. use plastic thin cards to pry the screen. heat it up and the just use the suction cup to hold the screen. u dont need to bend thr screen. the track pads if u customize us hard asf.. it was the worat part for me being weak but also my screws strupped and ya.. had to literally fil3 down the screws for hours .. as for thr motherboard part, follow jsaux for disassmebly u dont have to tear everything apart. then follow exteme when putting it back. u wont have any problems if u take ur time and follow the instructions. ive never done this and it wasnt hard. it took long because the facrory workers screwed things so tight things got stripped:( one last tip is make sure track pad isnt screwed tight that messes sensitivity and joy sticks . i think if i had an electric screw i could finish this pretty fast now. buy yes clesn ur goop!
He said this at the end of the episode that the shell is a lot crappier than the original one, and some of the pegs to snap it together either bent on him as he was installing it or were just missing entirely
I did the gulikit sticks about two weeks ago and while I had it open I replaced the thermal paste with ptm7950. Got about a 7 degree drop on temps. Lowered the joystick deadzones down to 3200. I'm more than happy with these mods, maybe I'll upgrade the ssd at some point. I focus on the games I'm playing not the look of the device.
the metal backed jsaux backplate drops temps too. takes heat from the internal shield but the external metal gets hot to compensate. I haven't had an extremely loud fan like I did before playing heavy games. docked and at max GPU+CPU using power tools i don't hear it much at all
@@lolcat I'm actually more interested in the new internal heatshield some people have started to receive on their new steam decks. Saw a couple posts on reddit. Looks like a bit thicker iodized plate. Think the jsaux backplate would probably perform even better with that new shield design.
lol I know the struggle. That's what I started with. I only upgraded to 256 internal ssd/512gb sd card now and it still feels like I barely have space. I might end up upgrading to 1TB internal ssd and then buying a 1TB sd card.
@@-Crustyboi- strangely enough I'm doing fine for space....but I mostly play older games, and I'm usually a one at a time sort of guy. I have major respect for the fact that Valve knew people might want to upgrade the storage though.
Hi Bob, Unrelated but do you know of left Joy Cons with reversed layout, meaning the DPad is on top, which is best for 2D side scrollers? There are plenty of standalone controllers like that, but so far I haven't found a single Joy Con with such layout after 6 years with the Switch. I know you prefer such layouts for 2D games yourself, so that's why I'm asking because I've been unsuccessful in finding one so far. Thanks for your content!
the only controller that exists like that is the NES controller, but obviously the drawback there is no analog stick. I would recommend a shell swap or the HORI Dpad controller. If you want a rubber dome based controller then the split pad compact is also comfortable.
@@DiceRobo Split Pad Compact is great, it's what I have right now. But the DPad placement is still the standard layout and uncomfortable for 2D games, at least for me. I just want a left JoyCon or attachment like the one from Hori, but with the Dpad on top. Seems like there's no option in the market for that. NES controller of course exists, but the main drawback for me is not even a lack of analog stick, but rather that it's extremely bulky and hideous looking when attached to the Switch. Can't imagine someone playing like that in handheld mode.
I bought the transparent green back shell from Jsaux a couple months ago. Then they announced their full transparent shells, and I really want to do it, but they don't offer the front in green 😕 I've done Switch Lite shell swaps, and they're fun to do. This looks a little more challenging, and therefore a little more fun to me, in a twisted kind of way.
I have a 1 TB SSD I got a great deal on, planning to put that into my Deck when I get it back (sent it in for a long overdue RMA) I planned to also grab the Gulikit sticks, because I like tinkering and figured I'd need them eventually. But I want to thank you for saving me $30, being the voice of reason when I have absolutely no need to put these in when there's a chance I'll actually be getting a completely brand new Deck back. Now the only ledge I need talking off of, is the thermal pad swap 🤔 a couple games I play lately do make the Deck noticeably hot, like Robo Quest and Satisfactory. Not dangerous levels, I know the Deck would shut down if so, but I'd still like to drop a few degrees if I can. Have you any thoughts on the thermal mod? Tell me how unnecessary it is, my wallet begs you. However, if I can go down 2-3 degrees Celsius, it kinda feels worth the $15, no? I have no idea anymore.
Just wanna mention something to everyone that someone noted to me, I was ready to dive into this mod because the finished product looks so great, but what held me back? If anything ever goes wrong with your Deck, and you wanted to RMA, you'd have to revert the entire mod back to the original. Or sacrifice your whole transparent shell. It's either a waste of money or time, if that were to be the case. With my luck, I see that happening to me, so I've held off. This isn't a factor if your warranty is already voided though. Yours looks fantastic, enjoy!
I got one of the cheapest 2TB 2230 SSD stick (the TEAMGROUP MP44S for $150). It's pointless getting the fastest (or more expensive) Gen 4 or 5 sticks due to the Steam Decks Gen 3 M.2 ports gimping the read/write speeds to no more than 3600MBps tops with most not having DRAM cache either. So your Inland SSD was a good call. I also added a 1TB Micro SD card from Silicon Power for $60 (on sale) so I now got 3TB of Storage for all my games (and ROMs)😏. I do plan to get those Hall Effect Sticks next month other than that no more upgrades for me for a while.
I've always been interested in shell swaps, but always heard terrible things about the quality of the plastics they use for the clear ones I've looked up. You definitely saved me the time and money of recklessly impulse buying one and it destroying my life though, I love the Steam Deck enough to start considering it regardless of what I'd heard before 🔥
I got a 512GB Steam Deck from Kogan (Aussie importer-reseller of Steam Decks amongst other things), and since I got my Logitech K840 keyboard and MX Ergo trackball the Deck is a beautiful little portable system whilst I'm unable to use my much beefier home PC's. Currently got a 128GB MicroSD in it, and when funds are a bit more free I'll be upgrading the Deck to a 2TB 2230 M.2 and 1TB MicroSD following the Clonezilla Drive Migration method as currently got a LOT of mods for Mass Effect Legendary Edition installed right now (along with the Persona games), and I have the stock MELE backups stored on the MicroSD to provide a smidge more room on the SSD.
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Helping you get the shell swap done via chat was a nightmare, especially with the rest of chat giving horrible/wrong advice the whole time.
homestretch!
@@jjccmm ever since that stream, that's now my favorite joke to use for whenever something is not anywhere close to done
Just follow ifixit lmao
Makes sense, half if not the vast majority of the people subscribed likely don’t even have a Steam Deck or other stuff like it and instead just watch the channel for the sake of watching cool tech videos, like how most of the Binging with Babish watchers watch his cooking vids while eating old take-out. So it’s not unlikely that most of these people are suggesting awful ideas simply because they don’t have a Steam deck to confirm that no, it is genuinely not a good idea and the source they got it from was idiotic.
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Vital parts like the SSD/thumbsticks/buttons are relatively easy to replace. I think that's what's most important. A shell swap is of secondary importance, nice but never necessary.
I can’t believe bob doesn’t even have a custom Wulff Den boot logo
R4 BGM? Lucid Rhythms I believe...What a game, what an OST. Gotta be a banger video if you start out with that.
The left trackpad is used like a D-Pad in most scenarios
I got the Sabrent 2TB from Amazon. It took about 2 weeks to arrive, but it was very expensive due to tariffs as I'm from Europe. Having 2TB SSD plus 1TB sdcard is awesome. I haven't even filled up the whole storage yet.
I also bought the Gulikit joysticks and they are nice. Be careful to buy the newer version. The older version requires soldering a wire, and it doesn't have the AB switch: it only works on version A. And regarding the versions A and B: if you select the wrong one, the only feature that won't work is the ability of the joystick to detect when you touch the top of the joystick. So be careful if it *appears* to work fine. Besides being unaffected by drift, the new joysticks can reduce the "dead zone" to almost zero. The dead zone has to be reduced in the settings, but it's quite easy, and can be done in the GUI without the need to go to the desktop mode.
I also bought the Jsaux backplate crystal version. It looks very cool, and improves the thermals. It achieves that by having a metal plate that gets very hot, but it doesn't bother me.
I agree changing the front cover is definitely not worth it, so I didn't do it either. A lot of work and big risk of damages and imperfections. Don't do it unless you are obsessed about aesthetics and you are trying to turn your Deck into an art piece or something.
I also got the Jsaux mod case. I quite like it, although it will make the metal plate dissipate less heat, worsening thermal performance by a bit.
I believe there's really no other mod worth doing, and if you get all of this stuff you'll be totally fine until the Deck 2.
R4 soundtrack to start the video is an easy like!
thanks for the video. anyone else noticed the audio on this is messed up. chandelier type noises.
Bob with the Ridge Racer Type 4? Based.
Couldn't find the file linked in the other channel for the 3d printed part. Could you put it in this description? I've tried one in the past but it wouldn't hold the charger good so I gave up.
The front shell swap just looks like a pain, the back shell swap though is easy and probably better if you use one of the ones that has a metal heatsink on it. It doesn't make a big difference in cooling, but it does get you a couple degrees off.
I'll save you 20 minutes.
SSD upgrade
Joystick upgrade
She'll swap
Not sure why it took so long for you to mention 3 things, especially since only 2 were upgrades and the longest one is ironically just aesthetic preference
For the people interested in the ssd swap there are 2tb 2230 ones available
price isn’t terrible either
There is also a product coming with a much better screen called deckHD
Yep got another 2TB for $130 for my ROG Ally
@@spowerlol Replacing the screen is a real bitch to do lol. if you are going to do it might as well swap the shell too.
Already did 😏😎
Touch pads aren't useless. Outside of the usefulness for it in games that are more mouse based, as well as FPS games for more mouse-like accuracy without Gyro, both are extremely useful for emulator options while you're in-game, and make desktop mode not suck as much if using it purely as a handheld
You are right. it is the superficial opinion of a person who does not know how to use touchpads
Touch-pads are one of the main reason why i will never consider an Ally. Touch-pads are necessary for a whole plethora of games.
Aside from using the touch pads as a mouse/joystick. I mainly use them as extra buttons, creating touch menu's in steam input. They are extremely useful for games that need lots of buttons or shortcuts.
@@Ravenfort Valve should just release two SKUs of Steam Deck 2; one with with touchpads and one without, since it divides opinions so much.
@@user-s8jb3qb6yeven if you seriously just *cannot* get used to them while gaming (like me), they are still *incredibly* useful in desktop mode.
That control, in itself, is so very important for a handheld PC. I can’t see *anybody* choosing *not* to use them in favour of the joystick’s when browsing/using desktop mode.
The steam deck’s ease of use just obliterates the competition right now, at least in *my* testing w/ the ally, ayaneo air and aokzoe. And again, I don’t even use the touch-pads for gaming…
You're still the only person I've seen who says they don't use the touchpads. But even if they're not truly transparent, I think the surface-level consistency of the plastic is worth the extra effort you put into it. *thumbs up emoticon*
He even used it wrong and complain that it doesn't work. He swipes the touch pad, when in the home screen it's work as dpad so you have to click not slide, what a joke.
@@chariothe9013 "Hey, Bahb, you're supposed to click it like a dpad, not swipe, you goober!" FTFY
you have to do a circular motion(clockwise or counter clockwise) on the left trackpad to scroll. it is fully customizable in the settings.
Yes, that's in desktop mode for scrolling up/down. In gamemode it functions as a d-pad by default, where you press down on the sides to move in that direction. I don't know why he was swiping left/right on it lol
@@mabalito 99% of people saying trackpad sucks never actually learn how to use them lol
@@mabalitomost of his mod videos are about user error lol
I love my steam deck trackpads! I use them most of the time. The track pads were a major selling feature for me. I don't understand why all handheld PCs don't have track pads.
I'm not tech savy and even i was able to figure this out by messing around with the settings😅
Touchpads are what made me go steam deck over the ally. The fact that it enables whole bunch of other games that wont have native controller support and makes navigation a breeze. Its what honestly what most of these other handhelds lack. Plus having it as a item menu from 1-9 or like a radial menu is insanely useful. I think the trackpad is the best thing about the Steam Deck. And i wish every other controller had it too.
The best thing about the steam deck is that it's made by valve. Track pads are cool and all but it's something you'll rarely see people talk about except when it's mentioned in video
Ergnpmic of stem is shit
The ally is more comf rble and can run xbox games!
Steam can only play linuex appeoved game lol
@@mesiroy1234 you can't even type right ally is not comfortable at all for your hands
Should have mentioned you can swap the screen for the one the most expensive deck comes with thanks to ifixit. So if you buy the cheaper one and later decide you want the coated screen, you can do it for $99. It’s a pain to do for sure, but if you were going to take it apart for a shell upgrade you might as well upgrade the screen too :)
That’s exactly what i be doing next week. I have the display already here and just wait for extremerates shell. I did the SSD mod today with an m.2 enclosure (from 64GB to 2TB) and it took me 15mins to clone and replace the SSD. It‘s absolutely worth it.
There's some new 3rd party screens in the works that are 1200p and supposedly more colour accurate. Might be a decent add-on if you're going through the trouble of changing everything in the Deck.
You can literally just get a matt finish screen protector. Probably ones out there that are better than the etched glass anyway, and much cheaper, and not risky to install.
If you were to change the screen might as well upgrade to a 1200P one, but then you might as well upgrade to an Ally. The SteamDeck cannot handle 1080p.
@@amirpourghoureiyan1637You aren't gonna run much at 1200p. that's more than the ally even
@@lolcat eh for emulation and less powerful games it's a nice step up - especially if it's brighter and got better colour reproduction. If it was my device I'd keep it stock, but lots of people like changing things around with theirs.
I swapped out just the back for a transparent purple one, and felt pretty happy with that. I'm not surprised the front was such a nightmare though. I probably would have given up halfway through in frustration, so serious props for managing to complete that without any major issues.
It's really not as hard as he's making out as long as you keep the screws with each part you're removing.
1000 GB and only 73 are free? Yikes
Ye like how is this even possible xD
The trackpads are extremely useful provided you know how to customize them. I use them for virtual menus in emulators or games with extra keyboard commands that a standard gamepad can't use. Also, the reason the left trackpad wasn't working consistently in the main menu is because it's not set to swipe gestures for navigating. It's set to dpad mode which means you click down in the direction you want to navigate. Your swiping was sometimes putting enough pressure to activate it.
The left touchpad works like a dpad in the ui. Pushing down on the top/left/bottom/right of the touchpad is what your supposed to do in the menu. I would guess what's happening while your swiping is sometimes you push one side of the pad down while swiping. The touchpads are really useful for games that don't have gamepad support. I would recommend trying something like roller coaster tycoon 2 or an rts game with the touchpads.
Oh, that phrase about trackpads really triggered me. These are really useful for lots of games - better aim, additional menus (weapon swap, special actions, macros), even mini-map navigation.
If found for myself that making good control scheme for some games even more enjoyable than playing these games (maybe because I already played hundred of hours)
Thanks for the video. I think I will put a mat screen on mine and change the buttons.
Hey man, just discovered your channel recently and I just wanted to say I really enjoy watching your back catalogue of content! I also wanted to suggest potentially making a future video on gaming smartphones and how well they run emulators, specifically Gamecube/Wii games, Ps2 games, and 3ds games. Keep up the great work man!
The touchpads are absolutely amazing in games that require a lot of keybindings, I have 10 actions set to the left pad in FEAR and in Euro Truck Sim!!
and they are amazing too in desktop mode
Same I use it to map extra actions that would be more comfortable to use via virtual menu. also do you know that you can make nested virtual menu? Like, you click menu 1 and another menu shows up.
It's almost like you can bind 100 buttons if you want to!
@@chariothe9013 yeh xd in Minecraft
I have one of the options with a sub command also so it pressed f3 and f4 for me to quickly toggle through all the game modes
Of those, I only did the SSD swap. That was pretty simple, although I was terrified. I didn't back up anything, didn't need to, and just used the Steam OS files provided by Valve to get it working. Easy peasy.
15:17 in the steam deck menu, the left touchpad acts like a d-pad, you click on the left and it goes left, you click on the right and it goes right. swiping does nothing
I'm so confused by that, the thing has been out for over a year and this dude has made multiple videos about it. How can you possibly get that wrong? And the gall to call the touchpads "stupid" when you don't even know the first thing about how they work...
@@aaronsiegfried7891 yep the fact that he's neglecting that part on a device for that long is amazing in itself, also show that how ignorant he is that he never used steam input at all despite it's on the first page when you click steam button during game, or he probably never use the device outside from making content.
For the Recovery Image, you can put the recovery image on a MicroSD card aswell, so you don't need any special tools or things except a SD card reader to get the recovery image on the MicroSD.
So the recovery is bootable without anything on the new SSD? I am so tempted to pick up a steamdeck. How small of an image can I go? I guess a 64GB would be enough...
@@tomoprime217 Yes, recovery is bootable without anything on the SSD, The entire process can be done without a USB stick, only thing you need is a MicroSD card and "possibly" a SD card reader if you're computer doesn't have one.
Valve recommends atleast 8 GB minimum of space for the recovery image, so anything higher than that should be good, and then once SteamOS is back on the SSD, you can reformat the SD for actual storage.
I had so much trouble with the recovery image. Much of it was probably old cheap thumb drives but i couldn't get it to boot properly from a micro SD either, and at one point the deck just stopped reading the SD at all. Finaly got one of the thumb drives working after re etching three times.
0:06 The shell is separated here
I recently replaced my 64gig to a 512gig and even tho I was a bit nervous doing it, I was super happy with the end result!
For people new to this kind of stuff its actually really nice to see that Valve made it so simple, for most things anyway, to change in and out parts at will. Ya its a learning curve for a few things but man is it ever worth it in the end.
I think the hardest part for me was moving over the heat shield on the SSD. Fiddly as hell, and I was worried it was crumble and tear apart.
@@skycloud4802 Oh ya 100%
That was weirdly the hardest thing to do out of all of this.
The left touchpad in gaming mode works as a DPad. You should press on the 4 sides of the square.
I used goo gone on the adhesive when i did the shell swap on my switch lite. However, I will probably just use the DeckHD screen that will come out later this year when I do this mod to make that process so much simpler.
The shell looks flimsier than the JSAUX options that are now out for both front and back plates. The threads are metal lined, the back plate has additional thermal pads, and now a place to magnetically add an external fan… maybe check that out if you go for it again?
I definitely trust them more the back plate from them feels stock to me I'm just waiting for blue
@@lolcat I’ve ordered the purple front/back set so will see how well it’s made when it arrives. But so far looks promising.
Thanks Bob for suffering through this. Now I know I won't want to do this. Possibly only the buttons if anything. I won't be able to afford to get a new one if it breaks 😵
GOOD TIP FOR ANYONE DOING THIS MOD
It is not impossible to remove all
The adhesive from the old screen. I used paint thinner that I had laying around in my garage and got all the old adhesive off the screen very easily lol
I fast forwarded the video some & I thought he was putting the steam deck in the oven for a second hahaha
Having everything done does look pretty awesome. I did the SSD on mine as soon as I got my steam deck (got the 64GB model, so that was the plan going in). I do have the gullikit hall sense sticks, but they've been sitting in the box. If and when I get drift I'll go ahead and do that.
For the case, I've seen a few videos now and EVERYONE said it was a pain. I think what I would do though is swap the back cover and get some matching buttons to swap in which should look pretty good and be reasonable enough to do.
I just used an M.2 SSD enclosure I got from Ali Express for like $5 and used the Konsole command to clone the drive. Takes like 10 minutes to run (though I only had the 64GB version) and all of your settings and downloads are good to go. As long as you follow a guide and copy one line of code you're golden. Also pro tip for musicians or people who live near a music store, a guitar pick (I use heavy picks) makes for a perfect spudger
WULFFDEN: "im a tech reviewer and i also mod consoles"
Also WULFFDEN: uses way too much solder, fucks up and has track pad in d-pad mode, and so forth.
Bob's hatred of the touchpads, is so great. Never change Bob.
Id love for him to make a video on it. I love the touchpads but either a "i was wrong" style turnaround on them, or "i was right" type video would both be fun watches. I want him to really try them tho.
For me it is one of the best and honest opinions on all modding and consequences after it done. I am using Nintendo Switch, but it is so nice to watch all of your videos, doesn't matter about Switch or other products. Thank you.
good video moist critical, didnt know you were into steam decks!
My Steam Deck is on it's way, bought it during the Summer Sale. This video came right on time, thanks!
For whomever might be interested:
The "2230" form factor is actually derived from its physical dimensions. It's 22mm wide and 30mm long. The most common form factor for M.2 drives is "2280", which is--you've guessed it--22mm wide and 80mm long.
Other admissible lengths are 42mm, 60mm, and 110mm. There's also other admissible widths besides 22mm, which are 12mm, 16mm, and 30mm. I'll let you infer what the form factors for any combination of these would be called ;)
No, this will not be on the exam :P
Bonus Factoid: The connector is only rated for ~60x plug/unplug operations, so you should probably avoid needlessly unplugging those drives.
Tumbs down just for the trackpad comment 😅. I use trck pad for all strategy games and FPS games.. Without the trackpad they wold have been unplayable for me....
And also... Desktop mode.....
I tried to use ROG in shop it was a disaster to navigate with the joystick as the mouse.....
15:10 "The Steam Deck's useless, just, worthless touchpads" Blasphemy. They are incredibly useful, plus they make the desktop mode (or any mouse-operated application like Yuzu or any 4X games) usable, and are pretty nice in FPS's if you get your settings tuned in well. Also they have haptics, and the default steam navigation mode makes it act like a d-pad where you press it (until the haptics click) to move around, not swipe. In games with mouse control though (including shooters), they're tuned to feel like trackballs with momentum and everything which, combined with the gryo, is surprisingly very nice once you get used to it. If you play splatoon, the gyro makes it handle like that but with a (faster, more mouse-like) trackpad instead of a stick.
All of that could be said about the Steam Controller too which had the trackpads in a more comfortable location. Valve pls, Steam Controller 2 with all of the Steam Deck inputs and a better trackpad location
Man, normally I love your videos but this one is rubbing me weird.
You complain about the touchpads - yet you don’t know how to use them properly. They’re fantastic, please learn their function before you shit on them. It’s the reason I got the deck over the ROG
You act like desktop mode is an inconvenience. Valve touts that this is a full PC. Of course you have features in Desktop that you can’t access in Game Mode. Game mode is fine for normal users who won’t do things like this. Desktop is for people who are into tinkering and getting things that shouldn’t work, working.
Additionally you mention that the sticks are off center. Both the Amazon posting and the website for the stick tells you to calibrate them with the button on the bottom with the calibration screen open. Prior to sealing the unit.
15:08 I wept
BIG nostalgia hit hearing Ridge Racer Type 4 music right at the beginning of the video. The song is Lucid Rhythm, but the caption calls it "calm pop music" lol.
I got my Steam Deck on Saturday and a 2TB SSD from Sabrent ready to go. The first thing I did was upgrade the SSD the moment the Steam Deck was delivered. I really love the Steam Deck. I was debating or trying to justify owning one, but now I don't care. I love it.
The touchpads are a you problem, and for you to trash them because you personally don't like them is such biased tech reporting, the track pads are great if configured correctly to YOUR needs...
Once you learn to use the touchpads properly, they are extremely useful and intuitive.
I'm pretty sure he's trolling and pronouncing everything incorrectly on purpose and then he says the track pads are utterly useless and yeah definitely trolling and trying to P off people.
I will admit that I'm not mad at him for saying start and select button even though they're not called that. Don't even ask me what they're called I genuinely don't know. And whenever someone is playing video games with me and they can't find the start button because it's shaped like a plus or says options or share or something I just want to throw my hands in the air but I ain't waving them like I just don't care.
Shell swap. 8 hours. SOD THAT.
I NEED bob wulff to make a video giving the trackpads a chance. Download one shooter please. Im begging. Download one rts or city builder. Anything a joystick isnt good at but a mouse is you can put on the pads. I want to see him give it an honest try and at least understand the depth of their capabilities before writing them off. If afterwards he still feels the same way than hes right and he truly doesnt need them but they're too useful to write off so completely without giving them a shot.
Thank you for being so transparent about the shell. I have a deck coming today and almost bought a transparent shell. Seems like way too much of a hassle. I’d rather do it on my switch or something.
The new Hall effect sticks should have a physical button on the daughter board that lets you do the calibration doing the swap.
Honestly wish they sold the Steam Deck without storage so I could source my own. Everyone that does the swap just has a low capacity default SSD lying around now.
15:15 when using the touch pad do you use it like a mouse or a D-pad? because when I'm navigating the steam menus I use it like a D-pad and I get to what I'm looking for just fine
I’m sorry but the steam deck touch pads are great. One of its best input method, makes mouse games actually workable (eg RTS games)
apparently there is a hd screen mod for the steam deck which probably would be warranted for the ultimate steam deck
Edit: i think its called the DeckHD
4:46 Umm did you put the silver foil thing? That was supposed to come with the internal ssd, if not say goodbye to your internal ssd. o7
For some reason when I swapped out the SSD I had a nightmare of a time trying to flash the OS onto it. Sincerely I had a really tough time with it and it had nothing to do with the physical swap but everything to do with trying to get the data onto a thumbdrive and train SSD with that specific operating system. At one point after three late nights of working on it it actually started to install the new OS automatically. It was as though I had a mystical non-physical helping hand at the end of my extremely difficult process. I'm definitely not new to tinkering and this SSD swap was completely beguiling befuddling and ridiculously difficult for no apparent reason.
Great video, dissembling many times and not even being better than before is greatest night time stories for technicians to sleep well
I'm excited to do the Gulikit mod. I'm waiting for my analog sticks to poop out to do that.
For strange reasons, I'm not too interested in the SSD mod. I have 256GB and after downloading a bunch of games, emus, roms and plug-ins, it just felt cluttered to the point that I avoided my SD.. Now I keep three - five games at a time and I'm much happier.
Honestly, hearing about how easy the SSD mod is changing my opinion on getting one. I didn't want to rely on a Micro SD for all my storage and reading with large PC games, but hearing that I could get the cheaper model and just change the amount of storage that easily, total game changer.
Someone should tell him you need to press the touchpads like a dpad to navigate stuff, instead of swiping.
Thank you again for including the buttons I made you!
that Steam button is really cool, nice work!
@@brandon_nope Glad you dig em! I was really hyped pulling those out of the mold for the first time :D
Lol. Trackpads are useless huh? Console gamer complains about a feature thats over his head. 😂
14:17 lol youre suppose to remove the old glue,buddy then no juttingnout.mine is super flished cause i picked all the old glue off😂
I worked for probably an hour just trying to remove all of the old adhesive and believe me, it’s impossible
@Brandon_Y nah. I did it. too:) I jist used a wooden stick and rolled it up like snot:) it was pretty fun. don't use alcohol for big parts.. if ubdisolve it it becomes a mess. u gotta pick at it when it's cool.
my instalation is clean. my screen is flush asf. just take ur time. and ya don't disolve adhesive snot😂 may e its cause I have a craft art background so I knew this trick. but ya. don't dissolve it
Great video as I have to switch out the screen this week (dropped the damn thing and it landed screen first on the foot of my gamingchair).
At least upgrading the SSD to the 2TB Version (especially doing so almost directly after getting it) was fairly easy as I didn't need the data on the drive and just reinstalled it.
Replacing the backplate with a JSAUX one was also kinda easy (it's ONLY the Back, not front after all as they didn't have FRONTplates at the time anyway) and my 1TB SDcard works fine.
The SteamDeck in Black/Green looks awesome and I've got a LOT of space for games now so I just have to fix the broken screen... at least I don't have to be careful removing the old one
Useless touchpads?? How dare you?
I literally look forward to watching your sponsored segments. Hahaha 😆
@WULFF DEN - I'm so glad that you showed your Happy Gilmore Moment. Because even, I was thinking in my head when you were all like "What the F***K?!?" 🤣🤣🤣
@WULFF DEN -> SCAMMERS have Infiltrated your Comments ...
I've always wondered since the Steam Deck is on sale right now and it went on sale a couple of months ago if you were to buy a steam deck on sale swap out the 64 gig SSD with a 1 TB swap out the joysticks with hall effect joysticks and make sure that it has the less noisy fan could you make enough of a profit selling it to make it worth your time and effort?
I'm always excited to see Bob's Ad's they're always so much fun
I feel like people don't talk about the repairability enough. It's great knowing if a stick breaks, I can just replace it fairly easily. Unlike a drift-con lol.
What do you mean? I have heard praises since the beginning about the deck's repairability. Maybe we're getting our info from different sources.
@@GhostyOcean At the beginning everyone mentioned that, however, I have some friends that have not been following the Steam Deck, but now with the Ally being available, they were trying to decide which one to get, but most reviews don't mention that in their comparison, they only focus on the additional power of the Ally and the console like experience of the Steam Deck.
At least this and Joy-con are easier than the PSP where everything is on a different board and the D-pad is litterally a sticker applied to the plastic of the shell.
@@kotta8kritter ah, that would probably be a significant difference then. I don't watch comparisons between the handhelds since I already own and am perfectly content with my deck. I'll watch reviews of the other ones because I think they're cool, and the deck's repairability isn't mentioned that much in that context. But I see tons of content about people's customization of their decks all the time.
He sounds just like a lower pitched Gilbert Godfrey!
Missed a prime opportunity to have a shot of Zim in a tutu.
props on the swap.
THat R4 music in the beginning brought back some great memories
so i installed the white one and i think the whote shell is thicker. i love thr feel way more than the original . alot of issue wolfden seem to have is not being anal about the detials.
make sure u clean the glue goop like they tell you😂 that way u wont have a screen sticking out.. its kinda common sense.. mine is 100 flush.
use plastic thin cards to pry the screen. heat it up and the just use the suction cup to hold the screen. u dont need to bend thr screen.
the track pads if u customize us hard asf.. it was the worat part for me being weak but also my screws strupped and ya.. had to literally fil3 down the screws for hours ..
as for thr motherboard part, follow jsaux for disassmebly u dont have to tear everything apart. then follow exteme when putting it back.
u wont have any problems if u take ur time and follow the instructions.
ive never done this and it wasnt hard. it took long because the facrory workers screwed things so tight things got stripped:(
one last tip is make sure track pad isnt screwed tight that messes sensitivity and joy sticks .
i think if i had an electric screw i could finish this pretty fast now.
buy yes clesn ur goop!
those blue buttons are so freaking cool.
Thank youuuuuu
How is the quality of the shell? Does it feel like the original shell or like a $5 clear Xbox controller shell off eBay?
He said this at the end of the episode that the shell is a lot crappier than the original one, and some of the pegs to snap it together either bent on him as he was installing it or were just missing entirely
9:35 You can also recalibrate it with the tiny switch on the back of the joystick modules.
The Amazon posting says this on it.
I did the gulikit sticks about two weeks ago and while I had it open I replaced the thermal paste with ptm7950. Got about a 7 degree drop on temps. Lowered the joystick deadzones down to 3200. I'm more than happy with these mods, maybe I'll upgrade the ssd at some point. I focus on the games I'm playing not the look of the device.
the metal backed jsaux backplate drops temps too. takes heat from the internal shield but the external metal gets hot to compensate. I haven't had an extremely loud fan like I did before playing heavy games. docked and at max GPU+CPU using power tools i don't hear it much at all
@@lolcat I'm actually more interested in the new internal heatshield some people have started to receive on their new steam decks. Saw a couple posts on reddit. Looks like a bit thicker iodized plate. Think the jsaux backplate would probably perform even better with that new shield design.
Where’s the file for that 3d printed charger holder? I’d like to make that. It be way easier!
I'd like to know too! I found some EU-specific versions only on printables and thingiverse so far
The left trackpad in the game mode steam menu acts as a dpad, you don't swipe, you press, just like a dpad!
You're using the left touchpad incorrectly. Don't drag it left to right, rotate it clockwise instead. It is made to work that way.
Meanwhile, I'm watching with a completely stock 64gb Steam Deck with a 256gb memory card. 😂
lol I know the struggle. That's what I started with. I only upgraded to 256 internal ssd/512gb sd card now and it still feels like I barely have space.
I might end up upgrading to 1TB internal ssd and then buying a 1TB sd card.
@@-Crustyboi- strangely enough I'm doing fine for space....but I mostly play older games, and I'm usually a one at a time sort of guy. I have major respect for the fact that Valve knew people might want to upgrade the storage though.
Hi Bob,
Unrelated but do you know of left Joy Cons with reversed layout, meaning the DPad is on top, which is best for 2D side scrollers? There are plenty of standalone controllers like that, but so far I haven't found a single Joy Con with such layout after 6 years with the Switch.
I know you prefer such layouts for 2D games yourself, so that's why I'm asking because I've been unsuccessful in finding one so far.
Thanks for your content!
the only controller that exists like that is the NES controller, but obviously the drawback there is no analog stick. I would recommend a shell swap or the HORI Dpad controller. If you want a rubber dome based controller then the split pad compact is also comfortable.
@@DiceRobo Split Pad Compact is great, it's what I have right now. But the DPad placement is still the standard layout and uncomfortable for 2D games, at least for me. I just want a left JoyCon or attachment like the one from Hori, but with the Dpad on top. Seems like there's no option in the market for that. NES controller of course exists, but the main drawback for me is not even a lack of analog stick, but rather that it's extremely bulky and hideous looking when attached to the Switch. Can't imagine someone playing like that in handheld mode.
Sounds like I need to just get a skin for mine.
wouldn't you be able to use 99% alcohol on the screen to remove the old adhesive? I tend to use alcohol to clean a lot of my electronics.
I bought the transparent green back shell from Jsaux a couple months ago. Then they announced their full transparent shells, and I really want to do it, but they don't offer the front in green 😕 I've done Switch Lite shell swaps, and they're fun to do. This looks a little more challenging, and therefore a little more fun to me, in a twisted kind of way.
15:19 It's emulating a Dpad lol, you press down in the direction u want to go, not swipe.
I have a 1 TB SSD I got a great deal on, planning to put that into my Deck when I get it back (sent it in for a long overdue RMA) I planned to also grab the Gulikit sticks, because I like tinkering and figured I'd need them eventually.
But I want to thank you for saving me $30, being the voice of reason when I have absolutely no need to put these in when there's a chance I'll actually be getting a completely brand new Deck back.
Now the only ledge I need talking off of, is the thermal pad swap 🤔 a couple games I play lately do make the Deck noticeably hot, like Robo Quest and Satisfactory. Not dangerous levels, I know the Deck would shut down if so, but I'd still like to drop a few degrees if I can.
Have you any thoughts on the thermal mod? Tell me how unnecessary it is, my wallet begs you. However, if I can go down 2-3 degrees Celsius, it kinda feels worth the $15, no? I have no idea anymore.
Just wanna mention something to everyone that someone noted to me, I was ready to dive into this mod because the finished product looks so great, but what held me back?
If anything ever goes wrong with your Deck, and you wanted to RMA, you'd have to revert the entire mod back to the original. Or sacrifice your whole transparent shell. It's either a waste of money or time, if that were to be the case. With my luck, I see that happening to me, so I've held off. This isn't a factor if your warranty is already voided though.
Yours looks fantastic, enjoy!
Charlie’s evil brother 🤣
I got one of the cheapest 2TB 2230 SSD stick (the TEAMGROUP MP44S for $150). It's pointless getting the fastest (or more expensive) Gen 4 or 5 sticks due to the Steam Decks Gen 3 M.2 ports gimping the read/write speeds to no more than 3600MBps tops with most not having DRAM cache either. So your Inland SSD was a good call. I also added a 1TB Micro SD card from Silicon Power for $60 (on sale) so I now got 3TB of Storage for all my games (and ROMs)😏. I do plan to get those Hall Effect Sticks next month other than that no more upgrades for me for a while.
I've always been interested in shell swaps, but always heard terrible things about the quality of the plastics they use for the clear ones I've looked up. You definitely saved me the time and money of recklessly impulse buying one and it destroying my life though, I love the Steam Deck enough to start considering it regardless of what I'd heard before 🔥
I got a 512GB Steam Deck from Kogan (Aussie importer-reseller of Steam Decks amongst other things), and since I got my Logitech K840 keyboard and MX Ergo trackball the Deck is a beautiful little portable system whilst I'm unable to use my much beefier home PC's.
Currently got a 128GB MicroSD in it, and when funds are a bit more free I'll be upgrading the Deck to a 2TB 2230 M.2 and 1TB MicroSD following the Clonezilla Drive Migration method as currently got a LOT of mods for Mass Effect Legendary Edition installed right now (along with the Persona games), and I have the stock MELE backups stored on the MicroSD to provide a smidge more room on the SSD.