Valve’s Steam Deck has been a hit thus far, its (comparatively) modest specs probably not a problem when weighed in opposition to the dimensions of the display screen and the actual fact you may play it on the bus. However as a result of it’s primarily a small PC, the temptation is all the time there to enhance it.
Which is strictly what Linus Tech Ideas has accomplished of their newest video, taking Valve’s humble handheld and juicing it in some key areas. Whereas they clearly don’t change the Steam Deck’s CPU or GPU, they may make some key additions/replacements elsewhere in an try to enhance the machine’s efficiency.
That features eradicating the Steam Deck’s potentiometer-based joysticks and changing them with some electromagnetic ones. These have an a variety of benefits, together with higher sturdiness (they received’t drift) and a smaller “deadzone”.
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Additionally improved is the hand held’s storage, with an experimental 2TB SSD unit slotting neatly into the machine in a manner that circumvents all the problem individuals can have—problem that Valve has warned explicitly in opposition to—when putting in bigger, extra heat-intensive options. This offers this explicit Steam Deck 3TB of storage, a ridiculous quantity for such a small laptop.
There’s additionally an additional fan serving to an monumental heatsink (that protrudes straight out the again of the unit), a tempered glass display screen protector and an exterior battery improve that’s not probably the most elegant manner of prolonging the Steam Deck’s display screen time, however is extremely satisfying because it attaches to the again of the hand held through magnets.
The top result’s a tool that appears much less like a gaming handheld and extra like one thing a 90s sci-fi film would have actors hacking a locked door with, however as you may see within the video under, the outcomes—centered principally as they’re on sturdiness, longevity and tranquility—on the finish converse for themselves.
