Making the ULTIMATE Steam Deck
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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.
Beg friend
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 😏😎
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.
The trackpads are amazing. The Rog Ally just looks useless to me.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
The left touchpad in gaming mode works as a DPad. You should press on the 4 sides of the square.
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.
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 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.
My Steam Deck is on it's way, bought it during the Summer Sale. This video came right on time, thanks!
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.
About thumbsticks - this operation has a reason to do even if you have perfectly working sticks.
You can remove dead zones for them at all and they’ll not drift. It gives bit more room for movement and gives bit more precision.
Felt pretty nice when I played Mechwarrior 5 - additional precision allowed to perfectly center torso way easier, so it was “measurable” result
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
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.
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.
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.
"useless touchpads" spoken like a console peasant
I feel like each video of yours I watch the more I appreciate them. The highlight was at the 16min mark going off on the not so transparent touchpads. Convinced me to skip that mode on my own when I receive it.
The dock fits really well on the back of the steam deck case in the pouch!
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!
Thank you for your hard diligence in taking apart and modding your Steam Deck. I personally think I could do the SSD upggrade mod but not the other mods you did in this video.
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.
That classic Ridge Racer Type 4 music in the intro really set the vibe.
Lego brick separation tools are my go to spudger for YEARS now
Thanks Wolf, I was really on the fence about the shell.
Man, I'm glad to see this video.
I was about to bite the bullet and try out this mod, but this just gave me flashbacks to fixing 3x faulty Vita 1000 screens.
Thanks for the heads up!
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.
Will be doing all of this in about a week... I'm a little scared but also excited. It won't be the first time I've had to remove the screen from my deck, I upgraded to the matte screen about a month into ownership. Also upping from 1TB to 2TB.
I have never related with another content creator this hard 🤣
The slight imperfections that piss this man off speaks to my soul.
I'm always excited to see Bob's Ad's they're always so much fun
Thanks for the video. I think I will put a mat screen on mine and change the buttons.
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.
Nice to know. I was thinking about doing a shell swap myself.
Probably will hold off on it now.
Love your videos, man keep up the good work! Also, I think you should do game reviews
Saw the stream and was looking forward to this haha
i thought i would hate the touch pads but the way they are implemented with the steam deck i absolutely love them. in fact, after having used the touch pads to navigate desktop mode, my decision to purchase any future hand-helds will be affected by weather or not the device has touch-pad tech. love them.
Great stream on giving it a custom shell!
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.
Thank you for doing this, so I now know for sure I'd be a nervous wreck if I tried changing out the shell! But that atomic purple shell is always very tempting...👀😅
Keep all of your great videos coming!!!
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 😵
Missed a prime opportunity to have a shot of Zim in a tutu.
props on the swap.
Lol Bob yelling at himself to wake up genuinely caught me off guard. The vibe in the videos has always one that is laid back/relaxed. He did a good job with the ad skit though.
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
I did the extremerate case. (Clear Blue) i opted to use the track pads as is. I luckily already had a full on electronics repair kit to the screen was simple. I also purchased the OEM steam deck screen adhesive as people said the version that comes with the kit is just slightly thicker.
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.
Bought a deck at the start of the sale, got a 2tb ssd to replace the 512gb one, one of the best pices of tech ive bought, its genuilly fun to tweak with settings and learn SteamOS. It's made me consider daily driving Ubunto on my regular desktop.
THat R4 music in the beginning brought back some great memories
i love your videos because you're the only person having an extremely rough time modding ANYTHING 😂
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.
That LEGO separater really is a godsend 👌🏼
Love the Ridge Racer type 4 opening music.
Anything that forces me to use the terminal, gets an extra point. I love working in the terminal.
Bob and wood and arlos sponsor sections are the only ones I genuinely dont skip because i actually enjoy them
If companies actually had good ads in wouldnt be so nettled about them on youtube
First off, love the ridge racer type 4 music you used at the start of the video!
that was one of the longer streams I’ve ever sat through
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.
Pretty cool! I love Steam Deck!
oh shiiiiit good job on that mod cleanest one yet
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.
My god watching you struggle with the touchpads made my day.
You have to do an iPod style circle motion to get the trackpads to scroll by default. You can change that though. I have found they work the best customized per game, since you can make trackpad-operated menus for each game, and I also like using the left trackpad to scroll through a hotbar with a horizontal motion.
I've watched a lot of your videos but just noticed i wasnt subscribed.
I just ordered a 64gb steamdeck with the intention of upgrading to 2tb and swapping the shell. Glad i watched your video. You just saved me a ton of headache. Ill skip the shell, maybe get a wrap and still do the ssd upgrade.
I'll probably mod my current Steam Deck when I get the SD2 in the future. Yours looks awesome though.
I literally look forward to watching your sponsored segments. Hahaha 😆
I use a circular motion on the left touch pad which is makes it like a scroll wheel. It is amazing.
Man Bob you crazy. The track has are the greatest thing about the steam deck and the one thing all the other handheld PCS are forgetting about. All those old games like Warcraft 2 or 3 and Dawn of War and battlefleet Gothic, that one's not really old, but all these old ass games that are really hard to do with a controller especially RTS games, the track pads come in clutch. The track pads are just amazing things that need the mouse and they're so versatile and you can even set them up to be several buttons. So games that use a shit ton of buttons and you don't have enough on the controller, you can set up a little wheel on one of the touch pads that will be several of the buttons you need
I love the new steam-themed curseword beeps btw 😅
Nice video! I swapped my 64gb drive for a 512GB before I even powered it on, pretty easy upgrade, the OS install was a little tedious as I didn't have a flash drive handy, but its been a fun little machine.
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.
I watched you perform the shell swap, looked mighty dangerous lol but at least it looks good
I come to expect Zim in every ad now, I miss him already 😢 LOL good mods tho, SSD is such an important one
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.
Transparent shells are cool and all, but the steam decks shell is so satisfying to hold in that texture is just so great that I can't imagine wanting to change it. I put a spin on mine and I'm already starting to regret it because of how smooth. It doesn't have that perfect grippy feel to it
funny that i go into this video with: an ssd ordered, no plans to get the hall effect joysticks but was thinking that if they need replacing, why not, and i never planned on a shell swap. lol.
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.
I keep my steam deck in a shell case, where the only time you can see any of the actual deck shell is when the kickstand part is open in the back, so I only replaced the back and made it atomic purple lol. I also upgraded the ssd, only hade the 64gb. So if you only want an easy job and dont mind the aesthetics, just do the back plate
I spent a long time trying to decide between putting my money into a faster 1TB nvme that needed to be installed or a slower hot-swappable 1TB micro sd. Eventually got an nvme on sale and very happy I went that route
That is pretty cool. If i still had my deck I would give it a shot.
Right after the Steam Deck pre-orders went live and I got my order in, I bought a WD SN740 2tb M.2 from Amazon so I could upgrade as soon as the device arrived. I was considering swapping out the thumbsticks for the hall sensor version but was turned off cause it required desoldering the thumbsticks and soldering them to the replacements. At least the newer models come with that step no longer necessary and can be installed right out of the box. Other than what I've done, I'm happy keeping the device in the form it's in. I would upgrade the screen if someone came out with a higher resolution model for the handheld and it worked without having to jump through difficult hoops to install it.
Brilliant vid and love the humour.... sorry, humor ;) subbed. On the question of taking the whole SD apart, I think it would be a good idea to take a photo with your smartphone before doing anything. Would be a good thing when putting it back together. Oh and make sure you remove the MicroSD card before opening the SD. You could snap the bugger in half otherwise :)
A nice middle ground is just replacing the back plate on the deck. Super easy and you can see the back internals.
Hearing Bob say "YA HUNGRY" gets me through the day.
Those buttons look super cool. I need those.
glad you dig em! :D
The ads are always hilarious! Great video as well!
I literally added a larger drive and hall effect sticks last week!
I’m really happy Bob is having a good time doing the ads
good video moist critical, didnt know you were into steam decks!
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.
Reason to get a steam deck.
Always into custom mods and a community behind a device.
Makes it easier to set up. Better then the other guy.
14:20 me every day towards literally everything
Bob the clear touchpads do look better, hopefully, you'll appreciate it at some point (if not already), it blends a lot better than black og ones sticking out.
huh... i always thought that little cubby in the back of the case was for the power brick so that's where i put it. Granted i got the most expensive version of the steam deck so mine came with a mesh case and it just forms it into the perfect shape to fit back there.