Lower your Steam deck temps by up to 15° with THIS

The use for this is for desktop mode obviously. The reason you don’t see much deference in temp improvement is probably because the steam deck sees that it has more head room and boosts it’s clock speeds and voltages tell it reaches the throttle point so what you should be looking at is fps and temp, looking at just temp and nothing else tells us nothing.

The first thermal "upgrade" for me will always remain the thermal grease.

I'm not sure what Valve chose or why, though I assume it had more to do with long-term stability and less to do with raw performance, but we have MX-6 now and that strikes a good balance.

The main effect is better thermal coupling between the APU and heatsink. The benefits are two-fold - 1. the APU no longer does the usual jump to 85°C and throttle; and 2. after heat soaking, it takes a smaller temperature difference between the die and contact plate to achieve the same heat transfer, so the APU runs cooler overall.

The temperature of the APU now follows the heat soaking of the heatsink much more closely, so it takes a while to warm up when you start, and again it takes a while to cool down after you finish. It also takes less airflow to get the job done because the heatsink can get hotter for the same amount of heat load.

That's nice but I would like to dock my deck

I bought this based on review. First used brought it down almost 15 degrees but havent been abke ti replicate that, sadly found out about turning off new fan controls that helps out greatly. Now its brings it down 7 to 12 degrees averaging 9.5 based on anecdotal measuring. I like it for the kickstand too, but I lose power alot due to thunder storms in GA and ive found it useful for more taxing games and to use it off on the very small games just use it for kick stand.

I bought a dbrand case though so im gonna retire it except for days when I lose power and room temp is hotter than normal

for what I've seen, even on my laptop, if I game at 720p or 1080p, low, I get about 60 to 70 degrees which is very nice. things I learned about resolution... depending on the size of the screen, you don't need to go to mid or high, so then you save power and keep it cool enough, and still have a great imagine quality and fps. FSR helps too. I know my expetation for the steam deck once I get it, and I don't mind :) gonna love it.

Funny thing is that setting refreshrate to 40 and limiting fps to 40 and limiting tdp will give you 62-65c temperature in eldenring using high/medium settings. Always limit tdp before anything else if you like to have 3+ hours game time and low temps. Useles gimmics these externsl fans.

Always lock fanspeed when doing tests lile this.

liar pidoras

So if im gonna play old tomb rider games it will be still overheated?😅

glad headphones exist and yes im cheap

If you’re interested, there’s a deck accessory called the monoblock, look it up. It’s a replacement heat sync and it claims 20+ degrees decrease. Along with significantly less fan noise. It’s up for pre order

Mid-80s is totally fine, lol. They're designed for it and it doesn't affect the longevity.

"they claim it has a metal kickstand and it does have a metal kickstand"....

Exemplary

There's also underclocking, 1000% efficiency. U normie.

This sis a cool video but does he not understand operating temperatures?

i overclocked and undervolted mine... the temps went to the 90s almost immediately in some games. Very scary stuff.

Meanwhile my 5700XT reaching almost 100° on the Halo Infinite menus 🫠

My zen 3 gaming pc runs mid 80's quite a lot up to 87 sometimes in the summer like now. I should get a 360 mm AIO cooler and a bigger case but I am lazy. I just stick with the 240 mm and a smallish case. It is not far off the TJ max for 5900x I don't think lol. My 6800 GPU is fine though like mid 70's

Thank you for the video as I do want to pick one of these up. Simply, because it extends the life of the device as lower temps over time means less wear on the internals. Even if it is only a relatively small difference.
I plan on replacing the stock thermal paste with some Thermalright TFX 2g thermal paste, then getting the JSAUX backplate with the thermal pad and plate built in. Should make quite the difference. 👍

I got one a couple of weeks ago and it works great. I like that they have a clip on the bottom the hold it in place. One thing you can use Jsaux transparent back plate works great. And the fan doesn’t bother me too much.

My question is who goes around playing these things without headphones? Who cares how loud the fan is?

🙋‍♂️Random question, but what is the device you used in making that grid?🤔

Repent and seek Jesus

Would increasing steam deck fan speeds to 100% waste more battery? Also running steam deck fan 100% reduce its life?

Bowing air on plastic has been proven to do nothing for cooling.

You would need a fan that covers the vents and sucks the hot air out.

Would you put a fan on the outside of your PC?

Nice review! I subscribed

I like it...im in texas and anything helps exspecially when i wear head phones so it having it own power...i really like

Hahahaha that's nothing! My MacBook runs at 120 F 😂
Great vid!

Nice design, but performance is not the best IMO, and also too big for travel. I have the JSAUX fan, together with the JSAUX protective case. This device do really lower the temp 14-18 degrees C, and this is, when the internal fan is just around at 2000 rpm needed. In not so demanding titles, I am setting the fan to 50%, which allow 7-8 degrees lower temps, with also lower internal fan rpm. Just to say: I am no, in any way, connected to JSAUX, but I like their products and have some of them, together with the fan. The fan is bundled with the so called "mod case", but you can add the fan with an additional plate to the back of a SD without a protective case.

Great video, man! Really solid overview of all the combinations of speed to noise ratios

I'm from south hemisphere south Brasil, so most of the time above 20 Celsius or so, playing yakuza on my steam deck and no man's sky on my switch! Great video as always!

Right on I appreciate the video you made for the SD! Subbed! Also do you recommend any other fans that fit aftermarket cases?

Boss video I will check the fan out!

I like it but given that it only really drops the steam decks temps when its at full speed and how loud it is at full speed, doesn't really seem that useful for most people.