And it’ll come in atomic purple soon.
, my original skepticism didn’t pan out. Not only does it look great — its built-in aluminum heatsinkhelp manage the $400 handheld gaming PC’s heat. And at just eight Phillips-head screws and a little prying to pop off your original backplate, it’s an easy mod to do.Originally, I figured a sheet of aluminum that simply sits atop the Deck’s electromagnetic interference shield wouldn’t make a real difference in degrees Celsius. And yet it does.
It’s a bigger difference than you might think in terms of noise level since the Deck’s miniature cooling fan gets way more noticeable near max velocity. if your Deck has one of those — it’s nice that it doesn’t spin up as often or as fast, but I could still hear the whine after playing a while.The back plate does get hot while you game, but I don’t think it’s a big deal. I did measure over 126°F after running benchmarks for 20 minutes, but it wasn’t enough to burn my finger, and I had to stretch to even reach it. Meanwhile, the Steam Deck’s grips stay nice and cool.
You can mix and match the alternate back buttons, which can give you a hair-trigger or a very long throw , but neither leave much room for a pinkie below them.The third set of back buttons is supposed to be identical to Valve’s, and I’m happily using them now on my personal Steam Deck — but on’s Steam Deck review unit, they don’t quite seat properly and cause one of the back buttons to constantly stay pressed.
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