THE BEST COOLING FOR YOUR STEAM DECK? | Devaso cooling back plate and fan installation and testing

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Жыл бұрын

Devaso was kind enough to send me their custom cooling back plate (shell) for the steam deck, which features an aluminum cooling plate and silicone conductive heat material. They also sent me the optional USB magnetic fan which when used together offers significant benefits to cooling.
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@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

Do you have a steam deck? If so, are you interested in modding projects like this and video tutorials and reviews of modding products? Let me know!

@MakeOrBreakSociety Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

@@MakeOrBreakSociety thanks!

@aussiedigger1441 6 ай бұрын

I've bought this size semiconductor.. Great result's. I need this backplate for the oled though!

@shadowpaw2873 3 ай бұрын

I have both models of the cooler and use the small one with the jsaux cooling backplate. I choose the jsaux over this one because the jsaux had the vent still and a thermal pad to make contact with the heat source to pull heat to the cooler more efficiently. Works great

@NerdCrave 3 ай бұрын

This one has a thermal pad too

@kefler187 10 ай бұрын

I have the tablet version of that kind of cooler and I bought the jsaux backplate, but after seeing the larger metal plate on this back plate, I may end up buying this one too to see which offers me better cooling.

@NerdCrave 10 ай бұрын

This thing pulls a ridiculous amount of heat, it’s actually uncomfortable on my lap

@btcclan2031 Жыл бұрын

Look at the cooler deck Nupp project ;) Awesome cooling and water cooling system for the deck 😁

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

Ok I will thanks!

@iiqulo Жыл бұрын

Nice well made video! I'm just sad that the cooling thing hides the beautiful fake woodgrain. My question is: how necessary is it? You've had it a year, has the deck exploded within that time?

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

Like I said at the end of the video, mileage will vary based on your use case. For someone pushing the deck to its extreme limits, lowering the temperature several degrees could be very beneficial. If you buy just the shell and not the fan, it simply looks cool, has better grips, and has a kickstand if that matters to you, but is it NECESSARY? No.

@iiqulo Жыл бұрын

@NerdCrave could be beneficial, but is that true? It makes sense, but at the same time, what would the lifespan difference be under heavy use? Would it save years? Maybe it is built well enough that it wouldn't die from the heat or out. I dunno. I'd want to know the expected longevity of the device. I don't like of buying special ads ons just to make the machine not die.

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

@@iiqulo I think it’s too early to tell, but if you look at the lifespan of most thermal paste (6-7 years) and you consistently keep the device cooler, you could theoretically add a year or two to the lifespan, but none of this is concrete. The way I use the deck, I probably don’t need this, I installed it more for the adventure and to make the video

@disasterincarnate 11 ай бұрын

there are 2 Devaso coolers, a small one intended for phones which you are using here and a larger one intended for tablets/other stuff which is the version/size meant to be used on this deck backplate, you arent getting all the cooling possible by using the tiny phone cooler version.

@NerdCrave 11 ай бұрын

This is the fan Devaso sent to me specifically for the review. A larger fan might be nice, but I’m pretty happy with what I have

@ineedfiles Ай бұрын

You’re right, ehy would they do that?

@frankp2952 Жыл бұрын

I remember there was something about a magnets affecting the fans rpm on a different steam deck accessory. Would the fan/magnet attachment on this product affect the fans rpm as well?

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

I wondered that as well, I believe that was with the dbrand killswitch case, and it only affected one of the two possible fans that could be installed. Personally I’ve been using this device for two weeks now and monitoring temperature closely, and it has only served to improve things. But my experience may not be everyone’s

@frankp2952 Жыл бұрын

@@NerdCrave have you noticed if your fans current rpm is higher then it had been before adding this attachment?

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

@@frankp2952 seems the same

@frankp2952 Жыл бұрын

@@NerdCrave thanks for letting me know

@aolvs1950 Жыл бұрын

It was jsaux initial release. They discovered internal fans were affected by the magnetic external fans. They changed it to mounting brackets instead.

@goorthiss Жыл бұрын

It would be good to replace the stock thermal paste with Honeywell PTM7950 phase change material. Only liquid metal is more efficient since this substance.

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

It’d be an interesting experiment

@EntersilverHD Жыл бұрын

You should never use liquid metal with handhelds. It leaks much faster that way.

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

@@EntersilverHD this

@goorthiss Жыл бұрын

@@EntersilverHD it seems obvious

@allansaraujo 9 ай бұрын

I bought this same custom cover for my deck the other day, the gray part that contains the thermal paste, does the plastic have to be removed before installing the custom cover? It's a pasty material and my fear is that it will damage a component instead of cooling it. Edit: i didn't install this yet😂

@NerdCrave 9 ай бұрын

Mine just had like an adhesive pad

@Angelus666999 Жыл бұрын

I would like to know the thermals without the bulky fan, i only want the back plate, but dont know if the thermals will suffer with the holes of ventilation on the left side of the back…

@NerdCrave Жыл бұрын

I’m still thoroughly testing, look me up on Twitter to continue the conversation

@kefler187 10 ай бұрын

It would likely be worse than stock, it would just take longer to get there because of the larger thermal mass.

@bleppyboo 6 ай бұрын

@@NerdCrave Hi, have you made any progress on this aspect of the backplate?

@NerdCrave 6 ай бұрын

@@bleppyboo I’m still using this backplate 6 months later and it seems to result in a 4-5 degree reduction in temperatures across the board without the fan, which I never use

@bleppyboo 6 ай бұрын

@@NerdCravethis is great to hear. I heard similar from another person on reddit. I have been wary of it because the moving of the vents. I had ordered it off aliexpress without noticing because I really just liked the built in stand and the gorgeous color. Thank you for the update I'm very excited now!

@ineedfiles Ай бұрын

Just ordered one of these these but, the fan is bigger.. i hope it works coz, mine starts to stutter and slow down real bad when im playing in the car waiting on my girl to get off work… playing Elden Ring

@NerdCrave Ай бұрын

Good luck

@Hdtjdjbszh 10 ай бұрын

This product does not seem well thought out. It moves the ventiation points to the opposite side of the deck from the heat-creating components, and reduces the intake holes by over 50%, and adds a heatsink that connects to an RF shield, which is connected to some heat generating components. The SOC is connected to a heatpipe, which is then connected to the mounting clip, wich is then connected to the RF shield, which is then connected to this case.

@NerdCrave 9 ай бұрын

And yet it works fairly well to reduce temperatures