I'm shocked how well this worked - Steam Deck Cooler Upgrade

I love the Steam Deck, but unfortunately it can be a bit loud and runs kinda hot.. well today we change that.

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FOLLOW US
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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Our crazy idea...
0:55 - PDQ!
1:20 - Why Linus wants this
4:25 - The Plan
8:19 - It... might actually work?
9:40 - Manufacturing
13:44 - Assembly, thermal pads
16:50 - Firing it up
19:30 - This looks awesome
20:50 - Fan?
22:40 - Manscaped!
23:15 - Outro

[micah-pc]

This feels like the unofficial Sketchy Heatsinks episode 4, where alex finally has all of the equipment he wanted 5 years ago.

[bigidiot]

"What about a big heat sync?"
"It's still kinda hot...What if we also added a fan?"
I love that as the video goes on, they're just slowly building it back up into a gaming PC

[Dangineering]

I can not overstate how much I love these engineering type episodes.

[Supernaut]

Alex is an engineer after my own heart. Involves the boss just enough in projects to get him excited enough to dump large amounts of cash into supplying him with equipment and tooling. Excellent work.

[TheKidzcangame]

The look of sheer happiness on linuses face when Alex said the line for the sponsor

[georgegicewicz]

Genius, easy to remove when it's cold, stays on during use due to thermal expansion. 10/10 "It's not a bug, it's a feature"

[darioperez]

Alex: What’s the repeatability of your scissors?
Also Alex: just cut a hole in the back of a Steam deck by hand, yolo lol

[thelaggymonster]

One of my favourite episodes ever, this is exactly the kind of enthusiast madness I come to this channel for

[nd-place]

I love how proud Linus looked when Alex made that absolutely buttery smooth transition to the sponsor.

[nik]

I think these are my favorite types of videos from you guys, small-scale engineering and modification is always interesting to watch.

[jablue]

Ooh, a shop episode. This is the kind of stuff that makes me happy to be an engineer, so I love seeing it here.

[YourLordMobius]

The best part about all of this is that steam released CAD files for the deck. So instead of cutting a hole in the rear case they could have modeled a hole in the cad file and 3D printed an entire new case.

[yarin.suissa]

Linus' smiles at 22:39 like "I'm so proud, he grew up so fast"

love the sponsor segues

[gamingmarcus]

I'm so amazed to see how LTT transitioned from total jank solutions to this beautiful product. Alex was a great addition to the team!

[charliemaybe]

Linus looked like a proud dad watching his son learning from him when Alex did the sponsor transition

[tyrush]

“What’s the repeatability of your scissor cutting? Mine laser’s under a thou.”

This is quite possibly the single nerdiest line Alex has ever said and I love it.

[corbinbarrett]

Between the "So today I'm making your strap-on?" and "It's like a dremel, but with balls" Alex is on fire today lmao

[BTStudioGE]

22:39 That face Linus makes after that flawless segue by Alex is just perfect. Bet he's thinking "you learned well, my son"

[Asytra]

The Steam Deck was already a pretty "cyberpunk" device, but you've gone and made it more punk. Love it even if it's less practical! Now it's time for a miniature liquid cooling loop. ;)

[nateekard]

22:40 I love the proud dad look linus gets anytime someone other than him nails a segue into a sponsor spot.