Steam Deck 32GB RAM Upgrade

In this video, I upgrade the system memory of a Steam Deck from its original 16GB to 32GB. These Steam Decks only ever came from the factory with 16GB, so doubling that to 32GB makes for quite a unique upgrade.

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[dosdude]

I know I said it was LPDDR4 memory in the video, but the Steam Deck does indeed use LPDDR5... I just misremembered it somehow. Sorry for any confusion.

[twizz]

The best part of this upgrade is that Valve/AMD were smart enough not to put a bunch of tiny 0201 components right beside the RAM chips

[DeckWizard]

Just wanted to say this video was an absolute delight to watch, thank you so much for sharing this with the whole Steam Deck community.

[breademoji]

That’s an awesome upgrade. Side note but when I saw the vista wallpaper and taskbar I almost lost it. I realized later that the settings window gives away that it’s a more recent version but still, what a trick 😅

[markgadzikowski]

I'm one of this fellow's Steam Deck 32 GB upgrade customers. Works great. Good communications. Fast turnaround. Don't be afraid!

Thanks for the upgrade.

[campbellsoup]

Just want to say that, this is an impressive trade that you do! I used to cadweld various larger gauge wires onto steal pipelines for DC voltage measurements for corrosion control. We would use thermite to basicallly sodder onto pipelines... Now I splace fiber optic cables which is fusion welding glass. This procedure and knowledge most people that aren't aware but you explained why you did all your steps as a knowledable teacher would, a great tutorial! I wouldn't buy all the equipment to do this procedure myself but kudos to your trade as this was a flawless proceedure on your half!

[Harlod]

Oh my god, the little solder pieces left on the board after wicking were driving me crazy thinking you were gonna leave them there. You can't imagine my relief after seeing it all cleared up when adding the flux to the board. Good content 👍

[acters]

This kind of upgrade would be great with changing the VRAM usage from 1GB to 4GB as it will have plenty of RAM for the CPU. Will definitely improve any GPU limited games.

[CrackerSmith]

Great video, wish you would've done some performance testing, or shown bios/spd settings using cpu-z, or expanding task manager (in your video it wasn't maximized). Also, some pre and post upgrade benchmarks/gameplay testing would've been awesome. Esp if you manually set GPU to 4GB for original, and 8GB for upgraded. Can you please do a follow-up part 2 video?

[onimus]

You made this look effortless, props for the skill.

[balika]

Thanks for using my modified bios. I'm the source of every unofficial Steam Deck bios that's accepted by the updater.

[marios.]

Awesome stuff! If I had the equipment I would try it myself. Also quite nice it’s a modified 110 bios version which is the best for overclocking. Unlock it or use smokeless and try increasing the speed from 5200 to 6400 if your Ram chips support it. Which they should. Benchmark before and after would be awesome 👏

[Stickynickky]

this is cool, I do a lot of light gaming on my decky but it cool to see people like you out there doing these mods!

[bryantmeza]

It would be cool of you can run some gaming benchmarks to see if there is a boost in some games when it comes to stability and performance like starfield or cyberpunk 2077.

[TheMrDrMs]

So refreshing to watch someone who actually understands how to (re-)flow BGA. Watching some other channels, it's like they use mountains of flux and I always cringe. I used to flow xbox 360 for RROD back when I worked at a repair shop. Fortunately we had a laser rework to make that job a lot easier

[LanceCSTCuddy]

I always recommend cleaning the flux off the board. Even the “no clean” fluxes can cause issues over the years.

[ireallydontknowifiamhonest]

Man i wish i had soldering skills like that, hardware modding like this always looks so cool

[destructionfun]

Could you possibly do a RSX/GPU upgrade on an original model PlayStation 3?

The original models are prone to GPUs overheating, and I've heard of people swapping over GPUs from Slim or Super Slim models which were made on a newer process node and optimized for better thermals and power efficiency.

[TheLiasas]

Would love a follow up showing the practical improvements from doing this

[abysscodes]

Its amazing watching a master do his craft. Thank you for this so awesome to see.