This Steam Deck OLED mod makes the perfect portable games console
This modder removed the display and controls from a Steam Deck OLED, placing what remains inside a 3D-printed case to make it even smaller.
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So one hardware hacker decided to shrink the Steam Deck… by taking away the screen, controllers, and just about everything else that makes the Steam Deck a mobile device. The result is a mini PC that’s amusingly dubbed the “ Steam Brick .” It can do everything the Steam Deck does… but only after you plug in a display and controllers.
Someone made the Steam Deck even more portable by taking out the screen and controllers just because they can
The short version is that the internals of the Steam Deck were removed, first establishing that the motherboard and battery alone would allow the machine to boot and display an output. With that a success, the metal frame from within the Steam Deck was modified to be reused in the Steam Brick, and a custom case 3D printed.
One crafty user proved you can make the Steam Deck more portable by turning it into a brick
The Steam Deck has taken the gaming handheld market by storm since its initial launch, enabling users to play the best PC games in a much smaller and more portable form factor. However, one person decided that his OLED Steam Deck wasn’t portable enough, and decided to take matters into his own hands.
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