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Gaming in Hot Weather -- Valve Steam Deck Recommendations

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Wow -- glad we have air conditioning here in the Arizona desert.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/valve-warns-steam-deck-owners-against-gaming-in-hot-weather

Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.

 

52 minutes ago, martin-w said:

I guess those Steam devices have very restricted cooling.

I don't have one but I am surprised to see it even has a cooling fan on it, here is a picture on one with the cover off:
steam-deck.webp

Matthew Kane

I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me 

As we would expect, mega cramped in there. Understandable they would overheat in 30 degrees I guess. 

3 hours ago, martin-w said:

Understandable they would overheat in 30 degrees I guess. 

Don't we all overheat at that point? AC on in Oklahoma, been over a 100*(F) for 12 days.

2 hours ago, Penzoil3 said:

Don't we all overheat at that point? AC on in Oklahoma, been over a 100*(F) for 12 days.

 

Not my beloved PC. Cool as a cucumber. 👍 Or my beloved cat, high temp bothers him little.

Cats rule. 😺

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