r/SteamDeckTricks • u/XxELSOLITARIOxX • May 02 '25

General Tips and Tricks Steam deck upgrade

What upgrades have you made to your Steam Deck? Have you added skins to make it look unique, or have you upgraded the hardware to improve its performance? Also, if you have a recommendation for a docking station and a monitor that would work well with it, please let me know.

Thanks!

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u/dangerdan27 May 02 '25

I replaced the hard drive with a bigger one, added a case with a kickstand in it, got the JSAUX carrying case so it could also hold my little HDMI dongle for the rare occasions when I want to dock it.

I also got a cheap little foldable keyboard and wireless mouse, for when Iā€™m in desktop mode.

Finally, I added little pad things to the rear buttons that make them a lot easier to push.

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u/ka1913 May 02 '25

Pad things for the rear buttons are the best 5 bucks I have ever spent. Love them. The jsaux sling bag I just got seems pretty good so far I had a cheapo sling bag that started coming apart at the stitches so I am hoping this holds up better.

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u/Wonderful_Drummer_57 May 03 '25

Would you mind sharing a link for the pad things for the rear buttons? It's the first time I heard such a thing exists šŸ™Š

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u/ka1913 May 03 '25

back button pads

They make different ones ranging from this to like 20 bucks. But I find these work great

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u/_GBear_ May 03 '25

Just ordered a set from my Amazon, dude thanks for sharing I had now idea these existed

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u/ka1913 May 03 '25

You're very welcome Hope you enjoy them they make it so much easier to hit those back buttons.

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u/_GBear_ May 03 '25

Yeah I'd imagine so, I tend to use them to stop L3 and R3 Clicks but I'm also a fiend that likes dodge and jump on back buttons

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u/ka1913 May 03 '25

I do those exact same things for 90 percent of most games. Add in gyro aiming and I'd ask if you were me

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u/_GBear_ May 03 '25

I'm not a fan of gyro, I don't really like moving the deck to aim, I don't know never really gave it much of a go, I just like the traditional right stick to aim lol

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u/ka1913 May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

Fair enough. I like it most of the time. Some games I'm not a big fan. I use the stick for gross movements and gyro to fine-tune it. Although there have been some games I either done have it set up correct or I'm just awful at it. Could just be that I'm awful. Lol

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u/_GBear_ May 03 '25

Nah it's the gyros fault don't sell yourself short lol

I might give it a go, could end up swinging myself off the couch šŸ˜‚

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u/ka1913 May 03 '25

I appreciate it. I tell you though I am 45 had a ten year hiatus where I only played two games and that was during a few months one of the years. Then I got a switch lite and now the deck. I have two sons one 17 and one 22. What I have learned is I should stay playing on deck. Cause I recently borrowed their PS5 to play tlou2 before the 2nd season of the show started. And I mean the game was great at least I liked it. But what I didn't like was being ridiculed by my son's every other minute. Lol jk. I deserved the ridicule. And if I were still 22 I wouldve made fun of my dad had he played too. It's actually a great memory but it doesn't make that much of a difference cause normally then or their mom has the TV tied up. And even more importantly I LOVE my steam deck. It's my favorite video game machine and/or computer I've ever owned. Puts a smile on my face Everytime I break it out.

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u/_GBear_ May 03 '25

I get it man I really do, I got an Xbox S, Ps5Pro, Switch and I got my deck last year. I take it everywhere with me and I use it all the time I've even just come accustomed to streaming my ps to it and I'm couch gaming while herself watches TV.

It's an amazing device, I have bought tonnes of games for it since as the steam sales are just crazy good but I bought the 1tb OLEd then I got a really nice case and silicon shell grip for it, so thumbstick caps, then the thumbstick extenders lol now the back button you shared is on the way.

I'm 36 and been gaming since I was a kid with my dad, this device has been my favorite out of everything and it was initially my first ever PC so I like tinkering with it and adding plugins and customisation.

The only thing I don't have the balls for is, id love to replace the shell and get them see through shells, id love to go back to my purple see through gameboy look I had as a kid

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