A Vietnamese TikToker Jerry-rigged A 240mm AIO On Steam Deck

A Vietnamese TikToker Jerry-rigged A 240mm AIO On Steam Deck

Containing the heat in something as small as handheld PC consoles are more often than not an engineering challenge – but sometimes you just get a few examples of people going ham with the effort to cool down the chip by any and all means possible. Case in point – in an attempt to make the custom Zen 2 APU runs at its maximum, this Vietnamese TikToker decided to engineer an AIO cooling solution right on the chip.

It’s not hard to figure out why things like these are extremely rare: aside from voiding warranty, to engineer a properly-cooled solution requires bespoke and custom machined parts, and obviously not everyone owns a dremel or even a CNC router in their homes. Still, the creator has made this endeavor relatively easy by not directly messing with the metal cooling solution that it comes from factory (though a chunk of chassis has been cut off for obvious reasons). From there, a custom heat spreader is sandwiched in between the metal and the AIO pump to transfer heat away.

 

To no one’s surprise, the thermals massively improved, from 85°C average in stock chassis to just at the region of 60°C – plenty of thermal headroom of VRM allows for more power to be delivered, or at least sustain peak performance in a long gaming session. Not that you’d want to hold that thing anyway given a block of AIO pump is now attached behind the device, with tubes, fans and radiators hanging off it. On that note – Linus Tech Tips also made similar attempts, albeit much smaller in size and less overcompensating for just 15 watts it’s capable of outputting.

Source: Tom’s Hardware

Pokdepinion: Practical? No, obviously. Wild? Very.