Modifying My Steam Deck (part 2)

March 13, 2024

Some simple & fun cosmetic modifications! 

After the SSD upgrade (that I posted a blog about lol) I’d decided I’d not put any more money into the deck and simply wait for the second Steam Deck, saving my money for that model, but I’m not one who is strong against the temptation of fun lil goofy things and thats why I’m here today with two lil mods to my Steam Deck that make it extra fun!!!

First I would like to talk about the D-Brand skin (I may have been victim to linus tech tips marking strategies but we won’t talk about that) 

This skin is really fun because it’s got the metallic stuff inside it like a holographic pokemon card so the design shimmers and glistens in the light. Of course I’m presenting it to you here as a static image so that appeal is mostly lost, but can you really expect me to bother with making a gif!? Even in the static image the effect still shows, so you can see it a bit. 

I will say applying this was kind of a pain. Not hard by any means, but it’s like a screen protector but you have to apply it on corners and curves and it’s lowkey a bit of a pain. You’ll never install it 100% perfectly because of how complex it is. But after messing with a hair dryer and playing around with this big glorified sticker for like a full hour it ended up with a pretty respectable result in my opinion. 

Secondly is this cool jsaux backplate.