This modder caught a 13-inch OLED USB-C monitor on his Steam Deck

You’ve received a Steam Deck and also you’re completely pleased with it, however you end up eyeing the marginally newer OLED mannequin with lascivious envy. What’s a gamer to do? Nicely, for those who additionally occur to have a 3D printer and an OLED USB-C monitor, you get to printing! That’s what one Deck proprietor did, slapping a 13-inch display screen on prime of Valve’s moveable gaming powerhouse, making it loads much less moveable within the course of.

Printables person djared says, “I didn’t need to get a brand new Steam Deck simply to have an OLED display screen, so I made this… lol.” Lol, certainly. The 3D-printed bracket clamps onto the entrance display screen of the Steam Deck, like a big model of these cellphone mounts for a console controller. It’s made particularly for this Innocn 13.3-inch moveable USB-C monitor, accounting for its distinctive rotating kickstand whereas leaving loads of room to attach the USB-C cable.

Due to the Steam Deck’s simple compatibility with USB-C equipment and exterior shows, it ought to be simple sufficient for it to output to the 1080p display screen and benefit from that luscious OLED coloration saturation. However when the Steam Deck must energy each its personal operation and a laptop-sized display screen on the similar time? Count on any comparable setup to suck down its battery quicker than a teen going by way of a 7-Eleven Slurpee. I additionally marvel if djared is a bodybuilder as a result of holding a Steam Deck and a conveyable monitor directly should be fairly the exercise.

The design is offered as a free STL file if you wish to attempt printing it out for your self or adapting it to your individual moveable monitor. Have enjoyable—and when you’re performed, don’t skip leg day.