running kinda hot fresh out of the box...

[Richard For Ponies]

just figured i'd see if I should be worried or not, i haven't done anything but download some games and explore the screens, and the backside feels pretty hot.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Check the temps with the overlay.

[Bee🐝]

It’s most likely fine; the Deck runs hotter than a standard PC.

Trust the fan to do it’s job. As long as you’re not hitting a sustained 90, you’ll be fine.

Oh, and you’ll know when it heats up, that fan kicks in like an angry kangaroo.

[d[-_-]b]

Doing basic stuff like web browsing its not gonna heat up but youll still have warm air being exhausted.
running games or more power hungry tasks is gonna get it to heat up quickly.
its got the power of a mid range desktop in a handheld. its gonna get hot, its unavoidable.
The fan will do its job tho.
you can also turn off the new fan control curve. Its abit louder but better temps

[directorguy7]

Heat made me nervous as well. But I even tried to overheat it with crazy graphical games running at sub 10 FPS and was not able to. What people dont realize is almost all consoles are running in the FULL range of the TDP and heat threashold. The CPU and GPU specs' high end temp is a thing that exists. For Devs and hardware designers why not use the device at its full potential?

[Richard For Ponies]

Originally posted by Bee:

It’s most likely fine; the Deck runs hotter than a standard PC.

Trust the fan to do it’s job. As long as you’re not hitting a sustained 90, you’ll be fine.

Oh, and you’ll know when it heats up, that fan kicks in like an angry kangaroo.

I 'was' able to hear it over my headphones XD

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by Richard For Ponies:

Originally posted by Bee:

It’s most likely fine; the Deck runs hotter than a standard PC.

Trust the fan to do it’s job. As long as you’re not hitting a sustained 90, you’ll be fine.

Oh, and you’ll know when it heats up, that fan kicks in like an angry kangaroo.

I 'was' able to hear it over my headphones XD

You just got your deck, right? Were you playing Aperture Desk Job by any chance?

[Richard For Ponies]

Originally posted by Bee:

Originally posted by Richard For Ponies:

I 'was' able to hear it over my headphones XD

You just got your deck, right? Were you playing Aperture Desk Job by any chance?

certainly not, i was just in the menu telling it what to download

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by Richard For Ponies:

Originally posted by Bee:

You just got your deck, right? Were you playing Aperture Desk Job by any chance?

certainly not, i was just in the menu telling it what to download

That’s so weird, the fan shouldn’t be going crazy like that when just downloading. Where you downloading to the SD card or SSD?

Anyway, temps are most likely fine and it’s just one of those “quirks”. Keep a eye - and an ear - on it though.

(Oh, as for Aperture, it has a habit of spinning up the fan really loudly.)

[invision2212]

my steam deck got to 45c downloading a 40gig game. it was barely warm to the touch

[bpdenverco]

If it’s on your lap, you will feel it

[ANeM]

The Deck is designed to turn off if it gets too hot to protect the hardware. If it is running you're fine.