Here is the reorganized text into a well-structured article format:
**A Deep Dive into the Nintendo Switch OLED: Is it a Significant Upgrade?**
I'm excited to share with you a very fancy new giveaway where you can win a completely unopened Switch OLED that has been completely unmodified by yours truly. To enter this wonderful giveaway, all you gotta do is check out my channel, youtube.com/superswitchgo.
But before we get started, let me ask you: have you ever wondered what it takes to modify the Nintendo Switch? I got to duo evaluate the Switch with Steve from Gamers Nexus, and boy, was it an interesting experience. We took a closer look at the original launch model (the 01 Switch) and compared it to the new Switch OLED.
**The Unmodified Standard Switch**
For reference, this is just an unmodified standard Switch. This right here is the red box, the 01 Switch. And this on top is the Switch OLED. Oh God, do you see this goop? Look how much thermal paste is just sitting on top of that.
Steve and I closed up the original red box Switch to compare it with the new Switch OLED. The length of the heat pipe could affect it further. Where it's contacting can affect it, but the size of the heat pipe doesn't necessarily tell us too much about the cooling, especially because from what it looks like also, the fan may have changed.
**The Fan: A Different Beast**
Yeah, so the blades on the original Switch are all uniform. But the fan is different though. For sure, the fan's a little different, and we don't know if the fan speed may have changed outside of normal variants either. Did you take it apart past where it is right now? Have you taken the heatsink off or anything?
The big question I have is: if originally they did a back plate and then the red thermal putty and then the heat pipe, and then there was another plate under it, and then thermal paste and then a copper shim, and then thermal paste, and then the SOC. So it worked fine for 'cause the device isn't that high power, strictly speaking, that's extremely inefficient, because you're transferring through all these layers.
Every layer is worse. Having used it, I will say, I, after playing a few minutes of games, I couldn't hear the fan at all. I had it straight up to my ear. So, regardless of what they've changed here, I don't think there's any scenario in which it's gonna be dramatically louder. I think it's very, very quiet.
**Measurable Differences?**
There may be differences in thermally or whatever, but you get into territory where it's like, maybe it's measurable, but not noticeable. You know what might be more interesting though? Is not using it in handheld, but actually using it in the dock. That might make a little of a difference once it starts ramping up the clock speeds.
**The Verdict: A New Switch OLED**
Well, I think there's only one thing for it. I'm gonna put this thing back together, ship it off to you, and see if it gets the Gamers Nexus seal of approval. Yeah, we'll stick a bunch of thermocouples on it.
Make sure to stay tuned, not only go subscribe to Nicole over at SuperSwitchGo!, but of course, our boy Steve at Gamers Nexus is gonna have much more in-depth coverage of if the Switch OLED is different in any meaningful way. Because I certainly will have no opinion on that whatsoever.
I'm gonna take this. We don't need it anymore.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en♪ Boop boop, boop boop, boop boo ♪♪ Bum ba dum ♪♪ Ba dum ba dum ♪- Ah!(laughing)That didn't go well.- What'd you do?- I fell.Did you not see me fly off the table?- I thoughtyou dropped something.Are the Switches okay, though?- Yeah, the Switches are fine.I landed on my hand,but thanks for asking.Hello and welcome toour Switch OLED video.Oh wow, look.The seven inch OLED displayalso has 64 gigs of storage.Wow.That's double the originalSwitch for $50 more.To be fair, even with 64gigs, you're pretty muchdefinitely gonna need topick up a micro SD card.But the nice thing is,they're cheap and fast.So, there's no reason not to.But I like how this little part of the boxjust says everything new on it.Not only do you havethe dock with ethernet,but you also have the adjustable stand.Thank you very much for watching.Make sure to subscribefor Austin's Box Review.Oh my God.Look what I did.Can you see this?Look at this.- I can'twait to see what you dowhen you open it up.- So for context, the SwitchOLED will be availablevery shortly, for $350.A full $50 more than the original Switch,which is still on sale for some reason.So, these are white, whichI don't actually know,have they ever shipped whiteJoy-Cons on anything before?So first impressions,this looks like a Switch.Now the, oh.(light rubbing)Do you hear that?- I do hear it.- That fine texture.- Ooh, thatscreen looks great though.- It's off, no it's off.How dare you?- No, Iknow, but the front glassactually looks way better though already.- Okay, we'll do a side-by-side.One of the advantages here is thatwhile the physical dimensionshould be pretty muchidentical to the original Switch,you're getting a much larger displayin the same size chassis.So we've got ourselves,not only an HDMI cable,although to be fair, thisis still an ADP only.So, while the Switch OLED hasseen a number of upgrades,it is not a more powerful system.So you're still looking at the exact sameperformance and whatnot.Maybe the same battery life too.Now, I'm just gonna putmy cards on the table.I still use the Switch Lite.This, this is the move right here.One of the things that'salways bothered me,and actually we canjust test it right now.That is the, sort of therails being a little loose.I'm curious, obviously I'vemodified these Joy-Cons,but even the stock ones always havea little bit of flex to them.We'll see how the railsfeel on this new Joy-Con.(rubber crunching)Yeah, it's the same.(rubber crunching)Okay, cool.So anyway, that's whyI like the Switch Lite.Thank you very much forattending my Ted Talk.Make sure to subscribe andring-a-ling that ding-a-ling bellfor other nuggets of wisdom,like Austin likesJoy-Cons that don't drift.- Ooh, Ilike the back of that.- Panda, panda, panda baby.- Show me theback, show me the back.- Look at that.- Oh, I like that.- That's it.- Ooh.- 2021, the year of the Panda colorway.So.- Wow.- I broke it.- Nevermind, I hate it now.- It is nice though.So essentially you've givenup one of the USB ports,but on the inside youhave the AC adapter, HDMI,and you now have ethernet.My first sort of thought though,is how does this kickstand feel?'Cause the old one was obviouslyjust garbage town central.This feels much nicer.So I can play like this.Lean it back.Big fan of that.Oh, that's weird.So the micro SD card actually now goesinto the side like this.- It is like a Surface.- Yeah, it's very Surface-y.Yeah, yeah, yeah.So I'll immediately saythe size of the screenmakes a difference.Obviously I usually play on a Switch Lite,which is even smaller,but especially when you comparethis to a standard Switch,this looks a lot better.That sounds great.- Theparticle gun is onlineand ready to fire.- That definitely to me, I mean,I guess I would have todo them side by side.That sounds a little bit louderto me than the last Switch.Unlike the old display,which kind of felt likeit was sort of sunken in,this feels like the displayis all the way forwardagainst the glass.Now this is a really impressive panel.(crashing)That's sound though, man.I just keep getting, beingsurprised by just how loud it is.All right, we'll turn the brightness down.Oh, wow.Okay.That is perfect for when you'realone in your bed at 3:00 AMplaying Astral Chain.Not that I would know anything about that.Look, I'll just spoil therest of the video right now.I can't see much of a reasonto buy a standard Switch.If this exists for roughly $50 more,I'm not saying you should go outand go throw your currentSwitch in the garbage.But if you're consideringbuying a new Switchand you're not gonna get the Lite,I mean, why would you notspend a little bit moreto get the far better display?You're gonna get the betterkickstand, 64 gigs of storage.You've got the ethernet on the dock.This is clearly a big upgrade.There's no doubt that theSwitch OLED on the surfacelooks better, larger, much better display,speakers sound great.The kickstand is actually useful.And now of course, as you gotBluetooth support and whatnot,like there's a prettysubstantial upgrade here.What I'm curious about.We can see what it lookslike on the surface.We can see the aestheticmodifications that have been made.But you know what we don't know?What lies inside.Is there a fan of this?I could probably stop listening to itand actually see if I can open it up.That seems like a probably better idea.That's a more thorough test.See if there's a faninside and see if it spins.So to help take a closerlook at the Switch OLED,and because this is not my Switch OLED.This is where you come in.♪ Do do do do do do do ♪♪ Do do do do do do do ♪Oh, is that Nicole from SuperSwitchGo!who let me borrow your Switch OLED?Now I'm gonna have you here,so that I inevitably break it.- I saw you already dented the box.So, we're making good steps here.- Have you been here the whole time?Shall we take apart myUltimate Switch first?So have you ever takenapart a Switch before?- I've taken apart of Joy-Con.- Oh, that's way harder.I will say immediately,just looking at the two side by side,this looks like it's easier to open uppotentially to repair it.There's just there's fewerscrews, it looks like.All right.- There we go.- So that is the existing red box Switchwith the larger battery.For context, let's take a lookat what's inside the OLED.It's okay.- Okay.(chuckling)- It will be fine.We're doing this for science.- For science.In the name of science.- No Switches were harmed inthe filming of this video.That's totally a lie.(chuckling)I'm assuming I'm gonna haveto take apart your kickstand.I don't know how that's gonna come out,but we'll come back to that.'Cause that, I mean isjust gonna get in the way.- The kickstand is myfavorite part of the OLED.So, if that's the one part that's broken.- It's fine.There's nothing wrong.Look it's literally, that's it.One half of it's already off.- Yeah, I feel like this islike when you're in the carwith a friend who's a baddriver, and you just all.No, no, no.Wait, let me finish, let me finish.No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.- All right, so now whatI just need to investigateis there's certainly somethingthat's holding it on.It's about to give up its secrets.There we go.There we go, all right.- It's open.- Is everyone ready?Let's see what's inside the Switch OLEDafter all that hassle.(vintage video game music)That's not very exciting.So the back panel doeshave the hinges built in.So that's certainly a difference.I can tell that already.What I want to see is underneath this.It is..(hands drumming)The wow.- Basically the same, wow.(laughing)- You've got the SOC, whichis essentially the sameunderneath here.You've got a heat pipe, whichI guess does look a little bitsmaller, but I mean, it'snot a huge difference.The fan is also, I would sayslightly smaller as well.The battery looks like it'sthe exact same unit, HAC003.If you would like youropportunity to win yourselfa completely unopened Switch OLED,Nicole has a very fancy new giveawaywhere you can win one thathas been completely unmodifiedby yours truly.What do they need to do toenter said wonderful giveaway?- All you gotta do ischeck out my channel,youtube.com/superswitchgo.- Wow, that's so easy.It's almost as if someone whoopened Switches could do it.Technically, this lookslike a slightly smallerheat pipe and fan.(chuckling)- Oh, hold on.Hold on, I got you, dude.- I need you to take alittle bit of a deeper dive,and there's only one guy to talk.No, no, get, get, get, get, no, no.We gotta blur this.I gotta blur all this now.I gotta blur this.All right, Steve, from Gamers Nexus,are you ready to duo evaluate the Switch?I don't even know you call this.- I think that's aboutas good a word as any.- For reference, this is justan unmodified standard Switch.This is the original launch model.This right here is thered box, the 01 Switch.And this on top is the Switch OLED.Oh God, do you see this goop?Look how much thermal paste isjust sitting on top of that.- I think that's where Mario ended up.- So this is the original red box Switch.So we're gonna close it up.And that is 8.98 right here.Let me make sure it's, 9.02, 5.76.Yeah, so it looks like, I mean,that's about where it's at.- So I would, yeah, Iwould just call that a sixand the other one a nine.And so then the length of the heat pipecould affect it further.Where it's contacting can affect it.But the size of the heat pipedoesn't necessarily tell ustoo much about the cooling,especially because fromwhat it looks like also,the fan may have changed.- Yeah, so the blades on the original.So you see, so it'sjust, it's all uniform.I don't know how many blades that is.We could probably count it, but--- The fan's different though.For sure the fan's a little differentand we don't know if thefan speed may have changedoutside of normal variants either.Did you take it apart pastwhere it is right now?Have you taken theheatsink off or anything?- No, so basically both of these havethe little metal sorta exterior.- So, that's the bigquestion I have, is if,'cause originally it was,they did a back plateand then the red thermalputty and then the heat pipe.And then there was another plate under it,and then thermal pasteand then a copper shim,and then thermal paste, and then the SOC.So it worked fine for,'cause the device isn't that high power,strictly speaking, that'sextremely inefficient,because you're transferringthrough all these layers.Every layer is worse.- Having used it, I will say,I, after playing a few minutes of games,I couldn't hear the fan at all.I had it straight up to my ear.So, regardless of whatthey've changed here,I don't think there'sany scenario in whichit's gonna be dramatically louder.I think it's very, very quiet.- There may be differencesin thermally or whatever,but you get intoterritory where it's like,maybe it's measurable, but not noticeable.- You know what might bemore interesting though?Is not using it in handheld,but actually using it in the dock.That might make a little of a differenceonce it starts rampingup the clock speeds.- It would also be interestingbecause that actually,that helps to control the testing a lot,because now you're eliminating the screen.- All right, my friend.Well, I think there'sonly one thing for it.I'm gonna put this thing backtogether, ship it off to you,and see if it gets the GamersNexus seal of approval.(chuckling)- Yeah, we'll stick a bunchof thermocouples on it.- So that, my friends, isa look at the brand newNintendo Switch OLED.At first glance, it does seemlike a substantial upgrade,especially with that screen and whatnot.Make sure to stay tuned,not only go subscribe toNicole over at SuperSwitchGo!,but of course, our boySteve at Gamers Nexusis gonna have much morein depth coverage ofif the Switch OLED is differentin any meaningful way.Because I certainly will haveno opinion on that whatsoever.- I'm gonna take this.We don't need it anymore.(upbeat music)
