My first overclocking Mariko attempt it's amazing!
I previously had a wiiU, modded it and loved it but there were no new games so I decided to go to the next gen
I bought a switch about a week ago from a random person for $170CAD, didn't know much except that regardless of which I buy, I can mod it.
Due to finding out that what I bought was a V2, I paid someone to do the pico soldering and install the firmware on my 1tb Samsung microSd card
Because the goal was to overclock this to the max, and I've never touched a switches before in my life, I gave the person two things: mx-6 thermal paste and 1.5mm thermal pads instead of paste for the copper to aluminum connection.
I got the unit back with pictures of the mod, and he applied the stuff as I directed. I took it home and started to figure out what I can do with this thing. Lots of goals, overclock to the max with good thermals and push this to the limit docked mode.
As this was always going to be docked (I don't do handhelds and like my consoles connected to the tv and ethernet directly) I needed to buy a new switch dock that allowed 1) aesthetic presentation of the switch sitting on the media table and 2) better thermals than the original suffocating dock
I bought a new dock that allowed for open airflow (eXtremeRate AiryDocky) to ensure that while docked there is no air flow restrictions and it can be presented nicely on my media stand
I started overclocking (this is a whole new world but thanks to discord for help!) I got good results but knew the thermals could be a non-factor for max wattage and max overclocks if I applied them myself and researched the best solution
So, I bought a slew of new upgrades to ensure my thermals weren't a limiting factor
*THERMAL UPGRADES* Fan: https://a.co/d/0e1yP48V Cpu thermal pads: https://a.co/d/07okFENO Copper Thermal pad: https://a.co/d/071kuN6a
Applied them myself (I'm a sys admin/hardware configuration technician) so I knew everything was done to my standards. I also let the backplate off so the aluminum cover is completely exposed because I'm not using it in handheld.
THE RESULTS
CPU: 2705mhz (uvmax 11, uvmin 5) 1180mv max
GPU: 1420mhz (880mv)
MEM: 2900mhz (1175mv) dvb 4, high uv table
*MAX TEMP AT 100% LOAD* (30+min botw/totk)
SOC: 54
PCB: 51
CPU: 65
GPU: 64
RAM: 61
I'm able to run every game at max oc values without even thinking about the thermals (remember:docked not using handheld)
It's been an incredible project and am very happy with the outcome, I cannot push the SOC past 55 degrees!
Anyways I wish I took a video of my upgrades but it's difficult to log while doing
EDIT1: I've pushed the CPU even more and am now sitting at 2705Mhz stable with similar temps!
