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Dave Lee: Thoughts on the PS5 Teardown
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Enjoyed this short video from Dave, he made one on the Series S as well. I recommend you lot watch that after this if you haven't already.
oops, was supposed to add the above in the OP.
Dave Lee is great, I watch his videos from time to time. This was a great watch. I recommend watching it after watching the PS5 teardown.
Oh god is this going to go like the Travis Scott thread again with dozens of people for some reason bragging about how ignorant they are of normal people things.
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Eeeeeeek sorry if I offended you guys i guess he's famous I've just never heard of him i expected someone to say he was a former digital foundry employee or something
I quite liked it when he alluded to the design philosophy being, "Japanese". For me that philosophy was portrayed first by that multi-orientable stand with built in hideaway storage for screw and the plug.
I've watched his videos before, but cmon, it's not like he is on the same level as Linus Tech Tips or Marques Brownlee.
Eh normally I would agree with you but it's not like this guy is a celebrity. He's one of many Youtube tech reviewers. So I don't think someone asking for more context as to why his take is worth listening to is all that problematic.
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He also thinks Sony going with liquid metal is unusual in a positive way.
Is it really necessary to be so aggressive? Must feel so proud knowing a youtuber's name
Is the PS5 really the first mass manufactured consumer device to have a liquid metal thermal interface material?
On Googling, the only other product I could find that uses it was some new Asus laptop, but I'm guessing they're not manufactured in nearly the same volumes.
On Googling, the only other product I could find that uses it was some new Asus laptop, but I'm guessing they're not manufactured in nearly the same volumes.
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Sorry but vapour chamber just sounds like what vaping buddies in their thirties call their bedrooms when they vape together and the girlfriends aren't around
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i agree. threads like this should at least contain a short description on who the person in the video is. why was the video posted? what makes it different from other videos like it? i dont know every youtuber out there :P
Liquid metal is seriously a game changer, almost a literal secret sauce. The thermal improvement over a regular TIM is VIOLENT.
Did you really compare a YouTuber to the incredibly talented face of McDonald's
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You mean the over-engineering, surely.
Was just joking, I don't know who he is either lol, sorry :)
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This is not over engineered. It's so funny you all are some arm chair engineers here. It literally has fail safes at varying levels to ensure the system performs at its optimal performance Level as much as possible.
This whole system is all about kaizen.
Normal people? Lol it's not as if he's a huge YouTube name. Get over yourself.
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I mean kudos where it is due, MS engineers did a phenomenal job for the form factor. It does make me curious with regards heat dissipation efficiencies for each system (whether trade off in size of heat sink is compensated by the existence of a the vapor chamber which has proven its mettle in One X).
Of course, it is purely academic because both systems have been designed to have sufficient cooling for the innards to operate at their limits (when applicable) at all times without any kind of performance fade over time brought on by overheating.
It was the comparison to Travis Scott that made his post ridiculous.
Engineers use environment sim chambers for this. You dial in the humidity, temperature, and pressure, and put all your sensors on it. Test it under all conditions to see if you made a mistake. You don't go around the world where there's a test condition you need. You dial it on the test chamber because you'll need to test all the extremes, repeatedly, for weeks.
Hopefully they meant it as a joke, or it's a publicity stunt that makes no engineering sense.
Ah I see okay.
I'm sure they have a deep explanation of how they would design a system better than real electrical engineers with all the goals that were listed and even have it done in a month right?
Gaming is pretty big with soldiers, and a lot of them are still somehow stuck in the desert.... I think there could have been a legit test - to make sure it functions in probably less than ideal circumstances.
I'm not sure if you took me seriously or if you're taking the piss too lol
Check the other PS5 teardown threads and have fun counting how many people called the PS5 an overdesigned mess.
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