PS5 Teardown: An inside look at our most transformative console yet

[KTroopA]

• More than two USB ports
• Swappable stand
• Removable panels
• Dust traps
• Easy expansion installation
• Chunky fan
• Huge heatsink
• Liquid metal
• Vibration dampeners

Bravo, Sony.

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Have to second this for sure. Very impressed by the construction and modular build. Should be very easy to fix if need repairs

 

[2Blackcats]

Random Wednesday

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[Jawbreaker]

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AAAAAAAHHH!

 

[FSP]

I think there's scope for a smaller form-factor here. This will be something that 3d printers can service.

 

[bbq of doom]

yikes, i would much rather but a ssd card from the outside like xbox than have to open it up and put a ssd that hopefully works there

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Yikes? Really? Yikes?

 

[senpai]

what will we do if ssd has a problem ?
It seems it's not replaceable...

 

[Magio]

Liquid metal and a monster heatsink, yeah that thing isn't overheating ever.

 

[FliX]

I really dig the design.

 

[Dust]

Holy shit, that heatsink.
This shit will be cool.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Well they took cooling seriously, god damn. Huge fan, tons of ventilation, liquid metal, and a absolutely massive heatsink.

 

[Patitoloco]

That's a sexy as fuck piece of engineering. Really damn good work, no thing is done without thinking in it. The heatsink looks enormous.

Also, the vibe I got from Mr. Yasuhiro Ootori is "here are all the pieces, the console exists, leave us (me!) alone" lol

 

[Raigor]

what will we do if ssd has a problem ?
It seems it's not replaceable...

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Pray for no problems.

 

[Bulby]

Why is there no Digital Foundry analysis video yet, Dark1x ?

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Sony literally just posted the video themselves. Jesus

 

[gifyku]

This is great. Kudos to Sony on the easy reparability. I wonder if someone could figure out a way to install Windows on this thing. Lol

 

[cantbebothered]

Sony engeneers are wizards my god.

 

[Fredo]

"The dust catcher does not guarantee the hardware clogging from dust"

Strange caveat?!

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I think Sony had a case of refusing to service a PlayStation because it was totally clogged with dust. I think the consumer won the case.

 

[dunkzilla]

I'm not convinced by the cooling design, blowers are usually a bad idea and really noisy.

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Because they're usually less than half the size of that fan.

No vapor chamber, as far as I can see.

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I mean, he says that in the video.

 

[Heazy]

Anyone else really horny right now? 😂

 

[N2BearHugs]

So many reactions mirror my own. "Good God that heatsink is a monster!"

Looks like this system would only run cooler if they included a walk-in freezer

 

[asmith906]

holy shit it's massive

 

[Adrifi]

Looks cool.

 

[Deleted member 18515]

What an absolute unit. Can't wait!

 

[Pesmerga]

Liquid metal and easy access to adding more hd space with M2 ssd is great!

 

[BubblegumNemesis]

Great video, but not really impressed with that design. Size is insane, that heatsink alone is the same size as curent consoles.

 

[Shock32]

• More than two USB ports
• Swappable stand
• Removable panels
• Dust traps
• Easy expansion installation
• Chunky fan
• Huge heatsink
• Liquid metal
• Vibration dampeners

Bravo, Sony.

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Nice summary, I can't wait for the DF video

 

[BionicDreamer]

Holy shit at that heatsink and fan, NICE!

 

[jrb]

Looks amazing.

 

[Nostradamus]

I wasn't expecting to be this excited about dust traps. It's sth I never thought I needed.

 

[gofreak]

Looks excellent. Dust traps are a clever idea. That fan is thicccck, and double-sided is a surprise.

 

[navanman]

Shows how much room (literally) there will be to shrink the PS5 size once they can manufacture Ryzen chip & SSD on smaller node size.
Cooling requirements willl reduce, there by reducing heatsink size & allowing much smaller chassis.

 

[Chaystic]

That's very sexy.

 

[Bear]

Some loud ass room tone in that video.

 

[mavericktopgun]

Looks FANtastic.

 

[xem]

geez without those side fins the size isnt near as bad

 

[Kaleide]

No mention of the mystery nut.

 

[TheRaidenPT]

• Big HeatSink
• 120mm Fan
• Liquid Freakin Metal
• Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi FI 6
• Latest CPU & GPU in the form of Ryzen and RDNA2 from AMD

This is THE BEST console EVER BUILT

 

[Murdamonk]

My guess that i will need to buy a usb hub if i want to plug 2 fightsticks in front.. Seems to have only one USB-A in the front.

 

[Nightfall]

That is some very clever engineering. Was surprised to see the storage is onboard. This is very nice if you're getting an additional SSD.
So many nice details. I loved that you can put the screw inside the stand if it's not needed. Even with a sliding door!
This is really very impressive.

Also: dust traps. So very nice.

 

[Deleted member 46008]

I've thought it looked kind of bad since the reveal, but wow, this teardown managed to make me a fan of the design. It looks way, way better on video than on pictures and renders.

 

[a.wd]

YOOOOOOO thats a big chungus!

 

[platocplx]

Looks excellent. Dust traps are a clever idea. That fan is thicccck, and double-sided is a surprise.

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Yeah that a huge surprise

 

[Bear]

It's also literally as big as that man's torso. Damn.

 

[YSL]

We are so close now I'm hyped let's fucking GO

 

[JABEE]

I love how easy the faceplates can be removed. The stand seems really smart. Excited to see the UI now. A lot of this stuff seems designed with great purpose and care.

 

[R dott B]

That thing is huge.

 

[dunkzilla]

I've thought it looked kind of bad since the reveal, but wow, this teardown managed to make me a fan of the design. It looks way, way better on video than on pictures and renders.

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Agreed. I still don't think it looks great, but it looks better in this video than in photos.

 

[Brohan]

I wasn't expecting to be this excited about dust traps. It's sth I never thought I needed.

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Yeah that was a nice surprise. Actually the entire console seems to be made with ease of maintenance in mind. ifixit is going to love this thing.

 

[Guerrilla]

Uh nice at that large fan! Probably gonna be pretty quiet then! Its just slightly smaller then the series x one right?

 

[jawzpause]

Sony literally just posted the video themselves. Jesus

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Think it was sarcasm mate

 

[Khnjer]

Finally! Looks amazing