Its also interesting to keep in mind that, unlike the previous 2 generations of Sony consoles, the PS5 has no discrete difficult drive.
Unsurprisingly, the video after the break is practically entirely in Japanese. Even if you dont understand the language, theres plenty of intriguing information to be had. For one thing, the heatsink and fan that cools the PS5s AMD CPU and GPU are collectively so enormous that they appear to use up most of the consoles internal volume.
If you desire to take out the board, you have to unbolt it from the heatsink and eliminate it. In the procedure youll expose the special liquid metal thermal substance that Sony obviously established particularly for this application.
With Sony and Microsoft still a month far from the general public release of their next-generation game consoles, you d anticipate technical information of their particular systems to still be under a veil of secrecy. However both business seem taking things a bit differently this generation, as it ends up being increasingly clear that modern-day customers are interested in what makes their gadgets tick. Today, Sony actually tossed down the gauntlet by beating the tech media to the punch and posting their own thorough teardown on the new PlayStation 5.
Its likewise interesting to keep in mind that, unlike the previous two generations of Sony consoles, the PS5 has no discrete hard disk drive. Rather, onboard flash with a custom-made controller is utilized to supply 825 GB of storage for software. Hopefully Sony has actually put the requisite amount of R&D into their wear leveling, as a shot flash chip will indicate a whole new motherboard. That said, gamers with substantial collections will be pleased to see there appears to be an expansion bay where you can install your own M. 2 drive.
With Sony and Microsoft still a month away from the public release of their next-generation video game consoles, you d expect technical details of their respective systems to still be under a veil of secrecy. Today, Sony truly tossed down the gauntlet by beating the tech media to the punch and posting their own thorough teardown on the new PlayStation 5.
In between this and the current PS4 assembly line tour, its revitalizing to see a business like Sony be a bit more transparent. After years of adversarial treatment from the tech giants, we d almost forgotten that the consumer is expected to be king.
