Wednesday, October 7th 2020
Sony Shows Off PlayStation 5 Internals in the Latest Teardown Video
Sony has decided to post a teardown video of its latest, upcoming PlayStation 5 console. The video shows how to disassemble the console and what is inside it. The new console features a different design from the previous generation, and thus a different internal layout. What is perhaps the most exciting thing shown in the video is the new cooling solution Sony implements. The new design uses some pretty interesting solutions that combine good airflow generated by 120 mm wide, 45 mm thick blower fan cooling the vapor chamber heatsink. Under the heatsink, the silicon company has made is running at high clocks and is said to generate a lot of heat, so to manage it, the console uses liquid metal thermal interface material (TIM) instead of regular thermal paste for heat transfer. Combined with good airflow and good heatsink, heat management shouldn't be a problem on this console.
You can check out the teardown video below:
74 Comments on Sony Shows Off PlayStation 5 Internals in the Latest Teardown Video
The earlier vanilla Playstations weren't pretty in that regard.... PS3... holy shit
Still doesn't look like a quiet solution tho.
segmentnext.com/2020/10/05/ps5-has-no-noticeable-fan-noise/My biggest take away from this is the kick ass cooling and the SSD, as in if it dies, say goodbye to the console.
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Latest?
There hasnt been a previous PS5 teardown though?
The GDDR6 seems to be from Samsung.
It looks like it only has an eight phase VRM design, which seems a bit anemic for the CPU+GPU.
The M.2 slot is nice, but I don't understand the logic behind support for 30, 42 and even 60mm cards. I guess 110mm support might be useful if you want to install a server grade SSD.
Massive heatsink and a long heatpipe that runs the length and breadth of the top EMI shielding.
Tiny air intakes and the "dust traps" are really weird.
The PCB seems to use a couple of metal blades to connect to the PSU.
The placement of the CR2032 battery is going to make it impossible to replace, piss poor engineering, much like our Japanese rice cooker that no longer displays the time when unplugged.
I count seven heatpipes, there might be more in that heatsink. It's simply gianourmous.
I guess we'll be seeing third party side plates for it in no time at all.
Very old fashioned Ethernet PCB design, no-one really uses external magnetics these days, it's built into the port.
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module seems to be USB or SDIO based.
There also seem to be some kind of a "chipset" on the board.
Fan grills seem cheaply made and like they block a lot of air unnecessarily.
The stand is overly complex.
VRMs also get a whole massive plate (with a heatpipe) in addition to the main heatsink that he removes at the 4:07 mark. I can't tell if it's actively cooled or just taking advantage of the massive surface area.
That aside, seeing the internals was quite interesting.
Have you tried presenting stuff, it is not for the faint of heart. The level of rigor that goes into gamersnexus kind of journalism is an orchestrated round the clock job. It mesmerises me since I tried and failed.
Too big, and they will release an updated version more little and efficent than this one for sure.
This helps in a overall more quiet system, but the small fin stack on the heatsink however is bound to catch dust.
Well, the PSU is "only" 350W, so that's a lot less than your average PC. It's also an SoC, so in some ways it's more like one of AMD's notebook CPUs and they can obviously run with an even smaller power supply. That said, something like the Asus Zhephyrus G14 appears to have a very similar VRM.
It's not about feeling the need, it's about it being impossible to replace when the time comes. Obviously some people will replace their old console at some point and forget about it, but a lot of people seem to collect these things. My older cousin has all of his Sony consoles tucked away and a silly thing like this, means you will have issues in the future. Yes, there are rechargeable batteries in the CR2032 form factor, but they're expensive in comparison and I have never seen them used in any commercial consumer devices. Note that the rechargeable ones have about a third or a quarter of the capacity though, so they're not always a great replacement.
Could be something similar, i.e. a low power SoC that hopefully is a bit more advanced than in the past, so it can handles downloads will the rest of the console is in sleep mode.
Plus if you actually looks at retailers a good PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe at 1TB cost around $200 USD. The Xbox 1TB Expansion is $219 which is close in price. Plus Microsoft already stated that there will be more available options after launch beside seagate.
That blower looks almost as big as on my kitchen exhaust. A good sign that it'll run cool and at low RPM.That's their "custom" NVME controller. Not sure whether it's so big because it's "custom", or because they rebadged one of the older enterprise NVME controllers.