Sony continues to reveal more of the inner workings of the PS5 week by week as the next-gen console’s November 12 release date continues to near. Today Sony’s revealing a much more literal interpretation of the PS5‘s inner workings. In a lengthy new video, Sony does an official teardown of the PS5. Sony’s Yasuhiro Ootori, VP of the Mechanical Design Dept.’s Hardware Design Division, introduces prospective PS5 buyers to the inner workings of the most powerful PlayStation console yet.
The video starts with Ootori explaining all of the bits and pieces of the PS5 that users will see directly or will interact with while using the console. This includes the PS5’s ports, which include a USB Type-C port and a USB Type-A port on the front of the console, as well as two USB 3.0 ports, an ethernet port, HDMI 2.1 out port, and the PS5’s AC power input. Ootori also points out the PS5’s fans, which line both the front and back of the console, and shows users how the PS5’s stand works both vertically and horizontally.
In the next section, Ootori does something especially interesting and surprising. With some light pressure, Ootori snaps the PS5’s white side-paneling off of the PS5. The ease with which the paneling is removed has some PlayStation fans speculating that custom PS5 side panels, or even just black side panels, could eventually be sold by Sony or third-parties. With these panels off, Ootori reveals an M.2 interface accessible with a screwdriver for potential storage expansion.
At this point, Ootori gets into the proper teardown of the PS5. In other words, the part of the teardown that would likely void users’ warranty. It starts with a lot of screw removals, glued on plastic bits being pulled off, and so on. First comes the PS5’s intake fan, which introduces air to the console to keep a proper air cycle going throughout the hardware. Next, the PS5’s Ultra HD Blu-ray drive is removed, which apparently is specially designed to minimize vibrations and drive noise while a disc is being used. Then comes the Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 antennas, which snap off the PS5’s main board.
Underneath a final layer of metal shielding, as well as some additional wires and plates, is the main board of the PS5. Ootori calls attention to the PS5’s AMD Ryzen Zen 2 CPU and AMD Radeon RDNA 2 GPU at the board’s center. The PS5’s system memory comes in the form of 8 sticks of GDDR6 RAM, totaling 16GB, installed directly on the board, and surrounding the CPU/GPU. The console’s 825GB SSD is also installed directly on this main board with an SSD controller that is said to make data transfer very fast.
Ootori then describes some of the PS5’s cooling features. Specifically, the PS5 uses liquid metal rather than thermal paste as the main chip’s Thermal Interface Material. This is reasonably cooler than the standard, but also more expensive and often too challenging for PC enthusiasts to use. Lastly, there’s a very large heatsink which is shaped to conform to the PS5’s unique shape. The PS5 does not use a vapor chamber, but the heatsink is described as offering similar cooling performance.
With the pieces of the PS5 laid out in front of him, Ootori seems quite proud of the puzzle that once put back together will be Sony’s next-generation console.
The PS5 releases November 12.
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