Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Some amazing stuff here, tbh.
DIY Perks — Building the WORLDS FIRST PlayStation 5: Tablet Edition
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Some amazing stuff here, tbh.
SplunkyMunkey
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Take my money
calistan
Member
Airjet definitely wouldn't work - the guy in the 'portable' PS5 video says he needs to remove 200W of heat, hence two massive heatsinks, three fans and a load of pipes. The Airjet thing only removes 5.25W of heat.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
DIY perks does some amazing engineering work that also looks great.
delfrickintree
Banned
Obviously this is more what the Slim should have been, even without the screen. I love these type of videos. Thanks OP
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Good point. Wonder if it could be scaled up in the future.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
I don't think the build cuts any port off the mboard so HDMI out shouldn't be an issues.
Edit: What's interesting is that nothing he did (minus the screen) should up the cost all that much for Sony. So they really could have had a smaller PS5 slim revision if they really wanted it.
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ReBurn
Gold Member
The main thing would be the external power supply which, honestly, wouldn't bother me that much.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Not a big deal. Folks have it with laptops and everyone seems ok with that. I mean gaming laptops have humongous bricks and unlike those, people wouldn't be walking around with a PS5 Super Slim in their backpacks.
ReBurn
Gold Member
I agree. I'd happy take an external power supply in exchange for a PS5 in a form factor I could carry around in my laptop bag.
kiphalfton
Member
And yet he's still stylin' on you.
Topher
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Skifi28
Member
Done.
hinch7
Member
That cooling solution it pretty genious. Didn't know there are blower fans with uni-directional airflow. To combo three and have two massive chunks to the side and made it pretty quiet is quite a feat of engineering. The guy even nickel plated his own custom heatspreader. If only he made it with a HDMI out, this would've been perfect.
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Mithos
Member
At least I'd consider to pay the asking price of a PS5 to get a professional version of what he made, not what Sony made. (FYI: the price of a PS5 here is the equivalent of: us$ 720+)
You weren't here for the xbox 360 external psu debacle that ensued I guess
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Not sure what debacle. I had like 3 different 360s, two with RRoD. Don't remember PSU issues with it.
cyberheater
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A very impressive build.
I think he means that people were making fun of the size of the external "powerbrick".
Silver Wattle
Gold Member
Barely smaller than the standard PS5 and uses a power brick, this is not even close to being a tablet PS5.
systemr123
Banned
I would buy it because I like it, I like the single cable plug and play configuration. That being said, he mentions in the video that he wonders why console makers didn't execute on this concept yet. I think the answer is very simple.
Cons:
Too big and heavy for a handheld
Too small compared to a regular tv
You do need an external power supply at all times, making it almost as easy and the same as having a PS5 and a big screen tv next to you.
An actual tablet runs on batteries for a reason (portability)
Pros:
Somewhat portable as long as there is a power outlet nearby and you don't have the convenience of having an actual much bigger tv nearby.
cyberheater
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If you could somehow have this battery powered and remove the screen you could strap it to back and use it with PSVR2 ghostbusters style for cable free VR.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Ah, don't remember that. It isn't a portable so does it really matter?
systemr123
Banned
You could game for maybe 7 to 8 hours if you strap a 2KW battery on your back
The fact it was external had people come out with some very strong opinions right here on gaf
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Which I never understood. A ton of retro consoles have been ruined by leaking PSU capacitors. Really wish say Saturn had an external brick. Would be so much easier to fix.
crackajack
Member
same
Not everything has to be easily replaceable, but having some parts swapable if damaged seems wise especially long term. And an external brick with the gigantic size of particularly the PS5 would save quite a bit. Which was also already true for the PS3. Hide at least part of the volume behind your furniture. I would have made the disc drive an entirely sepearate thing too, just plugged in via one standard USB port and not include it at all in the design. Allowing it to be used in PS6 and after, and allow any BR drive to begin with. As far as I understand the PS3 would not be able to read the latest BluRays, but in essence we could have just kept its drive and live with one, two or three install discs and one game disc for the same double, triple or quadruple layer capacity. At least use that drive for two gens.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
External power bricks are great.