I Took Apart The PS5...And It Surprised Me

The PlayStation 5 is now out and after Sony posted their own look inside the system I was really interested in doing a teardown on a retail unit when they became available. Today we'll be taking apart the system and checking out how Sony put it together along with the liquid metal inside.
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[@sdot422]

i cant even get one and this man here taking them apart for fun lol

[@redcrimson1028]

Get a pc thats what i did unless you are a die hard Sony fan (lot of those running rampant out there)? Sony and Microsoft did no one and themselves any favors by putting out limited stock of systems. Do you know how many people i know that didnt want to wait in line and did not want to put up with the frustrattion of limited stock? I'm even one of them. I bought a pc and my pc still blows both the Series x and ps5 out the water on every level, I've never looked back at consoles since.

[@777theneighborofthebeast9]

@@redcrimson1028 cant play demon souls or spider man on a pc. Or final fantasy, or ratchet and clank

[@nothisispatrick6528]

@@777theneighborofthebeast9 great can a ps4 play half-life alyx, total war hammer, or league of legends? All platforms have some content locked to that platform it’s up to personal preference what content you like best and what platform is right for you.

[@fernandosepulveda4962]

@@nothisispatrick6528 league of legends is shit.

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

@@redcrimson1028 & @Arrowinaknee 277 Don't be that guy. I HAVE a PC and will still buy a PS5, I can play any Xbox game on PC. But not PS Exclusives hate for the sake of hate if you want but it doesn't make your argument valid.

[@astrosquirrel5038]

"We're going to take apart the PS5 and play with liquid metal." Spawn Wave is the science teacher I always wanted.

[@RadimuxCisco]

IKR. My art teacher on high school was like that too. He would come up with some craziest interpretations and it was really cool.

[@erickmarquez506]

I dunno how tall is, but got a very Irish look with that Beard, sometimes I imagine him as a leprechaun, science's leprechaun

[@Red_Nanaki]

@A Moye because they clock the apu much higher which means it runs hotter

[@Andronicus87]

"Interesting designs" uhhhh no more like ugly designs.

[@truthseekersthenewomega97]

😂😭

[@evanross4673]

Talks about liquid metal, wearing a metal gear solid alert shirt. Kids today will never know the struggle of ps1 and ps2 load times lol.

[@ROMANxxEMPIRE]

Lmao try having to use your imagination while playing Atari.

[@evanross4673]

@@ROMANxxEMPIRE lol been there also and OG Nintendo. Love me some Contra or the OG Adventure on atari lol

[@stevewyffels6137]

MGS on ps1 is the greateat pioneer game ever !

[@wizard3z868]

emulation has the same effect so they can experience the same pain

[@evanross4673]

Well no more wore load times from metal gear to papa the rapa lmao.

[@anthonydoyle72]

I love how these consoles allow you to cleab the fans without voiding and warranty

[@YoungCatracho]

At least fan replacement and cleaning seems easy

[@pjgppjgp]

The psu replacement seems to be a pain

[@andreasa.2226]

Dont need to Clean it, if it breaks down beforehand! 👌🏾

[@legros731]

Do you ever replaced a fan my never fan can work 10+ year easy

[@YoungCatracho]

@@legros731 ive replaced multiple on a few consoles be it ps3 or ps4.

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

@@legros731 Fans are weird. Sometimes they last forever sometimes they go early. Having an easy way to change it out is a Godsend. I have PS2's with the OG fan still going strong but have some where it died after a couple years. Granted you need to clean them too to keep the motors from being too worked up. So Another win being able to take it out and clean the fan. :)

[@Smarach0]

"One of the more interesting console designs of the year" - Its certainly in top 3

[@GhostEmblem]

Top 3? could you remind me which consoles came out this year?

[@thingsiplay]

@@GhostEmblem Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Both have a different console design.

[@mastaw]

@@thingsiplay And the Atari one I guess

[@thingsiplay]

@@mastaw Yes, but it isn't out yet (or I did miss it?!).

[@brandonknight431]

Lol

[@lavii5938]

If there was an award for most number of times he said "liquid metal" this guy would have quite a number of "liquid medals"😂

[@quan3452]

HahaHahahAhaahahA

[@scole7619]

Legend

[@jaseybaby3360]

I find him very repetitive

[@myxplornetexperience5357]

"One of the most interesting console designs of the year" -------out of 2 consoles.

[@awesomearsam1890]

We don't, maybe Nintendo has one in their sleeves to show this year

[@Steve-nq8jc]

There was 4 this year just gone. Series X, series S, PS5 and the Atari VCS?

[@goku.solos21]

@@Steve-nq8jc ps5 digital and CD version are technically different designs.

[@Steve-nq8jc]

@@goku.solos21 yeah not really.

[@backroadboosters4017]

PC master race

[@patrikjoos8257]

Every time he says "liquid metal", you have to drink

[@ichkackab7587]

I‘m drunk now lol

[@superchronic3005]

Lololoo

[@chris_081]

Came here for this.

[@Shrek_Has_Covid19]

drink the liquid metal

[@nathantoledo5357]

yes

[@ultima579]

Spawnwave: Yea..I want to return my PS5, I think it’s broken. Sony: No Spawnwave: why? Sony: We saw your KZbin video.

[@gaysonjiovanni1593]

You so funny

[@brutalhonesty07]

Yeah I wouldn’t have done what Spawnwave did here. But at least he gets to write-off this expense which is something us normal people can’t do.

[@lotan9398]

@Lightning Von Karma You’d be an idiot to not write this off lol

[@brutalhonesty07]

@@lotan9398 This.

[@ScottPilgrimspayaccount]

@Apple Subtract it from income as a business expense. Lower taxes, essentially free ps5.

[@Donut0389]

For the people wondering how you clean the heat sink: There are two ports in the case that you just put a vacuum nozzle up to to clear the heat sink. So you remove the fan, clean what you can from there, and then use a vacuum nozzle at the two ports. Sony doesn't expect you to take the whole thing apart just to clean it out.

[@Chevalier_knight]

Sounds like a good way to course damage from static.

[@elconfi211]

Just remove the fan...

[@solastalgia440]

Two very different design philosophies. Playstation started with how the thing will look, Xbox started with how to package the components most efficiently.

[@WardenOfTerra]

The Series X is not efficient lmao

[@kahnsealable]

@@WardenOfTerra Really? Because i believe the PS5 has had more coil whine, fan issues, bricking and software update issues than the SX. These are FACTS. Also, Sony has had not 1 or 2, but 3 revisions since the launch of the PS5. Stop kidding yourself.

[@thenwhoami]

Every other teardown: "We're just gonna go ahead and stay far away from that liquid metal."

[@reinhardvanastrea9954]

For good reason it's probably a Sony proprietary blend and we don't know the longevity and testing they did to make sure it will last the distance. Normal ones are known to have some issues.

[@jazzycup9274]

@@reinhardvanastrea9954 word. I wouldn't fuck with it unless I started to get over heating issues. Definitely not worth doing "for funsies" especially if you got a fully functional PS5 from the store.

[@CDubya.82]

Take out the words ‘go ahead and’ ....and the sentence is the same. 🤪

[@cantfind11995]

As a gaming/tech youtuber it’s his duty to answer all the real questions!!😤😤 If anything went wrong in the long run I’m sure he’d update us and we know for sure !!

[@baileyapedaile8306]

Drinking game Take a shot everytime he says liquid metal

[@S44BBOI]

im dead

[@lotan9398]

I’m really drunk lol

[@supershell666]

I was thinking the same thing! 😂

[@ashtondemarse]

People gonna die

[@TheDjcobra2001]

Not enough alcohol.

[@Frank62915]

For me I've always wait a year before buying a next-gen console. For 3 reasons one to make sure that they work out all the manufactured bugs that both console would run into two to wait for a cheaper price and 3 just to see people like you KZbinrs to post videos and comparison of each other to do breakdowns where I can finally make my final assessment and I think I came a little bit closer to my decision. So thank you for making this video!

[@floppercosplay5262]

Who asked

[@marklaw7777]

@@floppercosplay5262 Welcome to the internet where people share their thoughts & opinions 🤦🏻

[@floppercosplay5262]

@@marklaw7777 facts

[@NotSlurry]

Well this time around waiting a year is involuntary.

[@levidavis1093]

@@floppercosplay5262 you read it. Lol

[@AlSuChess]

Awesome video! I expected a little bit more inside the PS5 but I guess when space is an issue, you have to be compact!

[@Mirage475]

Sony: “Look how they massacred my boy...”

[@nap6193]

Hey it still worked after at least lol

[@kaosumaru]

At least the right kid died.

[@good_noodle4838]

Would be mad,buuuut i havent seen any stock so :)

[@CaptainCrunchExperiments]

I took mine apart to...didn’t work out so well 😅🙈

[@NeoThemr]

@@CaptainCrunchExperiments 🤣🤣

[@kieranreed3068]

I ain’t even going to dare to take the plates of let alone taking the rest apart. Brave man 😂

[@BitRepairs]

If you say “liquid metal” one more time I’m gonna need therapy 🥺

[@bigolfettman]

should play a drinking game, while watching this video....

[@theguywhoasked6104]

Sauder?

[@Butterfingers1989]

liquid metal

[@tylerfortner9500]

@@theguywhoasked6104 I believe the word you are trying to achieve is "solder" and no.

[@LCLdark]

am I this old already? wtf

[@drauc]

Please never get rid of the Spawn Wave music. Thanks for sharing, cheers!

[@teejayroyal]

Spawnwave: *drops metal plate on the desk* "Its Good" Me: Mmmmm sound so good

[@SharpShadow7]

@A Moye it's not the size that counts it's how you use it 👍

[@ashleysims2750]

Lol 😆 I read this before I saw him do it and it made it 10x more funnier

[@ashleycox8480]

@A Moye games

[@ashleycox8480]

@A Moye no exclusives from bethesda/1-2 more games/partners with a company that's dying

[@ashleycox8480]

@A Moye can preach it will have exclusives all you want but until they're there it has nothing I got a ps5 and a XBX but can't play what doesn't exist yet

[@idislikeconflict313]

Cant wait till people start 3d printing plates with random designs

[@p5rsona]

Brooo I 've been searching for custom design plates all over the internet. Would be awesome to have something that looks better than the og, especially that disc version. Looks so bad :(

[@Splatoon_addict]

@@p5rsona when you said plates I thought you meant plates where you keep food on lmao

[@idislikeconflict313]

@@Splatoon_addict yep. Thats exactly what i meant 😂😂

[@RicochetForce]

It's probably happening at this... very... MOMENT!

[@magicolmos]

@@p5rsona I thought it was bad too just looking at images of it but having in person I actually think it's really gorgeous, the lines and curves don't make much sense in 2d but seeing it in person it all comes together really well, looks like a modernist sculpture

[@immaculatetoilet]

Astrobot is a fantastic mascot. Rescue Mission is still one of my absolute favorite VR games, and one of the best platforming games ever. I seriously hope they create a full fledged franchise out of Astro.

[@jurre4279]

We now know where all the pre-orders went😂

[@risseer23]

I took my launch Ps4 apart and that fixed my noise issue with it,the Pro was even easier to clean. I really can't wait to see how well those vacuum ports work for Ps5.

[@DragONheart27X]

Yeah alot of people complaining their PS4s fat, slim and pro run like a jet engine when you can just follow a simple how to and clean the fan and heatsink and maybe replace the thermal paste if it's all old and dried. Fixed mine as well and it's so quiet now.

[@praisethesun4997]

​@@DragONheart27X Cleaned and replaced the thermal paste on my Pro that I got at launch. I still hear the fan kick up, but it's less than half as loud as it was.

[@IuriFiedoruk]

The teardown I was waiting for. Someone who understand the process and explain it in a great way. Thank you.

[@lunastarshine5119]

my brain as he pulled out the heat sync; "DOOFENSHMIRTS EVIL INCORPERAAAATEED!"

[@alvallac2171]

*heat sink

[@impostor5875]

@@alvallac2171 no they spelt it right the first time lol (i think)

[@twistedimagev2]

@@impostor5875 no hes not synchronsing heat, its a place for the heat to go, or sink into

[@impostor5875]

@@twistedimagev2 ok that makes sense

[@cr-nd8qh]

Does that liquid metal melt when the system is on

[@kreativity21]

I don’t usually watch videos like this because all the tech info would go over my head and it’s typically boring but you found a way to make it super interesting I actually watched the whole video and felt like I understood everything you were discussing even though in reality I mostly did not. You definitely know how to engage your audience spawn wave even on the stuff most ppl would fine to be the less interesting part about video games 👍🏽👍🏽

[@billcook4768]

Taking a console apart? Pffft. Anyone can do that. It’s being able to put it back together than makes it special.

[@herolumierelumanite1608]

I'm still looking at the Xbox 360 I pulled apart for no reason. Really hate myself for that...

[@cmelft2463]

@@herolumierelumanite1608 really. 360 probably one of the easier ones to put back together.

[@herolumierelumanite1608]

@@cmelft2463 I know, I'm just not as motivated to put it back together as say my Xbox One S. Like, I know I don't have much point in putting it back anyway

[@kennethvalentine8901]

@@herolumierelumanite1608 Could be worst. I replaced my 360's motherboard without getting the matching disc drive. Which basically turns it into a DVD player

[@steve833333]

At least they made it easy to clean, but you'd have to be cleaning it often, these consoles look like dust magnets.

[@SCJhoops]

We should’ve all known this was coming, it was just a matter of whether it would be on Saturday or Sunday 😂✊

[@davidcook9875]

i bet he was dreaming about the ps5s insides when the ps5 was first revealed

[@ergonomics_of_flatulence]

especially he said that ps5 teardown is coming up on weekend

[@Rob-Robski-Fitt]

@Emmanuel Conner it doesnt, and it does.

[@akamk18]

16:47 something about these moments is just relaxing man, always hypes me up!

[@3800scgp]

Sony must have gotten a great deal on a bunch of old dusty T1000s for their cooling system 🤐

[@idontcare3315]

My most anticipated PS5 teardown on KZbin. You're the man!

[@Link200767]

I thought Steve of Gamers Nexus was the most anticipated teardown because he brings the pain with some iFixit kit, heat gun to remove any glue, pliers and and a dremel.

[@CaveyMoth]

10 years later: "I ordered a refurbished OG PS5 at Gamestop. This is what they sent me."

[@unknownunkown4992]

Coming from the pc building scene, I have to say I am impressed with the heatsinks and cooling solutions being used in the new consoles.

[@tool46296]

I recently installed all Noctua fans and heat sink in my PC. Running nice and cool. Love that beautiful brown haha! You should check out the video Gamers Nexus did on the PS5 thermals. Sony kind of messed up. They have a chip running at around 93C! Not good.

[@enigma7791]

He made that look so easy. Great skills and knowledge to confidently just take apart a new console.

[@arnehagenaars1896]

I like to see the route of the airflow, once the sideplate is off

[@S44BBOI]

gamersnexus is ur answer. hes going to do a video shortly

[@bigchinkid9052]

@@S44BBOI lol if the console teardown turns out the same as the controller we'll be able to see what the airflow's like when every part's been taken down to components with a dremmel

[@irfkaptan]

Definitely yes! Mee too, since i plan to use it without the panels at all and make some dust filters on both sides of the fan...

[@TheJadeFist]

Well you can see with the way the fan is like at a central point that it's moving air through all those directions at once. Which gives it a ton of surface area for a single fan to displace the heat.

[@arnehagenaars1896]

@@TheJadeFist not really the answer am looking for, got to be more specific, as the fan is taking air in from the side, just like is it a centrifugal force? with a centrifugal direction?. only then is the question where that direction is going ?and whether that direction is obstructed., because all this determines if the cooling will be sufficient, or it might be sufficient, but it could be far more better if it was build differently. And Better cooling means better performance. and how does the air flow in the box? the box has a curvature inside. the most important thing is how the air flow goes through the heatsink, is there counter flow or co-current?

[@BMR86]

Thats why we are here so spawn wave can do all the crazy teardowns us viewers are not brave enough to do... good job man!

[@dra6o0n]

Imagine someone creates a custom ribbon cable/board interface for the Ps5 to support a sort of 'raid' NVME to throw massive amount of SSD space? Basically you plug it in the slot and seemingly make space for multiple nvme slots.

[@bz-winningitall]

That's what I used to do when I was a child Taking things apart and finding magnets😅

[@wasabinator]

Still not convinced that the drive being separate means it’s an afterthought. Sharing the bulk of components between physical and digital strikes me as a good production line optimisation. Having a large amount of bespoke parts separate to the SKUs would have overcomplicated matters and raised to costs dramatically. As it stands now, both units can share the a lot of the same assembly line, without needing wildly different tooling up until the final assembly stages.

[@mostmost1]

the whole console design is an after thought.

[@Siillky]

@@mostmost1 honestly lol

[@skilarbabcock]

The design of the system shows it was an afterthought....

[@herobrine_1_]

the whole thing about warranty stickers is that the United States government deemed them illegal because the right to repair act.

[@junkmail460]

Not true. Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act created in 1975 is the actual reason.

[@Fetidaf]

@@junkmail460 regardless, they're not legally binding. They only serve as a deterrent. They are legal though

[@loneponderer495]

Technically unenforceable not illegal. If the stickers where illegal you wouldn't see them because the companies would be breaking the law. They can legally still use them they can't void the warranty without a reason beyond the sticker being removed. Like nhuKer said above they are mostly used as a deterrent against less informed consumers.

[@herobrine_1_]

@@loneponderer495 lol mostly. Yeah but the United States government is already suing Sony in Microsoft in Nintendo. PS Nintendo's starting to refuse to put warranty stickers.

[@andy764]

The sticker serves the purpose of a checkpoint whether or not the console was opened. The sticker is not tighted to anything legal. What to do when it's not intact is another story. 🍻

[@faronsanders5796]

im struggling to still get one. this guy is tearing apart!

[@tubejay1]

Nice teardown, thanks for that.

[@fluntexh238]

was waiting for it lets go man keep it up much love

[@adiltonazure]

Congratulations on that 500K Subs!

[@deano43]

I live in the uk and it’s nearly impossible to get a ps5 and watching you taking one apart is killing me.

[@neckdeep311]

@StevenF except this is his personal console, he didn't buy one just to dissect and take away from others... and he is very knowledgeable and experienced in this area. A lot of people like myself are very interested in what is inside of the console I am shelling out 500+ for.

[@adamnope4577]

"I think they put that much liquid metal for a reason" "I'll just put a thin layer" okay.

[@typicalnoahx]

ikr

[@DjResR]

Unlike popular belief the liquid metal is not a very good heat conductor that is why it is best to put it as thin as possible to make good solid contact._

[@ellebleisch6853]

@@DjResR as he said in the video theres so much u can reuse the liquid metal. this could be the intended reason then again it can cause it to over heat which might be a current issue with this gen of ps5....

[@handtomouth4690]

@@DjResR ah yes that's why Sony spent so much money on it, they got duped by popular belief.

[@DjResR]

@@handtomouth4690 It's better than conventional heatsink compound obviously, but still not better than aluminium or copper, hence the reason why whole heatsinks are not made out of liquid metal._

[@devilishmode]

Spawnwave in 5 years: I took apart my first kid

[@RMF76]

Let's hope not. Because he won't know what he's looking at, just like in this vid.

[@Weaverslave23]

"Oh look at that, it only uses some Phillips screws!"

[@JR-io6bi]

lmaoo

[@marky3609]

@@RMF76 He knows exactly what he is looking at in every video

[@Tapio86]

As long as he doesn't think about all the screw holes of it.

[@CyclonesWorld]

Astros Playroom for being a pack in is such an amazing game. Astro should definitely get the Sony mascot treatment.

[@ttacx]

Can't wait to see what a PS5 Pro looks like... See you guys in 3 years

[@jayd1nero]

Can wait to see the ps5 slim see you guys in 4 years

[@jazzycup9274]

Can't wait to see ps6, see you in 5 years.

[@magnificentknowsbest2503]

And im still going to be waiting on the first version😒

[@buggen9588]

Cant wait to see the PS7 pro plus iphone android max i æ slim in 18 million years

[@jayd1nero]

@@buggen9588 you ruined it congratulations

[@netsendjoe]

Surprised there isn't a thin mesh filter at the air intake. It would make it a bit easier to just vacuum out or clean the mesh, while reducing micro particle buildup and the possible need for a teardown for cleanout. I've seen these on PC cases and very little dust actually makes its way to the fan or inner system after a year of 24-7 being powered on. All in all, looks like a beast of a console. You're a brave soul doing such a teardown, much like with laptops, I can never get those thin ribbon cables back in place.

[@plasterchief9582]

I'm probably the only one but the PS5 reminds me of the PS3 fat design

[@waltertrey]

But fatter

[@Enigmaculate]

@PlasterChief, You're not the only one. As soon as Sony revealed the PS5, it immediately reminded me of the fat 60GB PS3, and that really does put a smile on my face😎👍.

[@TheBrightjay]

Hopefully they do a slim very soon then I buy one

[@nitrax8629]

At least it doesn't sound like one when turned on!

[@funky7chunky]

@Charles Szasz it is a bit. I mean the design is awful. Ugly and cheap looking. Looks like a kids toy and it's bloody massive making it's ugliness seem worse. That's why so many people have a problem with it. The games will be great and the console will be great I'm sure but, damn what were they thinking?!!!

[@bmth2111]

Finally. I’ve been awaiting your upload.

[@0J7jj]

You've eased my mind good job man👍 They still need to make It Black and make that disc drive look like it was supposed to be a part of the system. I suppose I'll just have to get used to the size😐

[@gregsteele806]

Spawn Wave: "I think it's going to be a lot of fun to take apart a PS5" Everyone who didn't manage to get a pre-order: "Noooooooooooo!"

[@dedmen9713]

scalpers: （・◇・）

[@escanor7938]

My wallet is CRYING 😭

[@thealchemist9367]

Strangely I find the Series X to be alot simpler in terms of design and build quality. Which I don't consider to be a bad thing btw

[@XBX1MASTER]

XSX engineered better. Playstation 5 GPU having major problems

[@XBX1MASTER]

@Pixel Domination I don't make the shit up. Many many reports of GPU failure

[@rixzin5046]

I feel like the Series X is the better design. Apparently they wanted to make the Ps5 larger than it is now which would've been terrible but it's still pretty big. I just don't understand what those big fins are for

[@geeesejeeeze6055]

@@rixzin5046 man you console guys must live in a small box if you are complaining about the size lol. Just put it down and play it holy shit. If you don't like it just stfu.

[@rixzin5046]

@@geeesejeeeze6055 It's a bigass console and a lot of people want to place it next to a television. STFU and stop crying

[@Icarus975]

Why is this so scary and yet fascinating to see

[@kr4t0sg.28]

You dont want to see plainrock124 video.

[@Icarus975]

@The Ostrich who hurt you bro

[@ashercoates4345]

@The Ostrich this is intense

[@artreaper23]

Curiosity

[@impexxable]

@@Icarus975 a family member. might be the reason he made staying inside your home in a pandemic, a bad thing.

[@conartistic]

I think you have the best tear downs! Thumbs up!!

[@marciozelaya]

Nice vid and nice shirt man!

[@twig-e6431]

Jon: Well, I wonder if they have any Easter Eggs inside. Me: Well, that is where James Bond hid the Golden Gun.

[@Spawn-wt6ul]

The GPU Stage song is awesome 🤘🏻 “Tell me what to do, I’m your GPU”

[@0mnis14sh]

That foam is brilliant. I put lots of liquid metal on my chips but I just made the wells out of cheap thermal paste.

[@mattbernacke]

In my day we just called it thermal paste

[@Gam3B0y23r0]

Liquid metal is a different thing tho...

[@funkyflights]

Thermal paste is different, that’s why it’s not called thermal paste ...

[@mattbernacke]

@@funkyflights Care to enlighten me on the difference? Far as I can see, this "liquid metal" is a metallic compound put between the chip and the sink to help conduct heat energy between them - almost like some sort of thermal....paste. Not all thermal paste is metallic, granted, some is ceramic based. But other than that?

[@funkyflights]

@@mattbernacke ..... This is a copy and paste, but explains it pretty good ... Liquid metal works exactly like thermal paste: it fills the microscopic gaps on the surface between the CPU/GPU and its heat sink. The difference lies in its composition and properties. The main component of liquid metal is Gallium. It’s a soft metal with a low melting point and a high boiling point. When it’s combined with the other components and metals like Indium, the melting point falls to -19C. This is why the compound remains a liquid at room temperature. There’s little to no evaporation due to it having a relatively high boiling point of 1300C.

[@gridvid]

So... 75% Heatsink, 10% Fan, 10% Disk Drive... and some Silicon :D

[@TheShizzle98]

and 10% Liquid Metal

[@Jaylikescar]

I’m glad this came out 🥸 I hope they make a special edition soon 😎

[@habman]

very nice work!! well done!!

[@theleftist]

Sony spent two years coming up with that Liquid Metal solution and you get one of store shelf..crazy stuff

[@MilkWasABadChoice17]

After watching this, I'm definitely going to wait until they do a slimmer revision. It's just so damn big.

[@Malandrin]

how can Sony make a slim version of this system if originally the ps5 was going to be bigger?

[@soragranda]

@@Malandrin Bullshit, the original version probably wasn't overclock but this monster is. In regards of the refresh version... REDUCING NANOMETERS SON!, Simple really, it happens every generation.

[@soragranda]

I'll do too, the slim version would probably it gonna have a better design.

[@TheBrightjay]

Got a feeling this is going to have a high failure rate. : my ps3 and PS4 both bought on launch day broke within a few years and I ended up with a slim

[@MilkWasABadChoice17]

@Charles Szasz It's not the only reason. Typically the later revisions have less rates of failure as well and they're usually cheaper. I honestly don't have a spot for it right now, it wouldn't fit in my current setup.

[@mydasmurray]

Me: Scalpers tryna charge me 9000+ Hong Kong dollars Spawn: where's my screwdriver I need to see some liquid metal

[@akamk18]

Lmaoo!!

[@janeblogs324]

Hong Kong use dollars?

[@user-jc2in3cp3g]

So 4 US dollars?

[@humppa5]

I always said, if the interior is as beautiful as the outside, then the team knows how to make a good product !

[@tabttu]

I completely agree about Astro! Super cool mascot and a neat little game to show off the new Dualsense controller.

[@fakebird000]

I just kinda like how much effort Sony made into making this system as quiet and cooled as possible even if that means having a hilariously large heatsink.

[@aryanminouie9560]

dude did you ever see a pc? cause that heatsink in not that big that's just a gpu heat sink size for all of the system if you ever saw an 360 AIO plus a rtx 3090 then you know that heatsink is normal

[@aarona5530]

@@aryanminouie9560 look at the series x. It’s a slightly more powerful console and the heat sink is a third of the size of this one. Sony just engineered their console poorly

[@bobs8005]

How can someone dislike this video? He has guts taking it apart knowing he won’t ruin it

[@lrojas9968]

Great video! Thank you for tearing down your PS5!!!

[@Journeying_Jaynes]

I loved watching this. The only thing I would have done differently was when putting the heatsink/motherboard/metal backing plate back together for that really tight, and tough fit you was talking so much about that Sony wanted to achieve. I would have worked my way from the inside to the out putting the screws in. I noticed when you we're tightening them the ones one the right of the board at 16:54 was already tightened down, and you was working then from left top to left bottom. Just like with tightening/torqueing a head down on an engine block for a headgasket. Or an intake to a manifold on a car. Id almost bet them screws was torqued down from the middle or center of the board starting with the ones closest to the chip, and then out to the edge. It allows the gasket. Or in this case the heat transfer pads/paste to “squash out” so to speak so that there are no ridges formed. My practice is to start with a light setting. Say hand tight, and then keep repeating the process going with a screwdriver a little at a time until reaching torque setting. It takes a bit longer, but you don't have to go back and possibly repeat a procedure if a mistake like this was made. I Wasn't nit-picking just trying to help you out. And you might have probably done this, and we didn't see it due to a video edit. Just my .02 cents and I subbed.

[@epiccgamr6084]

People: can’t get ps5 Spawn wave: O P E N T I M E

[@ElMango14]

Don't worry he will give away different parts

[@thelphino165]

*S U R G E R Y*

[@pedrojavierish]

Man that console is the size of your torso, holy smoke 👀👀👀👀👀.

[@BryBry2ply]

I think he's a pretty small dude

[@jaredmartin7040]

@@BryBry2ply No the PS5 is just massive

[@NiGHTS1980]

Its not a console. Its a chest plate.

[@xxFireFighterxx]

Do you remember when the Sony Japanese factory worker was holding one in his arms and everyone thought the picture was photo shop?. They looked at the PlayStation compared to his body. No one could believe it was that big. However, it is that big.

[@justwait9822]

It's big but that japanese factory worker is probably like 5'6. Maximillion dude did his unboxing and it doesnt look as ridiculous cause he's 6'4. It's around the same width (horizontally) as a standard AV receiver, a few inches less in depth and about half the height.

[@worthlessdlc5278]

I only use disks I can't hear a darn thing coming out of the ps5 drive lol .

[@DarylCook63]

I keep hearing a strange “surprise!” sound in my head every time I look at this fellow’s shirt, but I can’t put my finger on the reason...liquid metal...solid snake...liquid snake...solid state drive...now I’m confused. “Help me, I’m mellllttttiiiing!”

[@MegaMobi123]

Im so glad he said the thing about the disc drive being really loud cause i noticed that too and it had me a bit worried lol thought it mightve been the fan for a minute there

[@kaylie_dq]

Ha u payed 100 dollars for a cheap ass disc drive

[@user-jc2in3cp3g]

@@kaylie_dq and Sony makes them xD

[@jazzycup9274]

Seems to be quieter after the most recent update, though my Series X is whisper quiet... Controller sucks ass though so you win some you lose some.

[@MannyBlaze031]

Just wondering why your doing the whole removal and reapply of the liquid metal?

[@draconpost]

That heatsink is really huge. I owned a Mugen on the cpu and an Accelero on the gpu and this thing here still looks large for me, and it's copper, wow.

[@solidtank7957]

I'm gonna tell my grandkids this is Bill Nye.

[@unknownunkown4992]

You should. I remember when Bill Nye was cool back in the day. Now he is a jaded politically correct atheist hell bent on proving that he is right about everything.

[@KyleDimetri]

Bro I’m trying to get a PlayStation added in Cart and this man is already taking apart his PlayStation 5 less than 2 days after getting it. He’s for the ppl

[@andrewedgar7729]

That heatsink though . Curious to know the idle and load temps .

[@TheKogunEnjou]

Digital Foundry has a video where they look at the temps through a thermal camera

[@realtimberstalker]

@@TheKogunEnjou The videos they made aren’t really that good. They were measuring the outside of the console, rather than the inside, which isn’t very accurate, especially in the case of the PS5, where the panels are separate from the console.

[@steve833333]

@@realtimberstalker I think they measured the Xbox the same way, you can compare it like that.

[@realtimberstalker]

@@steve833333 It’s not a good comparison. The exhaust vents were ok but they should have at least taken off the Ps5 side panels. That would provide a better comparison. Hell, they should’ve just opened the back of the Xbox and seen the temps of the actual internals.

[@one_up907]

@@realtimberstalker they measured both exhaust output but yeah I'd like to see the APU temps too.

[@theonenorealer9367]

Thank for this tear down- so true about the disk drive 😠😤

[@Livnlifeonaplate16]

liquid metal.....you mean thermal paste? Or am I the wrong one here lol, it's very possible I just don't know what liquid metal is

[@jk844100]

It’s metal.....that’s a liquid. Pretty self explanatory I think.

[@philmanticore4893]

Think of it as next gen thermal paste

[@Livnlifeonaplate16]

@@philmanticore4893 makes sense, just haven't ran into it before thanks for explaining.

[@Livnlifeonaplate16]

@@jk844100 lol my bad for asking a question....thanks for pretty much giving the name of a word as the definition...you really cleared things up....no offense, but i highly doubt trusting any information coming from someone who gives an answer like you did above. Class act.

[@jk844100]

@@Livnlifeonaplate16 you don’t need to be so serious

[@smgofdvld]

Thanks for voiding your warranty for us 😁

[@minners71]

Not voided.

[@faustianblur1798]

Still waiting on some analysis of the other chips on these systems. There's 512MB of DDR4 near the SSD that's obviously a buffer, but it would be good to know if there's an ARM chip on there like the PS4. Also really want to see a die shot of the APU to compare against Series X|S and RX 6000.

[@matthewsmith2385]

There both zen 2 socs

[@austinfondren2590]

Die shot?

[@one_up907]

@@austinfondren2590 he talking about both their APU's

[@faustianblur1798]

@@austinfondren2590 the actual silicon chip itself is called a die. With the right equipment and skill it's possible to get an image of the actual integrated circuit etched into the die, showing structures like CPU and GPU cores, caches and the like. That's typically referred to as a "die shot".

[@faustianblur1798]

@Apple it does a few small background tasks and has its own 256MB of DDR3 RAM. It was supposed to handle downloads while the console was in rest mode so the main APU could power down. It turned out not to be powerful enough though, so the main APU still remains powered.

[@CHRIS_CREATIONS]

Easy solution to Disc noice is apply Thin layer of 3m Heat Resistance Nolathene Rubber Adhesive Sheet, Which reduces disc drive noise by half!

[@darki1040]

Does anyone know, if i wanna replace the power brick do i have remove the Mainboard? I just wanna fix this coil whine. Thanks

[@Xboxdan73]

Take apart a Nintendo Game and watch

[@mastaw]

Out pops a raspberry pi

[@Onlyitsmereid]

A game and watch or the new game and watch

[@Xboxdan73]

@@Onlyitsmereid do both, it will be interesting to see the difference

[@ActNasty5]

COD actually impressed me with the triggers on the ps5 controller!

[@ActNasty5]

@Charles Szasz astros is amazing bro! Feels so cool

[@MrPants1970]

With the ps5 on its side what stops the liquid metal from just running and pooling at the bottom of the sealed area?

[@lawrence.porter]

When putting back together do you ever turn the screw anti-clockwise to hear a click before driving it home? I do this to avoid cutting another thread.

[@Phoenixgryp1]

Do you mean counterclockwise??

[@Puddlewiggle]

Widdershins

[@lawrence.porter]

@@Phoenixgryp1 no, because I'm not American.

[@lawrence.porter]

@@Puddlewiggle correct, Scottish!

[@topooly]

I think the liquid metal that Sony used is probably a specific compound to give it longevity, not sure if replacing it is a good idea.

[@mintomacco]

there is no such thing.

[@supergeekjay]

@@mintomacco Apparently it is supposedly Sony's own formula. Research is a good thing.....

[@Just_another_turtle]

Consele exists Spawn Wave: Time to dissect you.

[@AbyssDogs]

Lucky!!! I’ve been trying to get my hands on one but they sell out so quick :(

[@abhijitsayinghello]

thank u for the info

[@PhinneusPrune]

2 different companies. 2 different solutions to the same issues. It seems Microsoft had the better team in place to create a console. It looks like Sony just Frankensteined their machine and let it grow and grow and just said, "F it ... release it" while Microsoft took a puzzle and pieced it together in a way to keep it compact in a very thoughtful and efficient way.