PlayStation 5 Teardown Reveals Storage Expansion Possibilities

Sony has provided the inquisitive minds who like to peek inside everything a treat. Earlier today, Sony revealed a complete PlayStation 5 teardown and explained all the internal components of the next-gen console.

A lot of questions were being asked about the PlayStation 5’s components in comparison with Xbox Series X. In addition, the PS5 teardown provided a glorious insight into the console’s parts, making the consumer understand the full potential in what they are going to invest. The fact that each console is going to stay awhile, this only aids at better customer-consumer transparency.

Sony has published a seven-minute video led by Yasuhiro Ootori, head of Sony’s mechanical design for the PS5. The entire video is in Japanese, with subtitles provided for other major languages. A PlayStation Blog has also been published alongside explaining the vision behind the console.

“Our team values a well thought out, beautifully designed architecture. Inside the console is an internal structure looking neat and tidy, which means that there aren’t any unnecessary components and the design is efficient. As a result, we’re able to achieve our goal of creating a product with a high degree of perfection and quality.”

Read on to find out what the behemoth of a console like PlayStation 5 packs inside.

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PlayStation 5 teardown component reveal

Firstly, the console is huge. Its dimensions are 104mm wide, 390mm high, and 260mm deep. Nonetheless, the size does contribute to its processing power and in keeping the system quiet. PlayStation 5 is even bigger than its predecessor, the PS4.

Moving on, the entire rear end is designed to exhaust air out of the system. The cooling functionality in PS5 is actually one of the more impressive ones. The cooling fan used is a 120mm diameter, 45mm thick, double-sided air intake, which is quite big for an integrated console.

In addition, there is a heatsink added that Sony believes “achieve the same performance as a vapor chamber.”

Furthermore, PS5 also uses a liquid metal for cooling performance and cutting away the fan noise. Mr. Ootori revealed Sony worked two years on this liquid metal.

The other element that stands out other than the cooling system is the storage option. Apart from the 825GB of built-in SSD provided, users can install a PCIe 4.0-based M.2 drive. All the storage expansion questions that people were asking now stand answered. Xbox was actually ahead of Sony in the storage section, but now the scores seem to be tied.

Watch the video below to get a closer look at all the parts inside PS5. Watch this space for more console related news.