- The brand new PS5 is 200 grams lighter.
(klaxon blares) - Let's freaking go!
- Inside this box,
we have the brand new 1200 model of the PS5.
You might ask, "What exactly is this new PS5 all about?"
I don't know.
This was very expensive
to get overnighted directly from Australia.
The only region, as of right now,
they have this 1200 model PS5, actually on sale.
I'm nervous for a number of reasons today.
- [Ken] I mean, I'll tell you I lifted the box earlier,
and it did feel a little lighter.
Whether that means it's the PS5, or-
- Don't do that to me, Ken, don't do that to me.
That looks like a PS5, all right.
Now the moment of truth, do we have the 1200 model here?
So this is the CFI-1202B model.
Now this is a PS5 Digital Edition,
however, the important thing to note
is the 12 at the beginning of the model number.
So the original launch PS5 was the 1000 series,
and about a year after that came out,
we did a video on the 1100 model,
which turned out to be a little controversial,
but most importantly,
it had a significantly smaller heat sink
and a couple of smaller tweaks.
Well, Sony are back at it again,
and this one is supposedly even lighter.
So this is an Australian model,
although I very much expect
that this will be the exact same PS5
that rolls out to the rest of the world fairly shortly.
I'm still just really afraid,
I feel like I've been scammed enough times.
I'm just always really afraid
there are gonna be like bricks inside this.
We do have an Australian plug,
but this should have a switching power adapter,
so I hope that that's fine,
and we have ourselves a Dualsense.
Yeah, this looks the same.
(sniffing) Smells like Australia
Dude, that is so light.
- [Ken] I mean, maybe you've just been working out?
- My Spidey Senses are tingling.
I think Austin's gonna get in trouble today.
(gasps) I see a copper heat pipe
that was definitely not in the old PS5
- [Ken] Oh man, we're like a minute into the video
and Austin's already talking about cooling.
- I can see copper!
Hey, you know what?
We're just not gonna make those jokes today, okay?
Today is a serious day full of serious-
- [Ken] It's not an Xbox Video.
- So this is the original 1000 model.
We have the 1100,
which was the lighter PS5 that came out last year
and we have the 1200 model.
Just gimme a moment,
I'm gonna, I'm just gonna investigate.
- [Matt] You're really selling your credibility.
(group laughing)
- I'm just... - I'm just like,
yeah, there's definitely something here.
I might be tripping, but there's definitely something here.
- Here's the thing.
I will attend to the part, we're gonna get into it,
but I'm just trying to give a visual inspection
to make sure that this new PS5
is different at all whatsoever.
So interestingly, at pretty much the exact same time
as these 1200 models started showing up,
specifically on Australian stores.
Sony also announced that the PS5 is seeing a price increase
almost everywhere in the world.
So in Canada, for example, it's $20 more expensive,
in Australia, in the UK and in most of Europe,
it's about $50 or the equivalent more expensive.
Interestingly, the US is the only market
where we have not seen a price increase.
But look, I am not one to cast aspersions.
I would never, ever do something like that.
But if this is in fact lighter and cheaper in any way,
at the exact same time that they have
raised the price of the PS5,
that might not be the best look.
We're two years into a life cycle.
Typically the time you start to see price cuts on consoles
not price increases.
First up, let's put the 1000 on the scale
and we will see that it weighs 3.817 kilos.
Next we're gonna take the 1100 model.
And this one weighs 3.547 kilos.
So about a 300 gram difference.
And now, let's take a look at the 1200.
Ooh, 3.3, so another 200 grams lighter,
almost half a kilo less than the 1000 model.
We're missing something.
Is it something important?
Subscribe to find out.
So, I have now let the 1200 model sit here
and warm up and everything,
just like I did with the other two,
to get an accurate measurement.
So for context, the 1000 model
just sitting on the same screen on Astro's Playroom
was pulling about 218 Watts.
The 1100 model was pulling about 229,
and the 1200 model is pulling 201.
So, is the new PS5 better? (group exclaims)
That's a significant difference.
I mean, especially coming from the 1100 model,
which ran hot and not incredibly power hungry,
but certainly more so than the 1000.
But it's pretty much level, 200, 201 Watts.
Is this video now called "The New PS5 is Better"?
- [Ken] Next thing you know, Austin's gonna,
with his ego inflated, be like,
"I made the PS5 better."
(all laugh)
- Now let's see if the new PS5 is quieter.
So, for context,
the original 1000 model was about 48 decibels.
The new PS5 is about 43,
although we do know after opening both of these up
that this one has the better fan,
so it's a little hard to do an apples to apples comparison.
Now let's take a look at the 1200.
45, so I think it's safe to say that all three are ballpark
in that same kind of zone.
Unless you are really there,
I don't think you're gonna notice the difference.
I mean, if I'm standing back here,
I can't even hear the PS5, right?
So all three are very quiet,
but technically, the 1100 is slightly quieter.
Now, (chuckles)
get out the thermal camera shall we?
So this year for thermal testing, I am using a FLIR camera,
which is gonna give me slightly different results.
And we've already seen that.
So with the 1000 model, the hotspot on here,
the very hottest spot in the very back,
where the exhaust comes out was about 53 degrees.
On the 1100 model,
while overall, it was a little bit warmer.
There were a couple of hot spots
that were a full 63 degrees, so 10 degrees Celsius warmer.
That being said, I think that's a little bit
of an over exaggeration because it was just
one small spot on the back that was very warm.
So let's take a look at the 1200.
Well, interestingly, it almost looks like
it's like spread out a little bit more now.
So the hot spot on this one is about 53 degrees.
It's 52.5, I'll round up to 53 degrees Celsius.
And so the entire PS5,
oh wow, that's really interesting.
Basically the entire PS5, top to bottom,
is really, really warm, which is a good thing, right?
You don't want all the heat
coming out of this little spot here or this spot over here.
So I think there's only really one thing to do now,
which is to tear apart all three PS5s
and see where that 200 grams of weight is
and why it's taking up so much less power.
But as of right now,
the new PS5 might actually be better.
My friends, it is time!
We have on the right, the 1000,
on my left, the 1100,
and in my center, the 1200 model of the PS5,
to determine exactly what is going on here.
Here's the thing,
We've got three PS5s disassembled.
I need some help.
Ken, Jimmy, would you guys please come on.
Can we bring an OC family reunion?
Can we all tear apart these PS5s?
- I hate that you're making us a part
of what could be a disastrous thing.
- Look, Jim and I took the heat last time.
- First time?
(Austin laughs)
- So of course, if you guys have not already subscribed,
Jim is running PSReady.
Ken is running Denki.
Let's tear apart some PS5s.
Just grab the PS5 logo and just pull it back.
(faceplate clunks)
- Oh, I already did it.
Nice, that's the fastest I've ever done it.
- Removing side panels.
That looks similar.
Let's take a look at the fans,
although we'll probably get a better look
once we open it up.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
- [Ken] Whoa, what is this?
- [Austin] Dude, you can literally
put your finger into the PS5 here.
- Whoa. - Okay, well...
- This one's different, even faster than the last one.
- [Ken] I forgot that there's like a little cavity here,
but you just have a hella cavity.
- Yeah, yeah, this whole thing is wide open.
(PS5 tapping)
Immediately, there's a very large difference on the inside.
So there's nothing, like I can see the heat sink.
You can't see anything here.
Okay, maybe that's our 200 grams?
They just took out even more metal on the inside.
Okay, let's flip 'em over and see what's on the other side.
These are all different again.
Let's actually really quickly open up
to see if the SSDs are different.
- Oh, it's different. - It is very different.
So you've got a PCB across the entire length.
They have cut the PCB super short
and now it's actually metal here.
- Well, so I guess maybe that dissipates heat better, no?
- It could be.
It's a very real potential.
All the SSDs will fit exactly the same as before.
They've probably, I'm gonna say,
cut some costs by not using the PCB,
but having that metal might help dissipate a little bit.
So this is not a minor update, right?
It might not be a massive like overhaul,
but you can see almost every part of this PS5
has been touched, has been trimmed, has been tweaked.
I'm actually curious if we remove this guy.
So it is the same kind of fan.
You can see, yours is horizontal,
mine is vertical, or vice versa.
Should we take out the fans and see what the fans look like?
- Yeah. - Look,
we're on a fact finding mission now,
to determine what all is different,
'cause it seems like a lot is different here.
You've got the updated fan.
Oh wow, so this fan is different than both of yours.
So on the 1200,
the fan blades do not actually attach to the hub,
whereas yours attach to the hub as do yours.
- Yeah, that was the difference at launch.
- And I remember when we did our original video last year,
the 1000 and the 1100 also had different fans.
So there is, basically, nothing has changed here.
They're still shipping different kinds of fans.
And I'm just gonna assume it's a pure lottery
on which one you actually get.
I think it's time to really tear these things apart now.
All right, my warranty is officially void.
Let's take out the last screw and see what we've got.
Three, two, one.
(soft upbeat music)
Oh it's different, it's different.
It's different.
I've got a heat pipe, you guys don't have a heat pipe.
Looking at the 1200 compared to the other two,
I actually have a different shaped heat sink here
where you guys have the same looking one.
- [Ken] I don't know if it it's more by density.
- Well, no, but look, I also have
an additional heat pipe on the back,
which you guys do not have.
And it actually, it runs, so you see
the heat pipe runs through here
and it looks like it runs through to the other side.
Whereas there's nothing of the sort like this.
- There's like a better shield on your SSD slot too.
- You're right.
I think I actually have a different motherboard.
- [Jared] Are you not pointing out
that the motherboard has like two inches
chopped off the entire top? - Yeah.
- [Jim] Oh yeah, that too.
- Oh, you're totally right.
I definitely have a different motherboard then.
Whoa!
Okay, okay, yeah.
Look at the top of the heat sink.
Right, once we flip these over, we'll have a better view.
So you have copper and a full width heat sink right there.
Then the 1100 is, looks like aluminum on the back
and removes part of the heat sink.
And this one removes all of that shielding,
but you see the heat pipes and all the actual fence.
So what they've done here is they have completely redone,
essentially, the entire PS5 design.
The motherboard is different, the cooling is different.
I think we need to disconnect these wires, flip it over
and actually see what the heat sinks
look like from the front side,
'cause that's gonna be the thing
that's really gonna show the difference.
Three, two, one, and...
Oh!
- Well mine's a little bit together still, but...
(Austin laughs)
- So obviously the 1000 model has,
by far, the biggest heat sink, right?
It's not even close.
It is absolutely massive.
Looking at the 1100,
the 1100 is certainly smaller,
but it looks like the 1200 is even smaller than that.
So what we're finding is that this motherboard
and heat sink actually weigh less than the difference
between the 11 and the 1200,
which means that this is even lighter than you would expect.
And something in the rest of the PS5
is slightly heavier than before.
They have re, moved around, basically every component,
including the CMOS battery
which is now completely hidden by the heat sink.
Before you could fairly easily replace it if you needed to,
but now you need to completely disassemble your PS5
which is certainly a downside.
- [Jim] You can also see where they added plastic.
- Oh, you're totally right.
That's where the extra weight is.
So there's extra support on the actual plastic mold
compared to the original models.
- [Ken] To support the extra weight
that's on the bottom now. - Yes.
What we got here is a PS5 which is clearly different
in a lot of fairly significant ways.
My biggest question though,
is that even though we've looked at
a lot of the physical side,
why is it pulling so much less power?
I mean 20 Watts, I mean, that's like a 10% difference.
I think we need to call in the cavalry
and figure out exactly what makes this 1200 model,
with its smaller heat sink, perform as well as it does,
and importantly, take as little power as it does.
Maybe it's time for you to subscribe
and ring-a-ling the ding-a-ling bell.
'Cause I don't think we're done with the new PS5 just yet.