- Hello my friends and welcome to a momentous occasion
because today we are going to be building the ultimate PS5.
So this, what do they call it?
The black plates, skid plates.
So this is a shell replacement for the PS5.
So this comes courtesy of our friends dbrand
who are not sponsoring this video,
but were very kind to hook us up with the shell early.
And essentially it allows you
with one simple installation
to turn your PS5 black.
These are, how should I say it?
Not cheap, and likely will be sold out
by the time that you're watching this video,
although, of course,
I will have a link in the description.
But the installation should be fairly straightforward.
I am clearly an expert at disassembling the PS5.
(Austin laughing)
There we go.
So now we have our naked PS5.
Now, normally this would be the point
where you install your dbrand shells of doom,
and that's it,
you have yourself a black PS5.
However, do you think that that's the only thing
we're doing in this video?
We have so many more ridiculously stupid things
to do to this PlayStation 5.
Oh look, an SSD that won't work.
So one of the nice things about PlayStations
dating all the way back to the PlayStation 2
is that you can expand the internal storage.
So with the plate removed,
you can see right here,
we have access to an SSD caddy.
There are officially no SSDs that will actually work,
and that is because the PS5 is currently waiting
on a firmware update to support it.
However, as you can see,
the hardware is all here for you to install an M.2 SSD
to expand the storage of your PS5.
Because, let's not forget,
there's only 825 gigs of space
on a standard PS5,
and even less when you consider the fact
that there's an operating system
and Astro's Playroom and everything pre-installed.
There is exactly one SSD which is fast enough,
and, at least according to WD,
it meets the certification.
Unfortunately, I can't really test that
because my PS5 doesn't have the firmware update,
but by the time you're watching this video in 2022,
I'm sure it'll work just fine.
So you'll see there are a few different slots here
for the screws.
So there's 30, 42,
60, 80 and 110.
This is for different sizes of M.2 SSDs.
Traditionally, 80 is the most common size,
so what I'm gonna do
is I'm gonna unscrew the 110 slot
and just put that in the 80 slot
once we're ready to install.
So it should be just as simple as slotting
with those gold contacts facing up.
You slot it into the peg on the bottom,
and then, with our screw,
boom, there we go
an extra two terabytes of capacity on our PS5.
Could I show you how this works?
Nope, because, again,
this is not functioning at the moment.
You can install a USB 3.0 hard drive,
for example, you can plug it into the back,
but the problem is it'll work fine for PS4 games,
it actually does not work for PS5 games.
You really do need that high-speed SSD storage
for that to properly work.
Did you just give me an Xbox drive?
This is illegal.
You know you can't plug an Xbox branded drive
into a PlayStation, right?
- [Ken] I mean, that's just a normal hard drive.
- Just imagine this is eight terabytes.
Like you can imagine that this is a good video
worthy of subscribing
and wring-a-linging the ding-a-ling bell
for notifications about this high quality content.
And so, with that,
we've got ourselves one stealthy looking PS5
and some tape.
Are you giving me electronic tape?
They send us yellow?
Ew, we gotta do Oreo, right?
- Do you wanna do Oreo?
- Of course we've gotta do Oreo.
We're gonna go complete reverse colorway
where we've got the crunchy cookies on the outside
and the creamy cream in the inside.
Something like this.
I'm just gonna let you in on a little secret.
It might be a surprise to find out
that I am not good at putting on skins, right?
I rock dbrand skins on my Z Flip, again,
this is not an ad,
this is something I use everyday.
I don't put this on,
my wife is really good at putting it on,
but she spends a lot of time,
she brings up the hairdryer.
I slap skins on,
they look bad,
I'm like, "I don't know why it doesn't look good."
- [Ken] Do you want me to do it?
- Yes, that's what I was actually trying to get,
yeah, can you please do it for me?
- [Ken] Okay.
- Cool, thanks.
- I subscribed to the MKBHD mentality
of matte black forever.
- [Austin] You're wearing a yellow hoodie.
- Oh, look at that.
Wow, I didn't even have to try that hard.
The main reasons
why you would want to skin this glossy piano black plastic
is not only because it attracts dust and scratches a lot,
but it just looks ugly.
Yeah, I'll buy that.
Oh dude, that is so cool.
With the controller too,
oh dude, that is a way better combo than the stock.
- Luckily, you can watch your friends Austin and Ken
make a PlayStation 5 look cool and then immediately ruin it.
(people laughing)
Oh-ho, look at that,
our great looking PS5 that we're about to ruin
with silly accessories
like a cooling fan for PS5 DE slash UHD.
- [Ken] What?
- Every single time we've done a building the ultimate,
we have bought some stupid cooling accessory.
Now, I will say,
after spending some time with the PS5,
it is certainly better than the PS4 was,
but it does get loud.
This has an actually slightly different design
than I would expect.
- [Ken] Wait, is that one actually just USB power.
- It actually just clips in.
- [Ken] What?
- Boom, there we go,
we now have a super cool PS5.
Now, it does have a USB 3.0 pass through,
so theoretically you actually don't lose that USB port.
You still have the same USB port,
it's just using it for power,
and then you have a little switch here
to turn it on and off.
Oh, what is that?
What is that?
Is that?
So just as I was saying
how traditionally cooling stands are terrible and useless,
this looks extra terrible and useless.
This looks like it actually has a little hook
for your headphones.
Is it gonna just push air in
through the bottom of the console?
That's not gonna do anything,
that's not gonna do anything.
For game fans,
feel the new play.
So they have the little dongles inside,
and essentially what this is is USB-C on one end,
so you connect it to your controller,
and then it's magnetic on the other side.
So theoretically, I can just drop it in like this
and it will charge.
All right, well, we're making progress.
We're making progress.
It's looking a whole lot more ultimate
as far as I'm concerned.
- [Ken] So we can put more things on it.
- Oh, that's a great idea.
Okay, so instead of putting your actual audio headset,
you can put PS VR,
provided that you've talked to Sony
and asked for the dongle
to make this work with the PS5,
that we definitely did,
that we're just not
gonna conveniently show on the video (laughs).
- [Ken] Yeah, well, we'll play PS VR off-camera.
- Aren't you so happy you've subscribed to the channel
for nonsense like this.
I know, I'm really happy that I'm still here years later,
making more ultimate PlayStations (laughs).
Can you see the look of happiness on my face right now?
I'm so, so, so happy on the inside.
Decoration accessory for P5.
Oh, these are like the little shell replacements.
Do you have to take apart another PS5 controller?
Can I call Logic again?
- [Ken] No.
- So you can see
that essentially we're gonna replace this black shell here,
and instead we're gonna have a red shell.
So they did give you a little guitar pick to do this with.
I actually prefer to use a little iFixit Spudger.
All right, we got it.
And then theoretically this red one
should just slot right in,
Ayyy, look at that.
But we also have a blue, yeah,
which I think might look a little bit better
on the other controller.
Oh ho!
Now, you may be asking yourself a simple question.
Why, when I clicked on the ultimate PS5 video,
do we have a Digital Edition?
Is it because I'm about to make
my clickbait PS10 video right now?
Next time, but no, not right now.
Instead, we have a slightly more nefarious idea
to take this even more over the top.
So here we have a standard, stock, completely unmodified
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition.
Now, if you've ever seen one of these before,
you'll know that it's essentially the same thing
as a traditional PS5.
The only thing it's really missing is the disc drive.
However, because it is missing the disc drive,
it actually has a slightly different shape.
Personally, one that I actually think that looks better,
but, well, it gave us an idea.
So when you put the Digital Edition beside the standard PS5,
what you'll see
is that the shell here is symmetrical, right?
Because you don't have that hump
for where the optical disc drive goes
like you do here,
which personally I feel like
always looks a little bit weird.
However, so you'll see when you compare the shells,
well, they look similar,
one is much thinner than the other,
which gave us an idea.
What happens if you put the shell from a standard PS5
on a Digital?
Besides fooling your friends
into thinking that you have a cooler PS5.
Now, from the outside,
this now looks exactly like a standard PS5.
What this now gives us is some room inside the chassis.
Now, there are many useful and practical things you can do
with the extra space that we now have right in here.
We're gonna do none of those,
and instead we're gonna put a Nintendo Switch
inside our PS5.
Yeah, that's really the plan right now.
So we're gonna be destroy,
I mean, modifying the dbrand shell for this to happen,
but I can show you what it looks like on the standard shell.
So if I take a switch and I just remove the Joy-Cons,
what you'll see
is that it is almost a perfect fit right here.
So you'll see that once we actually put this on,
actually it'll just slide right in,
and we will have, a Switch inside our PS5.
Now, the only problem with this
is that I can't see the Switch,
but it's in there.
If only I had some cutting implements
to open up a hole in the side of my PS5
so I could see my Switch.
Not sure who thought giving me a Dremel was a good idea,
but let's give this a try.
All right, think I should start in the middle
or should I start on the edge?
(tool spinning)
Okay, so we wanna go a little faster than that.
This is some thick plastic from the robots at dbrand.
All right, think we are pretty close here.
Oh, look at that.
There we go.
Doesn't it look beautiful?
Isn't it a perfectly cut hole
that we definitely had no problems
getting it eloquently cut.
We have sandpaper, right?
- [Ken] Yes.
- Okay, we're gonna need a lot of that.
We'll be right back after this message from our sponsor,
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It might not be pretty,
but this should work now
if our measurements have been correct.
So we'll take the other side panel out of the way,
and you can see,
once we actually just spent a little time sanding
and kind of cleaning it up,
it's not terrible.
It's certainly not quite straight.
It bent a little bit,
you know, these things happen,
but I think there's nothing else for it.
Let's just put the Switch in and see if it actually fits.
How much is it going to suck right now
if the Switch falls through this hole.
Now, I'm gonna do a little test fit here.
I imagine we'll probably wanna use some tape or something
to actually hold it in place for the final fit,
but let's just see if it actually works.
I'm going to place the Switch in the shell.
Actually, I guess that's my first test fit.
Oh, that looks terrible (laughs).
Well, okay, so we may have miscalculated on the bottom.
There seems to be a little daylight there,
but ah, it's not so bad,
okay, well.
It's not permanent,
I will have you know,
we can easily take the Switch out
when we come to our senses.
Hey, hey, hey,
we have a Switch inside our PS5, it works.
Is it the prettiest thing in the world?
No, but is that a Switch that if I could turn it on,
if I had remembered to turn it on before
I put in the PS5, it works.
Now let me put on all the other ultimate stuff
and let's actually see what happens
when you fire up the ultimate PS5 slash ultimate Switch
and play Fortnite,
is that what we're doing (laughs)?
And so, let us see if the ultimate PS5 is still alive.
Oh, yo, the blue against the sort of black shell
actually looks really cool.
Hopefully this actually is all gonna turn on for me.
Oh, look at this,
a module is inserted in the expansion slot.
Turn off your PS5,
remove the module and turn the PS5 back on.
I guess because we had the SSD installed,
it won't straight up even boot.
Oh, okay.
Well, once the firmware update comes out, it'll work,
but I guess we have not built ourselves
the ultimate PS5 yet.
Didn't like that, did it?
Okay, so it does show the PS4 drive.
Now, if I format it,
it will just nuke everything on it.
And so, we can now install two terabytes of PS4 games
on our Xbox drive.
Now, the next thing I would do
is actually plug in our dock and see what happens.
Okay, so our green lights are on,
so it's charging.
Oh yeah, it's charging one controller.
If I drop in the other controller,
controllers charge.
Is the fan on?
And so we have the little fans running on the bottom, okay.
Now let's fire up the rear fans.
Whoa, that's loud.
So now we have five additional fans on our PS5.
Wow, how useful this is.
It's so quiet,
I can barely hear it.
Why do you want your PS5 to be this loud?
Where's this heat even coming from?
- I don't know what difference it can make to the PS5
because there's no vent on the bottom.
- There is a slight little bit of venting on the bottom.
- I mean, a little bit,
but not where these fans are.
I think I would allow my PS5 to suffer in the heat
before having to deal with how loud these fans are.
- Well, I think now
we really just need to get into the Switch
because you've already got Fortnite loaded on here, right?
- Yes.
- All right.
Let's go head to head,
1v1 me bro.
It is time for the ultimate PS5 Switch showdown.
On one side,
I have myself the ultimate PS5,
and on the little side,
Ken's playing on the Switch.
I mean (coughs) our secondary PlayStation compute unit
featuring Nintendo.
- This is the screen that your little brother plays on.
You enlisted me to do this,
even though I have really never played Fortnite in my life.
- You've played more Fortnite than I have.
- That is an absolute lie.
So the funny thing about this
is the interface for Fortnite on the Switch is so tiny
and we didn't leave enough room on the top of the Switch
to see where my menus are with how I cut this.
So I have to actually lean in here and figure that out.
- Wait, where are we dropping?
Where are we dropping?
- I don't know,
you play this game more than I do.
- All right, all right,
shall we just not engage?
Oh God, oh, we're top eight.
Oh, oh, wait, wait,
is that the last person, last person.
We're gonna win, get them, get them,
it's just us versus them!
Ken, we can do this,
we can do this!
We just did it,
we just won a game of Fortnite!!!
Oh, we just won!!!
I have never won a game of Fortnite in my life
and we just did it together
with the power of the ultimate PS5 on our first try.
Thank you very much for watching this episode,
make sure to subscribe and ring-a-ling the ding-a-ling bell
for other sweet Fortnite montages like this (laughs).
We did it.
- [Ken] That was great.
- The power of friendship.
(upbeat music)