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DIY Perks made a 1.9cm slim PS5... sponsored by Dbrand of all things lol:


1.9cm thin PS5 !!!
Yeah, so the guy made a pretty impressive 2cm thick brass box for the motherboard. With water cooling and some other power supply outside in this huge panel... cooled with tons of small fans

Spoiler: And some pics:

This is impressive engineering for the sake of it but all in all you end up with square thin box with big loud box to power and cool it.

 

[Fahdis]

This isn't really a thin then is it? Its just basically moving all its bigger parts in another form factor. While you showcase the thin box for everyone else.

 

[Zeroing]

Oh the guy who make things out of brass. His DIY are not that impressive, the PS5 brass cover was but the rest of his channel is meh.

 

[TLZ]

This is impressive engineering for the sake of it but all in all you end up with square thin box with big loud box to power and cool it.

Which makes it unimpressive

 

[EverydayBeast]

Weirdest slim version of a console ever.

 

[cireza]

Somehow the guy made the PS5 look even worse. Looks really convenient as well.

 

[Celcius]

That's ugly

 

[bender]

This is impressive engineering for the sake of it...

 

[TheInfamousKira]

This is dumb.

 

[ParaSeoul]

Not a fan.

 

[March Climber]

If the slim version of either of the 4k consoles come out, expect the power brick to be as big as a Ghostbusters trap.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Little bigger than series s would be more then fine imo

 

[Putonahappyface]

Awful.

 

[Jennings]

Not a fan.

Right, it's watercooled.

 

[iHaunter]

This isn't really a thin then is it? Its just basically moving all its bigger parts in another form factor. While you showcase the thin box for everyone else.

How's the cooling on this? Looks pretty shit?

 

[jaysius]

It’s not 1.9cm it’s that and whatever dimensions the psu monstrosity is.

 

[Tripolygon]

It’s not 1.9cm it’s that and whatever dimensions the psu monstrosity is.

It is literally 1.9cm, the external PSU is never counted as part of the dimension of the main unit. Now it just so happens that the PSU and Cooler is housed in a gigantic box. Lol

 

[Hawking Radiation]

His brass PS5 was pretty cool. Not so sure about this one.

 

[Neff]

I put the GPU in a matchbox and hid the rest of the PS5's guts behind a wall. Eat your heart out Cerny.

 

[nominedomine]

The old Xbox trick of having a massive power brick to hide under the table (but to be honest I liked it, made it easier to replace).

 

[N0S]

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Well, he's doing it for youtube clicks, but it's interesting. Unless you live in a drawer, you don't need a console to be that thin, or thinner than the PS5 to begin with.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Why does he make such things

 

[N30RYU]

Claims to be the first doing a Ps5 slim... the result is almost as big, if not bigger

 

[Elginer]

If the slim version of either of the 4k consoles come out, expect the power brick to be as big as a Ghostbusters trap.

I believe it. I take the good with the bad. These babies are big bitches but it's all good. Big is beautiful.

 

[Foilz]

Great job doing this project but no one including Sony would ever do this. There's way too many things that could go wrong

 

[freefornow]

The old Xbox trick of having a massive power brick to hide under the table (but to be honest I liked it, made it easier to replace).

Xbox trick?

 

[Beechos]

Whats to stop someone from just taking the bluray drive and putting the power/reset/usb port on it and everything else in a breakout box.

 

[nominedomine]

Xbox trick?

Well, I associated it with Xbox since the 360 and the Xbox One were like that. I didn't have any of those consoles.

 

[jaysius]

Well, I associated it with Xbox since the 360 and the Xbox One were like that. I didn't have any of those consoles.

Xbox One did this “trick” too, but it still looked like a 1980‘s VCR.

 

[Popup]

As with most engineering projects, the journey is the most interesting, regardless of the end result. The fact that it ends up taking up more space is obviously pretty pointless and impractical for most people.

With some tough challenges and neat ideas along the way though, the threat of the PSU and cooling were always there, and likely to cause a major problem. Sure he could spend time reducing this footprint but it will still end up taking up more space.

Obviously the console manufacturers had explored many options too, and this video clearly shows that a slim version will ultimately rely on time to allow a more efficient SOC, needing less power and smaller cooling solutions.

 

[Dream-Knife]

The old Xbox trick of having a massive power brick to hide under the table (but to be honest I liked it, made it easier to replace).

Original Xbox had it internally.

 

[Brigandier]

That is absolute shite

 

[March Climber]

Xbox trick?

To be fair to nominedomine , the size of Xbox 360 and Xbox One power bricks are monumentally larger than the ones you've linked, to the point where they've decided to stylize a couple of the models like they were accessories.

I'd be interested in how Sony would make their power brick look fancy for the PS5 slim.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Why bring cringe?. I found it amusing. Liked those videos of 'primitive' people building mansions in the middle of the forest with their bare hands, sticks and some mud.

 

[freefornow]

To be fair to nominedomine , the size of Xbox 360 and Xbox One power bricks are monumentally larger than the ones you've linked, to the point where they've decided to stylize a couple of the models like they were accessories.

I'd be interested in how Sony would make their power brick look fancy for the PS5 slim.

I expect any PS5 slim (if there is one) to be along the lines of the PS3 slim. Keep the internal power supply.
Both PS5 and XSX power supplies have good internal cooling designs utilising the existing cooling fan. Doubt either would go external again as it becomes another cost (manufacturing a power brick with cable/housing/fan etc).

 

[Portugeezer]

Damn, that slim PS5 comes with a free bench.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

DIY Perks made a 1.9cm slim PS5... sponsored by Dbrand of all things lol:


1.9cm thin PS5 !!!
Yeah, so the guy made a pretty impressive 2cm thick brass box for the motherboard. With water cooling and some other power supply outside in this huge panel... cooled with tons of small fans

Spoiler: And some pics:

This is impressive engineering for the sake of it but all in all you end up with square thin box with big loud box to power and cool it.

The awkwardness of this project's result just makes the OG PS5 appear even more impressive.

 

[RobRSG]

Ugly as sin.

 

[Fahdis]

How's the cooling on this? Looks pretty shit?

I mean it looks ok at best, if you act like the actual PS5 is a soundbar and the wafer/liquid cpu is in the small box.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i hope we get an official PS5 Slim soon. that thing we have right now is a monstrosity. i don't want to have to look at that. give me something like this:

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The amount of haters in here is impressive.

 

[ReBurn]

I thought it was interesting

 

[SantaC]

The awkwardness of this project's result just makes the OG PS5 appear even more impressive.

Billion dollar company design better looking console than a random person. OG PS5 is hardly impressive in that aspect.

 

[Haggard]

so a sexy slim case with a giant external power/cooling unit.

That is just stupid......

 

[Neo 007]

Think I'll wait for the Official thanks.

 

[Three]

To be fair to nominedomine , the size of Xbox 360 and Xbox One power bricks are monumentally larger than the ones you've linked, to the point where they've decided to stylize a couple of the models like they were accessories.

I'd be interested in how Sony would make their power brick look fancy for the PS5 slim.

Not to mention that the 360 and xbox one were later gen consoles whereas the ones before were from a bygone era without universal power supplies.

 

[geary]

The amount of haters in here is impressive.

That's what I'm thinking too. And taking into account some people don't know to set the console as home, but they criticized a fun challenging project.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Billion dollar company design better looking console than a random person. OG PS5 is hardly impressive in that aspect.

I disagree.

That billion-dollar company has to design a console that is cheap enough to manufacture to generate a certain sales margin at a given retail price point. This random person has no such restriction and can spend hundreds of dollars on their pet project. And they routinely do.

The fact that with this slim metal chassis and liquid cooling he still results in a dirty great ugly fan + radiator module, while Sony is able to fit all their console cooling using air (i.e. lower cooling capability) in a single compact package; yeah, I think that's impressive.

 

[Zimmy68]

World's three hundred and something modded PS5.
There is no such thing as a PS5 Slim.
The world's first will be when Sony makes it.