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PS5 Teardown – Wow! I didn’t expect that

Sony’s PS5 teardown gave us a rare glimpse inside the console ahead of its November release. Host of CNET and TechRepublic’s Cracking Open, Bill Detwiler, watches the PS5 disassembly and shares his reactions…check out the massive heat sink and liquid metal TIM!

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Sony’s PS5 teardown gave us a rare glimpse inside the console ahead of its November release. Host of CNET and TechRepublic’s Cracking Open, Bill Detwiler, watches the PS5 disassembly and shares his reactions…check out the massive heat sink and liquid metal TIM!

143 Comments

  1. Kevin Manyara

    October 8, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    Pretty good cooling on that PS5!. My PS4 Pro has been my secondary apartment warmer over the past winter!

  2. Checks Cache

    October 8, 2020 at 11:42 pm

    My brain is literally salivating waiting for this 🙂

    • smackachicken

      October 8, 2020 at 11:45 pm

      gross

    • MogwaiInjustice

      October 9, 2020 at 12:08 am

      Literally?!?!

    • Alex Annan

      October 9, 2020 at 12:13 am

      You should get that checked out.

  3. unwrapping by mimi koteng

    October 8, 2020 at 11:47 pm

    Jimmy don’t have to rig this time. They’ve done it for you.

  4. daz j

    October 8, 2020 at 11:49 pm

    Flat head screw..just saying

  5. Random10

    October 8, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    the small battery he is talking about is visible at 13:33 on the board.

    • campkira

      October 9, 2020 at 1:24 am

      yeah jusst there for the clock…

  6. Michael Jacob

    October 8, 2020 at 11:58 pm

    You actually see the battery @ 13:34

  7. Vineeth Raj

    October 8, 2020 at 11:59 pm

    You’re 24 hours late.

    • CNET

      October 9, 2020 at 12:07 am

      Did they cancel the console?

    • Vineeth Raj

      October 9, 2020 at 12:28 am

      @CNET Yes.

    • M.A.D.E.144

      October 9, 2020 at 12:37 am

      Lmao burned by CNET

    • Vineeth Raj

      October 9, 2020 at 12:55 am

      @M.A.D.E.144 burned what?

  8. Lanre Akerele

    October 8, 2020 at 11:59 pm

    This video actually motivates me to dream of becoming a successful engineer, which’s a great explanation of the PS5 tear down from Yasuhiro Ootori to identify each electrical component, circuit board and other parts inside the new Sony console.

  9. Anwar Abdullah

    October 9, 2020 at 12:01 am

    How do i get to the original video?

    • PoloBoyPrince

      October 9, 2020 at 12:20 am

      just type in ps5 teardown

  10. Jacqueline LaBarge

    October 9, 2020 at 12:03 am

    Oh crap, the SSD is on board?! That means a failure is catastrophic! Not good design, surprised Sony would screw up that bad!

    • Jacqueline LaBarge

      October 9, 2020 at 1:13 am

      @MogwaiInjustice and yet I have had it happen, especially in intense read/write scenarios like ML. Don`t forget that one of the selling points is file size can be smaller because of read speeds, but that will mean more reads and writes in the same location at higher speeds and heats. It may take a year but you will start to see drive failures and a v2 with a real replaceable drive.

    • Xperience Pureness

      October 9, 2020 at 1:14 am

      The proprietary storage that Xbox uses is even more prone to damage/failure, especially if you often plug it in and unplug it.

    • Jacqueline LaBarge

      October 9, 2020 at 1:22 am

      @Xperience Pureness Which is why proprietary solutions are bad for the consumer. If I can`t fix it that is bad for me, bad for the environment and bad for the market. Right to Repair! But are you REALLY trying to tell me you have never pushed onboard storage hard enough to kill it. Not a computer scientist I take it.

    • campkira

      October 9, 2020 at 1:26 am

      they know… but it also why their ssd is faster than xbox…

    • campkira

      October 9, 2020 at 1:27 am

      @MogwaiInjustice if you keep moving game.. it will happen.. right after the warrenty run out…

  11. Barik Singh

    October 9, 2020 at 12:07 am

    Take a shot every time he says “cool”

  12. Vivens B

    October 9, 2020 at 12:09 am

    13:35 you can see the battery?

  13. iseetrolledpeople

    October 9, 2020 at 12:12 am

    The diff between the original video and this guy talking man. It’s like a warm relaxing cup of tea and g-fuel.

  14. Kubeanie Gaming

    October 9, 2020 at 12:20 am

    You’re a very convincing Sony pony. I’m glad you enjoy your expensive plastic box.

    • RECO GRAY

      October 9, 2020 at 12:30 am

      Plastic box on a cringy plastic base with 12 year old “Cool” compartments and a tampon plug.

  15. cncsmarty

    October 9, 2020 at 12:24 am

    😎

  16. art of war on 2 wheels

    October 9, 2020 at 12:25 am

    Ad he siiiiiivvvvvveeeeee lmfaooooooo.
    How about shhhhh….so ppl can just watch the guy in the know doing it 🤯🤔

  17. RECO GRAY

    October 9, 2020 at 12:27 am

    Thats cool.
    Dudes its a silly plastice base with silly cringy plugs and a cheesy rotating moving compartment that you need to have in excess to the console just to make it stand and lay flat its horrible. For the price you get silly plastic parts its a joke.
    Grow up man stop talking like a child.

  18. D. Trump

    October 9, 2020 at 12:28 am

    I love Japanese people. They’re so smart and intelligent and make fantastic products.

    • campkira

      October 9, 2020 at 1:26 am

      i don’t like it.. it just about the same ps4 pro but bigger…

  19. xxnike629xx

    October 9, 2020 at 12:37 am

    3:49 This expansion slot is for an SSD; not a hard drive.

    • campkira

      October 9, 2020 at 1:23 am

      nvmd…

  20. matthew s

    October 9, 2020 at 12:46 am

    holding the base, Phillips screw? nahhhh

  21. bovinespongiformflu

    October 9, 2020 at 1:02 am

    Its illegal to void warranty’s for opening a device you are spreading misinformation.

    • BJ Rodriguez

      October 9, 2020 at 1:21 am

      The Terms and Conditions they have you agree to upon set up says otherwise. LOL😅 May depend on the country where you are. Whats illegal in one country can’t be illegal everywhere🤷🏻‍♂️

    • bovinespongiformflu

      October 9, 2020 at 1:25 am

      @BJ Rodriguez it’s a federal law in the USA. I would post a link but yt will filter it.

    • campkira

      October 9, 2020 at 1:25 am

      you can open and change both the side plate or clean the fan without voiding thr warranty… as long as you don’t tounh the sticker.. while xbox it on the side…. you can sue them for it.. but it won’t worth the legal fee for a 500 buck machine…

  22. Azifmikayre Gard

    October 9, 2020 at 1:03 am

    The base screw is not a Phillips 🤦‍♂️

    • iownu92

      October 9, 2020 at 1:22 am

      Ha, didn’t even realize he said that. That’s a flathead, dude! lol

  23. wero liera

    October 9, 2020 at 1:07 am

    Cool

  24. Richie Foster

    October 9, 2020 at 1:13 am

    Technical teardown commentary by a guy who doesn’t know what a philips screw is 🤦

  25. Harry Jozeph

    October 9, 2020 at 1:24 am

    That’s Cool…

  26. Andreas T.H

    October 9, 2020 at 9:25 am

    Oh, oh, that’s NEAT!! He’s so into it!!!

  27. Anthony Sun

    October 9, 2020 at 9:39 am

    Cool

  28. fUll 951

    October 9, 2020 at 9:42 am

    “Invalidate manufacturer guarantee” you mean warranty? Isn’t this illegal for them to keep claiming now?

    • Jesus Christ

      October 9, 2020 at 6:02 pm

      no? you lose warranty if you open up a electronic product more than the intended amount

    • fUll 951

      October 9, 2020 at 7:03 pm

      @Jesus Christ and at what point is that achieved here because that warranty sticker comes really early.

    • Jesus Christ

      October 9, 2020 at 7:32 pm

      @fUll 951 when u pull out the warranty sticker u can access the heat sink and other parts. when u dont, u can only access the fan, extra ssd.

  29. Ray Johnson

    October 9, 2020 at 9:43 am

    that are at 3:50 was a m.2 slot

  30. Ahmed Ghazal

    October 9, 2020 at 10:22 am

    Whats the thing that you didn’t expect?
    I watched all this because of “wow! I didn’t expect that”. Where’s the wow part in all this?
    You youtubers are full of bs

  31. CyPsyShyGuy

    October 9, 2020 at 11:28 am

    why not build a PC instead?

  32. ChumpyChicken2

    October 9, 2020 at 12:33 pm

    This guy made so many mistakes… unbelievable

  33. Aaron Jefferson

    October 9, 2020 at 12:33 pm

    He got a lot of stuff wrong. They are not using a vapor chamber Sony said it’s similar

  34. Rinku Multani

    October 9, 2020 at 12:39 pm

    nvidia 3080 vs 3090 is 6 tflops difference but in real world gaming performance 3090 is 5-10% better depending on the games.
    So 2 tlops is like 2-3 % better and barely noticeable
    Ps5 ssd is the real big deal here going to next gen that will improve how games look and perform.

  35. Daragh O'Donoghue

    October 9, 2020 at 12:44 pm

    1:35 … It’s not a philips screw.
    3:48 … It’s not for a harddrive
    9:20 … They are ribbon cables
    14:22 … It’s not a vapor chamber

    Just because you said “cool” a thousand times, does not make you cool.

    Very poor video, with the most basic observations that we all made ourselves. I thought I was gonna learn something, but no. I suppose this is CNET.

  36. Arief Mubiar

    October 9, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    We can watch video on YouTube with caption on and English auto translation.

  37. Theofanis Dokos

    October 9, 2020 at 1:25 pm

    and the microsoft technicians laughed hahaha

  38. Mark Bartoszek

    October 9, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    Really cool indeed!

  39. Miha Stravs

    October 9, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    But is it cool? 🙂

  40. Lord Ektor

    October 9, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    downvote. If you are going to point out the Xbox advantages you might as well point out all the differences. The new Xbox isn’t 3.8ghz for the CPU if you turn on the new features it’s then 3.6ghz only and all new games will probably use this mode. The Xbox doesn’t have 16 gigs of fast ram it has a split pool with 10 gigs for gaming at 560gb/s and 6 reserved for the OS clocked slower at 336gb/s. The PS5 has 3.5 more gigs of ram usable for games than the Xbox Series X. The PS5 has a SSD double the speed of the Series X SSD

  41. Nostra TV

    October 9, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    it would be perfect if we can intall microsoft office and use it as daily PC 🤔👍🏻💯😁

  42. Bruno Pascoal

    October 9, 2020 at 4:23 pm

    At 13:29 when he flips the board, you can actually see the battery that you were mentioning earlier.

  43. Armando B

    October 9, 2020 at 5:26 pm

    But can it play my old VHS tapes?

  44. SeeYouInTea

    October 9, 2020 at 5:37 pm

    This console is so ugly. The plastic on consoles is so ugly.

  45. Gursimran Athwal

    October 9, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    Well it looks like Dbrand will be busy for the next couple of years

  46. Christopher Allwood

    October 9, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    “THIS IS COOL”

  47. David Bakut

    October 9, 2020 at 8:21 pm

    They used multiple motherboards for the teardown. There is one that has the cmos battery in place and is in the vide. You can also see the cooling paste on the SSDs.

  48. rubenrar1

    October 9, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    My only concern is the screw for the stand, it looks pretty shiny,sometimes that could mean that the screw is made of aluminum, during the PlayStation 4 pro days, you had to go to Best buy and buy their brand of the stand but the problem was the screw was made of aluminum and it’s very easy to over tighten it and it doesn’t secure good so we had to use a steel screw instead.

  49. kbbl11

    October 9, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    For some reason this video misinform everything that was perfectly explained on the original one….

  50. KrissowskiM

    October 10, 2020 at 12:19 am

    It’s not a Phillips screw!!!!

  51. Jason Brown

    October 10, 2020 at 5:08 am

    I like how he called the ssd a hdd and this is who works at CNET? They just let anyone work there I guess

    • Abdelrahman Dafalla

      October 10, 2020 at 6:53 am

      U want to work there and rejected ?

  52. Milan Dewenter

    October 10, 2020 at 5:25 am

    3.5 GHz PS5 with smt enabled and Series X 3.6 GHz.

  53. Jesus McBeth

    October 10, 2020 at 5:54 am

    Nobody’s gonna buy the blue ray version cuz if u need one u can buy one seperatly and even connect it to the console or maybe the TV directly etc

  54. Kurt

    October 10, 2020 at 7:15 am

    what i like about this is how easy the side panels come off it shows that we could get custom ones later on

  55. Neo

    October 10, 2020 at 7:16 am

    I can see the CMOS battery just right there @13:31. I think they showed a different board without the thermal paste and such just for clean video purposes

  56. Harry RS

    October 10, 2020 at 7:42 am

    The idea of this video is to ensure consumer that Sony making PS as a dedicated machine for gaming which targeting gamers and enthusiasts

  57. zeb bennett

    October 10, 2020 at 8:07 am

    this is as big as a pc lol what the heck

  58. Candy Boy

    October 10, 2020 at 8:29 am

    13:33 now you can see the battery in there!

  59. ahmad al-jallad

    October 10, 2020 at 8:31 am

    I don’t know why you are talking like you don’t know anything about computers 😂😂😂😂😂

  60. Vicky T

    October 10, 2020 at 8:38 am

    1:18 That is a flat head screw not a phillips.

    Lost all credibility at this point on wards.

  61. D. E. Bodiford

    October 10, 2020 at 8:39 am

    “Regular phillips screw.”
    Man unscrews flat head screw with a specialty flat head screw driver.

  62. Mohammad Tavassoti

    October 10, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    Alright we get it. It’s COOL! Are we cool now? Cool.

  63. Christopher Chapman

    October 10, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    Geez that thing is big!

  64. Secret Horse

    October 10, 2020 at 1:04 pm

    What was the point of this video? You didn’t provide anything new or even explain anything that couldn’t be easily discerned from the original. Boring.

  65. Ihtesham Emon

    October 10, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    Liquid metal is the best ❤️

  66. Riyaz Abdul Nazir

    October 10, 2020 at 3:23 pm

    Cmos battery is shown in the next frame when he overturns the board.

  67. Brandon Sims

    October 10, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    He’s saying Um and Uhh way too much for me. Distracting.

  68. Laurent de backer

    October 10, 2020 at 4:08 pm

    They aren’t using a vapor chamber. They said it act’s like a vapor chamber because of the way it’s constructed. You are right about the CMOS battery, which can be seen installed when they show the cpu.

  69. j a

    October 10, 2020 at 6:52 pm

    It’s a 120mm “double intake” fan, did he even watch the video?

  70. Cristian Colta

    October 10, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    Great analysis, but you (and everyone else) missed the thing that moves some of the heat from the APU through the PCB to the other side, where the ram is.

  71. Ajeroz

    October 10, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Take a shot everytime he says cool!

  72. Cristhian

    October 10, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    To sum up: IT’S COOL

  73. MatthewPlays_YT

    October 10, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    e

  74. jeff c

    October 11, 2020 at 12:26 am

    The new Xbox is a lot easier to take apart. This is a lot more complicated.

  75. Consig1iere

    October 11, 2020 at 1:07 am

    Is it me or the PS5 enclosure looks dated like the old Alienware pcs. I really wish they kept it similar to the PS4 design.

  76. Brandon Niette

    October 11, 2020 at 3:24 am

    Okay well I still give this guy some credit for everything that was pronounced wrong but if someone was to walk up to me and hand me the 5 I would definitely not hesitate to grab it and run in my room and plug it up and play for hours 😉 😁👍

  77. Ed Garcia

    October 11, 2020 at 6:04 am

    Still NO Optical Audio output!!!

  78. Koorosh Mafi

    October 11, 2020 at 9:03 am

    Damn, Sony took the “make this console quieter” to another level

  79. Rising Cookie

    October 11, 2020 at 10:19 am

    1. The Xsx’s 3.8Ghz is in non SIMD mode. It is 3.6GHZ in SIMD mode opposed to (up to) 3.5 GHZ of PS5
    2. PS5 heatsink has performance which is equivalent to vapour chamber, not that it is one.

  80. Ben Adelaide

    October 11, 2020 at 11:48 am

    Pretty bad when the “wow you didn’t know that” referred to the presenter not knowing anything and the comments having to correct his mistakes. Why put this video out? Are clocks worth your credibility?

  81. sainuudotcom

    October 11, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    The CPU is supported by 2 Decompression Co Processors and the GPU is supported by Cache scrubbers. Anyone who thinks this doesn’t make any difference does not understand how this system works. Real world results are going to be amazing.

  82. Maurice Burdock

    October 11, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    How is anything to do with the stand cool????

  83. Maurice Burdock

    October 11, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    This design is ludicrous!

  84. Christopher Smith

    October 11, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    So I can’t add more memory?

  85. L.A. Ang

    October 11, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    1:35 That’s clearly not a Phillips screw.

  86. iAmSaltyBanana

    October 11, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    The PS5 reminds me of RK900…

  87. David A

    October 11, 2020 at 7:37 pm

    Sony is doing CNet’s job

  88. malcolm garrett

    October 11, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    The Xbots are complaining that you need a screwdriver to take off the base. You can use a regular kitchen butter knife lol

  89. Daniel Mnd'jr

    October 11, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    Jake Peralta: Cool cool cool cool cool cool :/

  90. Chris Biggs

    October 11, 2020 at 8:23 pm

    Having a removable base just to go vertical is not “cool”. It’s a hassle. Speaking of “cool” someone needs to count the amount of times he says “cool”. Maybe even make it a drinking game.

  91. Tanzim Showmic

    October 11, 2020 at 8:34 pm

    Sony just hired the nerd of the decade for this demo

  92. MrGriff305

    October 11, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    looks like a destop PC.. huge!

  93. MrGriff305

    October 11, 2020 at 8:48 pm

    that cooling system just screams power.. so nice

    • Nophurno

      October 12, 2020 at 6:33 am

      Xbox is better in my opinion. I’m not saying Playstation is bad, just I prefer Xbox over Playstation.

  94. Bryan DC

    October 11, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    The disc screw thing (the removal of the disc, the slot for the screw and the filler for the screw hole) is so Japanese… ingenious. Simply amazing.

  95. Carlos Rodríguez

    October 11, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    Alternate reality when a Phillips screw is a flat head screw and vice versa. Maybe he said it on purpose? Lol … who am I kidding. Still, I am buying the PS5 for sure.

  96. Deividas Navickas

    October 11, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    Can’t stand watch him with uneven shaven beard. Can’t even stand to hear him: does recognise phillips screw, says doesnt know the fan size, then tells the dimension, clearly 4 holes says its maybe 2. Lost it…
    Seems he commended while watching for the first time instead of getting familiar first..

  97. bmoneybby

    October 11, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    EngineeRing never ceases to amaze me

  98. hossein jafary

    October 11, 2020 at 10:51 pm

    Waiting for digital foundry review

  99. gridokun

    October 12, 2020 at 12:11 am

    fun fact:

    Cooling System has the word, “cool” in it.

  100. Black Thread

    October 12, 2020 at 12:53 am

    Please get somebody else to do commentary, he doesn’t have to narrate every little thing and he gets so many things wrong

  101. Mohammed Jello

    October 12, 2020 at 3:40 am

    Too much “Cool” word in here

  102. assdiscord heko

    October 12, 2020 at 4:26 am

    I’ve heard “kind of” enough it’s driving me insane

  103. assdiscord heko

    October 12, 2020 at 4:30 am

    This is why you need a scripts at least……

  104. Alshafi

    October 12, 2020 at 4:55 am

    Only if I could get $1 every time he says “cool”🤑

  105. LORDE 2729

    October 12, 2020 at 5:56 am

    Its huge

  106. 75ur15

    October 12, 2020 at 7:58 am

    @1:35 Phillips?
    Freeze at 9:38, there was a battery there you can see the shine
    @13:12
    Soldered on ssd is a death sentence for people who like to keep their consoles for 20+ years…..unless it can boot from an m.2……even assuming it is mlc…(and at speeds advertised it should be all or mlc….mlc at price) it has a tbw limit that won’t do for collectors 20 years from now.

  107. gareth williams

    October 12, 2020 at 8:03 am

    Not sure 🤔 if I’m happy with the ssd fully attached to the mother board.what if it fails ?

  108. J R

    October 12, 2020 at 8:59 am

    The consoles are the only way I’m gonna get a reliable RTX support and I cannot wait for these reviews!

  109. Sanman Parvalkar

    October 12, 2020 at 9:03 am

    Jerryrig be like, are you kidding me

  110. MovieGeek29

    October 12, 2020 at 9:26 am

    I wonder if you’re able to put in your own SSD inside the non-disk drive version of the PS5?

  111. Fred Bassett

    October 12, 2020 at 10:14 am

    This video is cnets version of that terrible build that went viral from Verge.

  112. iroony89

    October 12, 2020 at 1:14 pm

    teraflops means nothing. The series x has 52 cuda cores clocked at 1.8ghz and the ps5 has 36 clocked up to 2.23 all you have to do is look at the last generation of AMD card vs nvidia cards to see raw power on paper means nothing!!.

    The series x also runs at 3.6ghz on the CPU with SMT enabled, just fyi.

    also the screw driver is a flat head, you could even use a coin.

    Most drives are married to the board, so its not a matter of just popping in another drive and expecting it to work

    The cooling system is NOT a vapor chamber like the Series X is, but it will perform SIMILAR to a vapor chamber.

  113. Fernando Garza

    October 12, 2020 at 4:43 pm

    This guy is too F***ng annoying.

  114. TboneNY10

    October 12, 2020 at 5:07 pm

    This is one large console. You can really see the scale of it in this vid.

  115. Jay Kingsun

    October 12, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    So I’m of two minds here. Either sony finally got serious about cooling or the PS5 runs hot. Which could be a problem where I live.

  116. wayneswirl

    October 12, 2020 at 11:00 pm

    Take a shot everytime he says “cool”. Congrats you are dead.

  117. Philip Corkerton

    October 12, 2020 at 11:41 pm

    how do they get the ssd chips to 825 gb, when thoses chips are set for either 125, 265 or 512gb. there’s no config that fits 825gb

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