Video shows much smaller heatsink in PS5 first revision without disk drive

By admin On Aug 30, 2021

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The first revision of the PlayStation 5 without a disk drive, which was released recently, has a much smaller heatsink than the launch model. That explains the difference in weight of 300 grams. According to a comparison by YouTuber Austin Evans, this makes the new model warmer.

A short test in which Evans compares the heat emitted at the back of the new PlayStation 5 Digital Edition with the previous model shows that the new revision with the smaller heatsink gets about 3 to 5 degrees Celsius warmer. The consumption and the noise production are almost the same.

According to Evans, Sony does use a slightly better fan in the new model, but it cannot compensate for the much smaller heatsink. The new revision also has two instead of four WiFi antennas and a WiFi chip with a different number. The implications of that change are not yet clear.

Evans obtained the new model of the PlayStation 5 from Japan; it is a CFI-1100B revision, which he compares with the CFI-1015B. Both consoles are Digital Editions without a disk drive. The custom console is also already being sold in Australia and is expected to be released worldwide, as is common with console revisions.

The version numbers of the PlayStation 5 are on the box, but Sony uses different numbers in different parts of the world. There is also a CFI-1102A version, with a new screw for the foot, so that it can be installed without a screwdriver.

For now, only the CFI-1100B version has been confirmed to have the smaller cooler. It is not known whether Sony will also implement the changes with the more expensive models with disk drives. It is obvious that Sony will implement the adjustment on all PlayStation 5 consoles. A smaller heatsink ensures lower production costs.

It is common for manufacturers to release revisions with changes over the lifetime of a console. The fact that Sony adjusts the cooling capacity of the PlayStation 5 is striking. The PlayStation 4 and 4 Pro were known as noisy consoles due to poor cooling. The PlayStation 5 also makes more noise in its original configuration than the Xbox Series X.