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| [* black] Underneath metal shield number two: a massive heatsink and funky-looking power supply. | |
| [* black] Since heat rises naturally, it makes sense that this heatsink is designed to move heat upward through all those heat pipes we saw earlier in the X-ray. All the while, the heat radiating through the silver fin stacks is blown away by the fan. | |
| [* black] [https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/Ogc4SdISJgZutEcD.huge|Compared to the Xbox Series X's heatsink|new_window=true], the PS5's definitely has some more surface area to spread that hot hot heat. The PS5 doesn’t use a vapor chamber like the Series X, but [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAY-jAjm0w&feature=youtu.be&t=382|Sony claims] their combination of copper heat pipes and heatsinks is just as effective. | |
| [* icon_note] Hanging out below the giant heatsink is the PS5's boot-shaped 350-watt enclosed power supply—which is more than enough for the tested [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGNfqVvPtk&feature=youtu.be&t=287|200W draw] at full load, and a bit more even than the 315W power supply we found in the Series X. | |
| + | [* black] Here's a [https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/eL1SWEt1hdjhHvRh.full|closeup of the specs|new_window=true], for those of you who asked—the PSU itself is made by Delta. |