Austin Evans, a well known tech YouTuber acquired a brand new CFI-1200 mannequin of the PlayStation 5 and investigated it. This specific mannequin was quietly launched in Australia on the finish of August 2022.
Evans additionally acquired the then-new mannequin CFI-1100 final 12 months and prompted some controversy when he claimed that the smaller heatsink of that exact mannequin might end in a worse console and trigger it to lose efficiency. This principle was later debunked by Digital Foundry and in response to them, the smaller heatsink would end in neither a greater nor worse console in comparison with the launch mannequin.
It’s price noting that Austin Evans is now claiming that the brand new CFI-1200 mannequin of the PlayStation 5 console is quite a bit higher because of varied modifications made to its inner elements.
Evans says that the brand new PlayStation 5 mode has a totally completely different motherboard which is quite a bit smaller in comparison with the earlier fashions.
In keeping with him, the CFI-1200 mannequin has a smaller heatsink in comparison with CFI-1100, nevertheless, it incorporates a warmth pipe that goes via to the alternative facet of the console. Evans additionally famous that the SSD enclosure now options a greater protect.
The brand new heatsink and the motherboard mixed weigh 0.2kg much less in comparison with the earlier mannequin, nevertheless, because of the added assist for the console’s black plastic mildew, the burden of all the console has barely elevated in comparison with its predecessor.
Austin additionally claims that the CFI-1200 mannequin is extra environment friendly by way of energy consumption and after some testing, it was concluded that the brand new mannequin solely pulls round 201 watts.
Evans additionally identified that many elements have been moved round, together with the CMOS battery which is now hidden behind the heatsink.
He says that this can be a draw back as you would want to utterly disassemble your PS5 with a purpose to change it.
General, that is the second time that Sony has revised its {hardware} to make the PlayStation 5 a bit lighter. The primary time was in July 2021 after they launched the CFI-1100 sequence which was lighter than the launch model.
