Austin Evans, a widely 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 brought about some controversy when he claimed that the smaller heatsink of that individual mannequin may end in a worse console and trigger it to lose efficiency. This idea was later debunked by Digital Foundry and in accordance with 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 so much higher as a result of numerous adjustments made to its inner elements.
Evans says that the brand new PlayStation 5 mode has a very completely different motherboard which is so much smaller in comparison with the earlier fashions.
In keeping with him, the CFI-1200 mannequin has a smaller heatsink in comparison with CFI-1100, nonetheless, it contains a warmth pipe that goes via to the other facet of the console. Evans additionally famous that the SSD enclosure now options a greater defend.
The brand new heatsink and the motherboard mixed weigh 0.2kg much less in comparison with the earlier mannequin, nonetheless, as a result of added assist for the console’s black plastic mildew, the load of your complete console has barely elevated in comparison with its predecessor.
Austin additionally claims that the CFI-1200 mannequin is extra environment friendly when it comes to 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 it is a draw back as you would want to fully disassemble your PS5 with a purpose to exchange 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 once they launched the CFI-1100 collection which was lighter than the launch model.
