Sony Fan Builds PS5 Slim
Historically, Sony has always ended up developing the Slim versions of its consoles around the mid-point of their respective hardware generations. While the odds are good that something similar will happen with PS5, too, it's unlikely that the device's official release is going to happen anytime soon, judging by the current state of silicon production if nothing else.
That's not to say that the community can't iterate on Sony's design in the meantime, however. Matthew Perks had a similar idea, and since he's the owner of DIY Perks, a YouTube channel that specializes in designing, conceptualizing, and building homebrew gadgets, PCs, and gaming consoles, he took it upon himself to build a proper PS5 «Slim.»
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Building awesome custom PlayStation 5 consoles is not a new fad, but it's safe to say that DIY Perks' take on this problem certainly goes a step above most others. Having built a great number of custom gadget enclosures out of various different materials, Matthew Perks took it upon himself to use polished brass for his PS5 «Slim.» While the actual hardware of the PS5 Perks cannibalized for his project could easily fit into the remarkably thin custom enclosure, the cooling system ended up unexpectedly complicating things.
Namely, one of the reasons the PS5 is housed in such a large and substantial box is that it has a chunky power supply, as well as a big steel shroud that makes for an otherwise competent cooling solution. Perks wanted to make his custom PS5 as slim as possible, so he had to set up a fully fledged water-cooling system that would fit into the new external power brick. This approach is unlikely to make its way into the rumored PS5 Pro console, but Perks'
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