| EricHiggin said: If you compare power consumption levels of previous consoles to their rated max wattage, Pro's PSU does seem oversized, and not by just a few watts. To say its crappy quality and needed to be larger doesn't really make sense either in comparison to all of the other PS4 consoles and their PSU's. I'm not trying to convince myself, or anyone, of anything. I've just been noticing all of these things and this possibility seemed to connect the dots to some degree and I wondered what others thought about it or what insights they may have. |
I'm not trying to say it's crappy.
But when a device has a larger base power consumption, then the efficiency curve will be different.
Most decent PSU's are at their most efficient at around about 50-60% load.... At a set temperature.
So if you had a device that consumes 100w of power, then a 200w PSU should be the sweet spot.
But if your device consumes 50w of power than a 100w PSU could be the sweet spot... So even though power consumption is only 50w different, the PSU is 100w different.
Sony would have more intimate knowledge about the Playstation 4's power consumption and PSU efficiency than I would and would have accounted for all that.
Regardless... If Sony was to release another console, chances are it will use a new PSU anyway.
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