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Forums - Sony - PS4 console in 3D, measurements: is the PS4 too small?? I'm worried about overheating, we need to talk about it.

Sensei on 11 June 2013

I love how the PS4 looks. It's really sexy; check out this 3D montage someone made (anyone know who? so I can give credit):

https://sketchfab.com/show/b7LzIm8JrnPw4GBDOMBNGYc39qM

I want to lick it... erhm, *cough* now back on topic.

According to Eurogamer PS4 dimensions are:

  • External dimensions: Approx 275x53x305mm (width x height x length -tentative, excludes largest projection)
That's really small. Is anyone else worried we may see overheating issues? Eurogamer claims it uses 'low power' CPU cores, and hopefully the GPU and RAM are optimized... so what do you guys think? Will the back-only vents be enough to keep the temperature of the tiny/super powerful PS4 low enough?


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Chark on 11 June 2013

Not sure, but why is the X1 so big?



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

4k1x3r on 11 June 2013

It's Sony, they're a hardware company, do you really think they're stupid enough to make it this small if they knew it would overheat and fail?



HoloDust on 11 June 2013

I doubt PS4's APU will be using more than 120-130W (considering 7970m has TDP of around 90W), so I don't think there will be problems with cooling.



bananaking21 on 11 June 2013

it isnt small, just check out game trailers interview with jack tretton and its on the table. seems like the same size as a ps3 slim or a bit bigger



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RenCutypoison on 11 June 2013

Look at the back, it looks like it will have no breath issue



Sensei on 11 June 2013
bananaking21 said:
it isnt small, just check out game trailers interview with jack tretton and its on the table. seems like the same size as a ps3 slim or a bit bigger


It is not a Wii U but it is smaller than an Xbone. Being same roughly same size as PS3 slim also speaks volumes as how this console is small related to its power!

I hope you guys are right though - indeed the back is FILLED with vents.



Munkeh111 on 11 June 2013

If Sony are good at doing 1 thing, it is designing hardware, they won't let it overheat and break don't worry!



VetteDude on 11 June 2013

It does use low power CPU cores. Jaguar is AMD's low power processors. PS4 will use less power than the PS3 with its crappy Cell and awful XDR memory.



Zkuq on 11 June 2013

It uses old components so squeezing them in a smaller space shouldn't be a problem. In a way, the same happened with the Wii, only it used even older components (relatively speaking).