****The Playstation 3 Slim Thread****

I'd be very interested to see how they managed it tbh, the massive weight reduction is simple enough to explain as it has a lower power consumption and therefore less heat is produced and there's no longer a need for the massive heat sink. However, how on earth have they managed to lower power consumption so significantly without reducing the spec of the hardware? Chip manufacturing process reductions alone surely couldn't cause a near 40% drop in power usage?

Robert1986 said:
What other consoles have had internal PSU's?
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Phat PS2 and PS1, the new slim PS2s, errrrr, Megadrive and SNES? :p

If this new unit proves to be reliable i'll be very impressed.
 
end of the day its still a Ps3 inside, albeit smaller and lighter.

one would be mad to sell Ps3 phat now to buy a ps3 slim just for its "looks"

il wait till my ps3 is on its last legs before thinking about buy a slim.
 
Streeteh said:
I'd be very interested to see how they managed it tbh, the massive weight reduction is simple enough to explain as it has a lower power consumption and therefore less heat is produced and there's no longer a need for the massive heat sink. However, how on earth have they managed to lower power consumption so significantly without reducing the spec of the hardware? Chip manufacturing process reductions alone surely couldn't cause a near 40% drop in power usage?
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sure it would, look what ati did with the 4770: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd4770_5.html

around 45% the consumption of a 4850 yet just as quick. If ATi can do that with a single core, im sure a cell and gpu on a smaller process would at least yield a similar reduction if not a lot more, that together with the amalgamation of other logic would result in a smaller motherboard, less cooling required, less power required...it all adds up :)
 
james.miller said:
sure it would, look what ati did with the 4770: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd4770_5.html

around 45% the consumption of a 4850 yet just as quick. If ATi can do that with a single core, im sure a cell and gpu on a smaller process would at least yield a similar reduction if not a lot more, that together with the amalgamation of other logic would result in a smaller motherboard, less cooling required, less power required...it all adds up :)
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Aye fair point and well put. Still impressive to me though! :)
 
Well nice machine too, simple yet elegant.

Only thing not possible seems to be changing the intergrated 120GB HD
Theirs no HDD flap to remove.

Looks like the Sony of old are back.
 
Yes you can -

You prise off a little flap on the bottom to reveal a screw which when removed allows the front right part to slide off...

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So what about a prediction regarding the noise level ?

The fan at full speed will be quieter than the fan at low speed on the current version, or am I too optimistic ?
 
Looks good. I won't be getting one unless my PS3 dies, but price drops and new stuff is always good. I'm impressed they managed to fit the PSU in there.
 
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