In an effort to keep up with the amazing changes in game development, Sony has made the PS4
Pro.
Sony says it’s the perfect console to get the most out of your 4k tv or your PSVR headset.
Well here at iFixit we like to judge things for ourselves and there’s only one way to
do that, so Let’s tear it down
The PS4 Pro is unsurprisingly much larger and heavier than Sony’s last version of
the PS4, the Slim, but getting into it is very similar.
First out is the user replaceable hard drive that is held in place by a single standard
Phillips 0 screw.
While Sony boasted about the PS4 pros support of SATA 3 the stock hard drive we received
is labeled at 3 Gigabits a second which is actually SATA 2 speed.
We’ve found some online sources reporting that this drive is actually a 6 Gigabit a
second drive but at 5400 RPM this platter drive will never reach Sata 3 speeds.
The first panel removed reveals nothing much but the power supply.
This thing dishes out a whopping 289 Watts of power up from the 165 watts in the 2013
version.
Flipping the PS4 Pro Over we remove the second panel only to find a layer of shielding with
a lot of screws holding it in place.
Underneath we find the motherboard.
On the board we see the 8 Core Jaguar x86-64 CPU which also includes the AMD Radeon GPU
and on the other side of the board 8 GB of Samsung made GDDR5 Ram.
You can find a complete list of chips we identified at iFixit.com.
After removing the large heat pipe assembly we’re only left with the Optical Drive and
Fan.
The Fan is rated for 2.1 amps at 12 volts or 25.2 watts explaining where some of the
extra power supply power is going.
Lastly the Optical drive come out featuring a lot of springs, a lens assembly on a track
and some sweet gears.
I We’ve come to the end of our teardown and
now we turn our thoughts towards repairability.
How did the PS4 Pro score?
It got an 8 out 10 and here’s why
* No adhesive makes disassembly and reassembly easy.
* The non-proprietary hard drive is simple to access and upgrade/replace—and doing
so will not void your warranty.
* While you can freely clean the fan, removing it—and other components—requires lots
of (warranty-voiding) disassembly.
* Security screws and tamper-evident seals discourage users from disassembling and repairing
their PS4.
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