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« on: November 11, 2006, 09:01:00 PM »

PS3 Opened - See motherboard, RSX, Cell and More
Posted by XanTium | 11-11-2006 22:25 EST

 
The guys over at PC Watch opened a PlayStation 3 console and posted tons of pictures of what's inside.
Here are a few pictures:


Read More: pc.watch.impress.co.jp (incl. more pictures)


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Magixx

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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2006, 09:30:00 PM »

Sony always seems to make their consoles messy inside. Having opened both a Xbox, X360, and a PS2, the PS2 was almost like a jungle inside.
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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2006, 06:58:00 AM »

ahh.. ps3 looks pretty much like the ps2, much nicer than the 360.. the 360 looks like a booring computer, not at all as nicely crafted.

I can spot a flashchip on the bottom side and one on the top side.

And look at that nice heatpipe cooling, very much like the cooling on my think pad.

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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2006, 06:28:00 AM »

IPB Image

Nice cooling cool.gif
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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2006, 07:14:00 AM »

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ahh.. ps3 looks pretty much like the ps2, much nicer than the 360.. the 360 looks like a booring computer, not at all as nicely crafted.


You must be kidding, all those fragile, cheap ass ribbon cables. The PS2 was designed around cheap.



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pablot

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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2006, 11:52:00 AM »

QUOTE(eyric101 @ Nov 12 2006, 02:45 PM) View Post

You must be kidding, all those fragile, cheap ass ribbon cables. The PS2 was designed around cheap.


uhm, don't wanna get in to some war now, but ribbon cables are hardly cheap. The consoles are produced to never be opened, so it doesn't matter if they are hard to disassemble.. The fact that they do use ribbon cable just shows the fact that they have made everything as small as possible. Check out the cooling though, thats some high class cooling.

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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2006, 04:18:00 PM »

I cant tell from the pictures I have seen so far but
has the PS3 gone with an external power supply? It would sure help with the heat issues the PS2 had.
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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2006, 05:05:00 PM »

Very interesting.

I like how they put the Vram on the actual GPU circuit board.

Cooling looks nice too.

Doesn't look fun to open, but oh well, it's not meant to be.
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2006, 11:17:00 PM »

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I like how they put the Vram on the actual GPU circuit board.


Yeh thats something I rekon M$ should do, to help stop these RAM overheating problems with the 360.

I hate those stupid ribbon cables. The 360 was deisgned so much better. But yeh they were desinged NOT to be opened, so it wouldnt really matter.

I cant wait to pull my PS3 apart, it arrives on wednesday! Expect a lot more pictures when I pull mine apart lol
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2006, 04:07:00 AM »

QUOTE(bigjimmy @ Nov 13 2006, 06:48 AM) View Post

I hate those stupid ribbon cables. The 360 was deisgned so much better. But yeh they were desinged NOT to be opened, so it wouldnt really matter.


I'm still having a really hard time understanding these comments. On what base was the 360 "better designed"?
The ps3 clearly has a better cooling solution.
It has internal PSU.
It is much more space efficient (on the inside, there is no unused space).
And what is the problem with ribbon cables? They are very compact and use very small connectors.

Other facts as the rumbleless controller and high price point is a whole other issue, and the rumble less controllers are just stupid. I just think the hardware design is very compact nice.

I might even consider buying one when it comes to europe next year  smile.gif

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