Rikimaru
Veteran
With eurogamer article "We watched a Scorpio console get put together" I began thinking about console engineering.
I was always fascinated by Sony's cheap but sturdy and clean engineering.
PS4 CUH-1000
Monolithic plastic frame is a BD drive cover and also a fan tube.
APU fan also cools PSU.
Air intake holes hidden on sides - less probability something falls inside.
Heatsink is pressed into EMI shield which helps to dissipate heat.
Motherboard is clean and neatly designed.
CUH-1000
https://ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+4+Teardown/19493
Small details like this:
PS3 Slim
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+3+Slim+Teardown/1121
Same points as PS4
PS2 Slim 7xxxx
It is a definition of cheap but sturdy design. Some revisions had separate EE/GS, other combined EE+GS.
https://ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+2+Slimline+Teardown/54961
900xx revision had EE, GS and RDRAM integrated in 1 package. PSU inside.
Last revision where EMI shield is a heatsink.
PS3 OG - bulky monster but mb is still neat.
PS3 Superslim cheap and ugly but small. Looking good inside though.
PS4 Pro Neo devkit
I was always fascinated by Sony's cheap but sturdy and clean engineering.
PS4 CUH-1000
Monolithic plastic frame is a BD drive cover and also a fan tube.
APU fan also cools PSU.
Air intake holes hidden on sides - less probability something falls inside.
CUH-1000
Same frame/APU, new memory. BD controller on board.
A lot of cables because BD controller is on main board.
Power button and speaker daughterboard likely assembled as 1 piece and have been tore apart later. (photoshopped)
PS3 Slim
Same points as PS4
PS2 Slim 7xxxx
It is a definition of cheap but sturdy design. Some revisions had separate EE/GS, other combined EE+GS.
900xx revision had EE, GS and RDRAM integrated in 1 package. PSU inside.
PS3 OG - bulky monster but mb is still neat.
PS4 Pro Neo devkit