24K Gold-plated version of the Playstation 5 Goes on Preorder
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AsiJu
So it's safe to say PS5 has gone gold now.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Oh that would have been a much better news story title ... 🙂
Loobyluggs
That's one way to deal with heat conduction...
thesebastian
I'd love to play this in a C-3PO disguise
Loophole35
I don’t think Sony will have a heat issue this time around. They made a point to say they set a TDP target and won’t go past it. That means the cooling solution will have a 100% known max and cooling it should be easy. Unlike M$ with the fixed clock and a power draw that could spike and fluctuate.
Francesco
So disgusting....
Even if you have money to burn.... you should burn them in a better way.
neikosr0x
here, hold my ass.
Fox2232
Is it gold plated metal or plastic? If it is metal, then it will last, but will be quite heavy (controller too).
Metallic coatings on plastics are not forever, especially not something people touch, polish.
Then, Gold is soft, it gets scratches.
Xuanzang
These are probably for the collectors out there. Will be in limited numbers, so expect to see these on ebay one day for an insane amount of cash.
asturur
You understand he was joking, right?
cpy2
Not really:
Gold 314 W/m K
Copper 385 W/m K
Silver 406 W/m K
Diamond 1000 W/m K
Aluminium 205 W/m K
Galium 40.6 W/m K
Nickel 94 W/m K
I'd go for copper 😀
FatBoyNL
At current gold prices, this could be a solid investment. Not sure if pre-ordering though 😉
Fox2232
And what would you coat it with to prevent oxidation? I am sure that greenish/grayish surface isolates rather well.
And that includes desire to touch such surface. Soon, gamepads would end up in quarantine.
schmidtbag
Actually... gold tends to only go up in value, so even though you're probably spending more than what the gold is actually worth (since it has to be casted), you could still get a decent chunk of the money back.
But, it's still incredibly stupid. 10 years from now, PS5 is just going to be some obsolete commodity. Covering it in gold isn't going to make it special; it just makes it tacky and expensive.
AsiJu
Which I guess is exactly what the target demographic aims for.
The Laughing Ma
It's amazing how covering something in gold can elevate the level of tastelessness above literally doing anything else to it. I mean literal rubbing monkey faeces on it would still look better.
geogan
Seems there are a lot of idiots with more money than sense in the world. Spoiled rich kids - probably never worked a day in their life. Inherited / exploited oil money.
tsunami231
gaudy and ugly
people buy thing dumber reasons, this is one more reasonable ones, still I would not buy console cause it gold plated
wavetrex
Rich brats need to play videogames too, right ?
hijodeosiris
More like he lack complete reading comprehension.
The original post:
He is absolutely correct and objective, he is not mentioning anywhere "X" or "Y" brand having HEAT ISSSUES.
Heat issues =/= deal with heat conduction.
Maybe his only sin is trying to be a normal person who knows about "long" words in a forum where people love being controversial over everything and everything is an attack to your personal likes and beliefs.
Offtopic:
Would be more conductive if they go full NASA and use CVD diamond wafers, as far as I know there nothing better to conduct heat. (before superconductors that require freezing temps and so on)
