Comment by xnx
1 day ago
I've never even considered getting a PS5, but hackers converting a locked-down appliance into a general purpose computer has me really considering.
1 day ago
I've never even considered getting a PS5, but hackers converting a locked-down appliance into a general purpose computer has me really considering.
Well that locked-down appliance is way under-specced compared to an equivalent build at the same price.
Does that remain true in the RAMpocalypse?
A PS5 is $600. This random mini PC with the same amount of RAM is $385. https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-eq14-n150
I'm sure someone will point out some spec that's better on the PS5, but the extra $200 will make up the difference if you spend more time looking than the 15 seconds I just did.
(or if you just build a PC from parts yourself)
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A second hand PS5 with about 12GiB of usable RAM is cheaper than the equivalent amount of RAM if bought new.
Ever since RAM prices grew 6x, these old appliances suddenly became a lot better value for money.
Tools like these will probably just spike the prices of second hand PS5s though.
Even at the current increased prices - you can build a PC with a better spec and with a 4K Blu ray drive for £569? I'd be curious how.
PS5 at $650 MSRP is actually the same price as cheapest new AMD GPUs with the same VRAM capacity.
Which are surely faster, no?
Probably, the benefit of using PS5 for this purpose would be the same as a standalone Mac mini 16GB($900); it comes with the rest of the computer. From [1][2]:
1: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-9060-xt-16-g...
2: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/playstation-5-gpu.c348...
Check out the BC-250 boards, basically reject ps5 apu’s being repurposed for all kinds of shenanigans
It's been a little bit since any major hacks have hit the news but this is a time honored tradition partcularly with the Playstation. Way back when the PS3 arrived the US government was considering export sanctions because they were too powerful. I believe some universities even kept a cluster of PS3s for their distibuted computing courses or for research. Sony even had an approved way to run Linux.