It’s time to kill the Playstation 5

Linus Tech Tips February 29, 2024
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Checkout out Seasonic's line of Vertex PSUs at: https://seasonic.com/vertex-gx Is buying a PS5 or Xbox really a better bang for your buck? Or, with a little creativity, can you build a gaming PC for the same price, and put shame to the Sony name? Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1560530-it%E2%80%99s-time-to-kill-the-playstation-5/ Buy an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU: https://lmg.gg/MyTEj (eBay: https://ebay.us/BHGwqA ) Buy an ASRock B450 Pro4 Motherboard: https://geni.us/GLuO (eBay: https://ebay.us/kzGFm4 ) Buy a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD: https://lmg.gg/82rOz (eBay: https://ebay.us/HlhpXn ) Buy a Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper Case: https://geni.us/rBvX (eBay: https://ebay.us/ZtsQPk ) Buy a Seasonic X-650 Gold PSU on eBay: https://ebay.us/aOVscy Buy an Intel Arc A770 Graphics Card: https://geni.us/xUGfhH (eBay: https://ebay.us/CrWdJO ) Buy G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600MTs CL18 2x8GB DDR4 RAM: https://geni.us/YXdHK (eBay: https://ebay.us/ejyIgb ) Buy a Sony PlayStation 5 Slim: https://lmg.gg/Fhtx0 (Canada: https://lmg.gg/FpS1q ) Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: https://lmg.gg/LTTEquipment ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/wanset FOLLOW US ---------------------------------------------------   Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0  https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:30 The CPU 2:30 The Motherboard 4:30 Storage 5:03 Storm Trooper 6:05 PSU and GPU 7:40 Doom Eternal 10:00 The Problem with HDR 11:50 Death Stranding 13:30 Ratchet and Clank 14:30 God of War 15:45: Buyer Protection 17:25 The Last of Us 19:00 The Final Comparison 20:35 Outro

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