News PS5 APU-powered mining GPU hits eBay for $500 — a PS5 chip with two less CPU cores and half the memory that consumes around 90W

[Admin]

A pile of BC-250 GPUs, based on the APU used for the PS5, have arrived on eBay at a relatively low price.

PS5 APU-powered mining GPU hits eBay for $500 — a PS5 chip with two less CPU cores and half the memory that consumes around 90W : Read more

 

[Findecanor]

If you would buy it, you would support cryptocurrency mining.

 

[toffty]

How is crypto coin still alive? We already know it's artificially inflated price wise and is used nefariously by nation states.

 

[umeng2002_2]

So that's why PS5s were so hard to get...

 

[terabite]

So that's why PS5s were so hard to get...

...no? these are defective. If amd ate into the ps5 chip stock these would be the full fat cpu+gpu, and would probably need a stupidly beefy cooling solution like the actual ps5.

 

[TechLurker]

This seems like a fun and novel means of experimenting with a "PC in a Slot", similar to the more expensive micro-computers from Intel that make use of a CPU, iGPU, and a built-in storage medium on a PCIe card.

 

[bit_user]

If amd ate into the ps5 chip stock these would be the full fat cpu+gpu, and would probably need a stupidly beefy cooling solution like the actual ps5.

The PS5 APU got a respin at TSMC N6, which reduced power consumption & made current gen PS5's much lighter (due to smaller heat sink, fan, & PSU).

Also, they can cut down the clock speeds to keep cooling in check.