Word on the street is that the PlayStation 5 is a bit of a giant. Sony has yet to disclose dimensions for its curvy white console, but basic estimates pin it as the company's largest machine yet. Will it fit into your gaming setup? Until Sony decides to open its mouth, it's all a bit of a guessing game. It wouldn't be an issue if you could mount the PS5 to your wall, though. Enter Floating Grip.
Floating Grip is a company that's been making wall mounts for game consoles since 2014. Naturally, then, it's making one for PS5, and you can pre-order now on Amazon UK. The wall mount will allow you to hang your PS5, well, on the wall, meaning you don't have to worry about clearing room under your telly. It'll allow for "360 degrees of ventilation" and "access to all ports", and will set you back £19.99. The mount "will be launched as soon as the PS5 has been launched", so it seems it'll arrive day and date with the console. On the Amazon page, a release date of 19th November is currently shown, though that's almost certainly just a placeholder.
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Will you have your PS5 hanging out on your wall? Or will you have plenty of space in your usual setup? Don't go off the wall in the comments section below.
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Just tape it to the back of your TV. Problem solved.
"Word on the street is that the PlayStation 5 is a bit of a giant"
Where have I heard this before? Hmmm
Actually it's better than ps4 I think because its larger than long. (Horizontally)
I have visions of a grey blast print adorning the wall next to a mounted PS5.
The space is ready and waiting in my enclosed glass AV cabinet.
Currently were my PS4 Pro sits.
I use floating grip for my last of us ps4 pro and would highly recommend it!! Honestly it’s great, easy attach and unattach it from the fittings! The customer service is great! I ordered it from Amazon!
Id probably just stand it, no one comes to my room
Put it in the bathroom and your 📺 tv in there also and problem is solved🤔.word up son
Its going directly under my 58" 4K HDR TV, I have a full shelf for it
It's way too big haha I've got the tape measure out, it won't fit in my shelving/TV set up at all! No idea what I'm gonna do? 🤔 Having a 2yr old running about exacerbates things too haha
It should fit in the gap where PS4 is now but I am concerned about it getting hot again just like the Pro! May consider one of these wall holders if it looks decent!
Mmm probably not for me, I actually think this is the first time I will be placing my Playstation vertically rather then horizontally.
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With how big it looks you'll need planning permission and to see if your house is a listed building.
@jamberino93 "couldn't recommend it more" then? Now it sounds like something happened and you can no longer recommend it
i've got plenty of room. just give me a preorder, sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jamberino93 never heard of floating grip so I went online to see what you are talking about and it looks awesome. I preordered the ps5 one. Great idea thanks.
It could look like a nice wall lamp. I could see the ps5 above the TV and 2 lamps looking exactly the same on each side
@Dezzy70 I couldn't imagine the heat build up in such a setup. The PS4 Pro is loud and generates an enormous amount of heat. It quite literally heats up whatever room I put it in (to a noticeable degree), I couldn't imagine it in an enclosed area.
19.99 seems very cheap. I have a TV mount that was around $150. Dont know if i trust something that cheap to hang my ps5 on the wall.
@AJDarkstar that makes no sense to me at all...wouldnt it be the other way around? If what ur saying is true im going to cover my ps pro with a blanket to quiet it. 😃
@AJDarkstar i wasnt doubting u, just sounded odd. But when u explain it like that it makes sense. I just wish i could quiet it down, drives me crazy. Have to play some games with a headset.
@AJDarkstar You have it half right. The PS4 Pro (the unit) doesn't get that hot but it generates a LOT of heat. The fans take that heat and move it out of the system, keeping the internals cool by displacing the hot air with cooler room temperature air. The heat doesn't just vanish, it gets shoved into the surrounding environment, and the PS4 Pro generates enough heat to make a bedroom uncomfortably warm.
If the air that the system pushes out is not allowed to escape, it will continue to cycle through the system and the "room temperature" air that normally displaces the hot air in the system, is just as hot as the air being moved out.
The larger the space, the longer it takes for the surrounding temperature to come to equilibrium with the temperature of the air thats being pushed out of the system; but it will eventually, if there isn't a supply of cooler air.
This may actually make me buy a white PS5, I've got plenty of place to hide it if its just hung on wall behind something. I know many people like the design but I really find it pug ugly and had set my mind to wait for a black release
Oh WOW!... Sold!
I was going to just stand it behind my TV. (I have the room, I just find it Ugly) but this is better as you wont see it behind the TV stand.
It takes me to the old PS4 version in the USA. But I'll keep checking. Thanks NL!!! 👍
When I first saw the PS5 I moaned and moaned about how hot it will be and how loud it will be. Then we got an idea of the size of the thing.. So we know how they are going to keep it cool and quite. And now I moan and moan about how big and ugly it is. My life is full of first world problems...
@thedevilsjester
A few things help.
The newer model
Games running on an external SSD
And yes I do open the door sometimes.
The only thing that worries me about the PS5 is heat and noise, time will tell.
My ps4 pro use too heat up so bad!! Was a massive nightmare during summer especially the hotter days! But I deep cleaned the vents and fan but just didn’t work! Gave up in the end and just brought a new model of a local ad! Now I’ve got a quiet one😂! It’s the thermal paste that causes it. Or your gaming set up is not the best!
@AJDarkstar I generally play in an average sized master bedroom (door shut), and if I play for more than 2 hours, its uncomfortably warm in the room. So much that on some days I am forced to move to the living room to keep playing.
I think the reason that this isn't as big of an issue for some is: Playing in the living room (as most people do) has a much larger area for the heat to dissipate and the thermostat is generally in the same physical space, so the AC will compensate. Or its played in someones bedroom, and they slowly acclimate to the new temperatures and don't really notice, and don't often have others coming in and out of said bedroom to comment on it. My wife has already made it clear that if the PS5 generates as much heat as the PS4 Pro (which I expect it to, if not more) then its a living room only console
@jamberino93 Thermal paste just allows better transfer of heat between the chips to the heat sink (and then is pushed out of the system). It does not eliminate or prevent heat in any way. This would be a solution to potentially have the fans not spin up as often, but it would still generate the same amount of heat.
@AJDarkstar I am not in a particularly warm area no. Its unnoticeable if I play in the living room, since its open enough that it would take a long time for it to heat up and either the AC will just automatically keep it balanced, or it will get colder (night), or people go in/out, etc... Play it in a room (even a master bedroom size) with the door shut and you can tell after a couple hours. Play for 8+ and it goes from warm, too hot, in the room.
The whole point really is that if you play with the PS4 or PS5 in an enclosed space (like an enclosed TV stand) then there is nowhere for that heat to go, and its going to make your Playstation run hotter and lower its lifespan.
@AJDarkstar My original replies were to Dezzy70. They said that they put it in an enclosed glass cabinet, and thats what started this chain of discussion.
Johnny Carson; " the PS5 is rumored to be very large".
Audience; "how large is it?"
Johnny C.; " wall mounting is being considered."
Audience; " loud laughing and knee slapping."
Hmm is it really that big? Wall mounting seems extreme for a gaming console.
No more nails 😂
Move my Blu-ray to the PS4 Pros position and go upright. Think that's how they really want you to have it. Better have the stand in the box 😬
@Octane and then watch it fall off...
@thedevilsjester I think @jamberino93 was maybe talking about the noise more so than the heat. My Pro had a terrible thermal pad, so the heat wasn't transferring to the heat sink from the processor. The processor kept getting hotter, so the sensors meant the fan kept blowing faster and louder. Because the thermal dissipation wasn't correct, the heat stayed on the processor and the fan just sucked in cold air, blew across a cold heatsink, and spit cold air back out the back. It got bad enough that I started getting overheat warnings on screen telling me the unit would turn off to protect itself, which is when I finally decided to do something about it. I pulled off the dry, cracked pad, replaced with some actual paste, and now the fan never kicks into high because it's actually cooling correctly.
Have they actually given size specs on the thing yet? I'm not convinced it will fit in my cabinet horizontally. And if it barely does, I'm not sure it will fit without blocking the vents, now on the side, crammed against the side of the cabinet.
I have a shelf in our downstairs toilet ready for one the ps5 that I'll buy
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