Sony Quietly Improved Base PS5 Hardware with a Number of Internal Optimisations

Sony is shipping refined base PS5 Slim consoles, starting with its Marvel's Wolverine console. A Polish hardware expert found an optimised motherboard layout, tweaked cooling matching the PS5 Pro, a different heatsink, and other minor modifications. The CMOS battery is now easier to access and replace, though the changes are likely cost-saving measures.