I'm looking to buy a used ps4 but wondering if its worth paying extra money for the pro or for the standard version. Also there much of difference between the standard and slim? I found a non-slim ps4 for cheap but worried it might get hot and load.
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>>109932205console are tech
>>109932141Pro is a scam.the regular one will be hotter and use more power, but if you repaste it it should be fine. Of course prefer the slim, but if the price difference is big, just get the fat one
>>109932141that pc is really slowtry to save up $20-30 you'll have a much better gaming pc
>>109932285thanks, I can try repasting it. I've done it on a fat ps3 ages ago, this one im hoping will be even easier.
>>109932141Pro > Slim > non-slim I vaguely remember there being some issue with the release non-slim model. Might've been something with thermals. Preferably, probe to see if you can get one on a firmware that's able to be jailbroken. Also, it might be worth taking it apart and giving it a clean and repasting it (phase change thermal pad might be worth it). Isolate it in your car for a few days before bringing it. Trust me.
>>109932438>Isolate it in your car for a few days before bringing it.What do you mean by this?
I think the Pro is worth it if you have a 4K TV. There are also implications for the PSVR is you get one of those. There are a few good VR games marooned on the old hardware and used headsets are dirt cheap. I did have to repaste the SOC on mine, the fan often maxed out before I did that. It's an easy job, if a bit tedious, and you need a security torx bit for one screw.
>>109932724I think it's the only one that benefits from a SATA SSD as well
>>109932624I'm referring to any pests that might be lurking around inside, that can potentially go on to infest your home. Rule of thumb, if the seller looks like a crackhead, an absolute specimen, or is a woman, turn 360 degrees and walk away.
>>109932438You might be thinking of an issue where, depending on how it was sat, when the system got hot, the little rubber power button would heat up and expand, and switch itself off. Happened to me a few times, but standing it up vertically instead of horizontally seemed to prevent it
>>109932141Pro and Slim run cooler and are more efficient, and are less likely to have drives with faulty lasers
>>109932822all hdd using consoles benefit from ssds even if their sata bus cant fully utilize the bandwidth since they dont need to seek to find files. i put one in my ps3 and ass creed 2 load times dropped from like 90+ seconds to under 30
>>109932438>Preferably, probe to see if you can get one on a firmware that's able to be jailbrokenWhat are some cool things you can do with it jailbroken? Last console I had was a PS3 over 10 years ago.
>>109932205It's a media center.
>>109932141buy this onehttps://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadps4
>>109936497don't think my ancient 980ti and 1366 socket CPU can handle this
>>109938494so buy a better pc instead of a ps4, 2-in-1
>>109936497It's much cheaper to just buy the console than an RTX 5090 in order to brute force 20fps on shadps4
>>109939134games run on cpus not gpus dumbass
>>109939134you are pretty confident for being wronggpu still matters if an emulator's shader recomp and handling of draw calls isn't well-optimized
>>109939220meant for >>109939171 obviously
>>109939171source? citation?
>>109939282nta, but most emulators are running instruction sets that only interact with the CPU.
>>109939282the GAME logic, physics and story scripts run on the cpu. the gpu draws the graphics. yes there are exceptions but they are exceedingly rare
>>109932141if you get a pro, you can use a patch to play bloodborne at ~50-60fps. worth it alone for that personally
>>109940809That's good to know, it's one of the games I want to play
>>109935478Play pirated games (fpkgs), use Linux on it (this is where the Pro model comes in handy since it allows you to allocate a greater amount of VRAM to the install), play (a select few) PS1/PS2 games as well as other similar older titles. That's all that comes to mind. Aside from playing PS4 exclusive games, everything else can be done on an adequate PC for emulation, or a PS3, which would be able to do all of the above alongside playing PS3 games (paired with the risk of it overheating and shitting itself too). >>109938510This, except just use it to emulate older PS titles. Prices WILL increase (MORE) around November, and you'll likely be SOL for getting a decent PC for the next 3 years depending on how much of a poorfag you are, and how much of a poorfag you'll become. PS4s will continue to depreciate, and then slightly increase in price when a coldboot exploit gets discovered (released).
>>109942057Yeah, I was looking around and it seems like they make decent emulation boxes. Gonna keep an eye out for one, pretty cheap hardware for the performance.
>>109942528Don't buy an advertised emulation box; pretty much anything can emulate at least up to PS2-era games. Look at what the system requirements are for the emulation software you need, and go from there. From what I've read, you should stick with Intel and I think NVIDIA.
