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Images of the newly announced CUH-1200 PS4 Hardware revision has been floating around on the internet, revealing some crazy changes to the console's internal design. Whenever the new model was announced, it was said that the console would consume 8% less power as compared to the original model. Considering the early time for an APU die shrink; the only other option of assumption is a reduction in the count of memory modules on the motherboard.

The console's original model had a total of 16 memory modules, with 8 chips housed on each side of the motherboard. Each of these memory chips has a capacity of 512MB.

The new Playstation 4 changes the console's Glossy Hard Drive color to Matte. The capacitive buttons to physical and a few other changes to how the console operates. Power consumption is down from 250W to 230W which is an 8% drop, tests conclude that in heavy tasks like games the power savings can be up to 18%. The Download Mode consumption is altered as well and is down to just 58W now.