PS3 Slim Specs

If you are into gaming, you don't need an introduction to Sony's latest offering - the sleek and trendy redesigned version of PlayStation 3 known as the PS3 slim. Sony has put in a great deal of efforts in upgrading this gaming console, and its specs highlight this very fact in a right manner. You can't help, but notice quite a few changes in the hardware as well as software component of the new console. More importantly, all these changes have gone down well with PS3 fans, and they succeed in adding to your overall gaming experience. Before we move on to the details of PS3 slim specifications, let's go through some general details about this gaming console.

PS3 Slim: An Overview

The PS3 slim is the only gaming console of the Sony PlayStation series that is in production today. Sony released the first model of upgraded version of the PlayStation 3 - the 120 GB slim, on 1st September, 2009. It was followed by three other consoles, the 160 GB slim, 250 GB slim and the 320 GB slim. As of today only 2 models - the 160 GB slim and 320 GB slim are in production. More than a million units of the PS3 120 GB slim were sold within 3 weeks of its release. Such immense popularity of PS3 slim can be attributed to the fact that this console had an edge over its predecessor on several fronts. Going through the PS3 slim tech specs given below will give you a better idea of the same.

PS3 Slim Tech Specs

As far as the hardware components are concerned, the PS3 slim specs for 250 GB model are repeated in the new 160 and 320 GB models. To be precise, the PS3 slim console is 11.4 x 2.6 inches in terms of dimension, and weighs approximately 7 lbs. When you compare PS3 vs PS3 slim, you realize that the latter is 33 percent smaller and 34 percent lighter than the former. The new hardware specifications come as a welcome change as the sleek and trendy PS3 slim replaces the bulky original PS3. The new console is armed with a 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine CPU, and a RSX Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). Going through the PS3 slim hard drive specs is important because this is the component which differentiates the two existing PS3 slim consoles while most of the other features are by far the same. As their names suggest, the 160 GB slim sports a 160 GB hard drive and 320 GB slim sports a 320 GB hard drive.

The redesigned cooling system of this slim variant ensures that you don't face any heating problems with this console. The PS3 slim also sports two USB 2.0 ports. Other than these features, this slim console is also armed with the Blu-ray technology which is one of the traditional attributes of PlayStation gaming consoles. The fact that this gaming console is armed with the DualShock 3 Wireless Controller is like the silver lining in the PS3 slim wireless specs and this surely adds an all new dimension to gaming. The PS3 slim reviews also suggest that the slim version scores on its predecessor in terms of power consumption - with as much as 40 percent less consumption of power. And last, but the most important factor is the fact that access to PlayStation Network (PSN) is absolutely free as opposed to the subscription fee for Xbox Live. One of the very few PS3 slim problems that you need to take into consideration is the fact that PlayStation 2 games are not compatible to it.

While the price tag of $299 will not be of much help when it comes to a head-on battle against Xbox 360, the tech specs of PS3 slim are bound to come to its rescue.