Since the PS5's GPU can clock up to a fairly high 2.23GHz, Sony opted to use liquid metal instead of thermal paste on the console's chip as a means to conduct heat towards the heatsink.

For one thing, the heatsink and fan that cools the PS5’s AMD CPU and GPU are collectively ... In the process you’ll expose the unique liquid metal thermal compound that Sony apparently ...

As the rather detailed video reveals, the heavily modified and liquid-cooled Sony PS5 ... metal and used the original bracket to hold the main heatsink plate in place. He placed spacers and ...