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Should I get a PS5 with some freezing issues?

Hi there, I would like to ask the wiser people here if it good idea for me to buy a cheaper PS5 fat disc advertised as having stuck and screen freezing issues after some gameplay. The owner mentioned that he never send it for repairs, selling as is.

I don't know much about ps5 but I did opened up laptops for a bit before. Any insights would be nice, thanks.

Update: Apparently it was sent for service, cleaned and got liquid metal reapplied. Still worth it? Could it be that it was just a shoddy service job? The issue is a recent event after the service.

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If it was me? I wouldn’t touch it. The problem is the Liquid Metal they use instead of thermal paste. If the console has dropped or banged when it’s on or just after it can leak onto the surrounding capacitors or even under the cpu causing unrepairable damage. This is why I don’t touch ps5’s. Too much hassle.

At the end of the day it’s up to you. If it’s cheap and you fancy having a go then do it.

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Apparently it was sent for service, cleaned and got liquid metal reapplied. Still worth it? Could it be that it was just a shoddy service job? The issue is a recent event after the service.

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No. Don't buy this. One buys broken stuff when either money is nothing, and you just want to play with it. Or, you know how to fix it, or at least will be able to use it for parts. You are neither of these categories, so it would likely turn out a waste of money for you. Find second hand but still working. If later it starts to fail, you at least had a working unit to begin with.

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Would like to sort of keep it for show since its partially working, best case scenario, it's easily fixable. Worst case, can sell it for parts at a loss I guess.

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