The SCRY Artic Is a New Plug-and-Play Cooling Unit Designed to Keep Your PS5 From Overheating

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If you own a PlayStation 5 and suffer from heating issues, there might be a solution. The SCRY Arctic is a plug-and-play cooler designed for the PS5, and it’s currently raising funds on Kickstarter.

The new cooler is touted as “the world’s most advanced PS5 cooler” and features six fans with up to 10,000 rotations per minute. The Artic connects to the PS5 by aligning the device with the top and bottom latches and plugging the USB-A port into the console. The Artic is compatible with both the PS5 and the PS5 Digital Edition and fits PS5s that are in a horizontal or vertical orientation.

The Artic includes a USB-A 3.0 port on the device itself, so you don’t have to worry about losing one of your USB-A ports on the rear of your PS5. SCRY also revealed that the Artic’s design will not obstruct the additional USB-A, ethernet, HDMI, and power ports on the console’s rear.

Outside of cooling fans and a USB-A port, the Artic includes white LED illumination lights, which signifies the device has been installed correctly, as shown in the image below.

As we have previously seen, the PS5 has a blower fan and heatsinks, which were designed to draw cool air into the console. However, the console can and has still run into overheating issues since its release in 2020. It’s more likely to if the console is placed in an area with poor ventilation, such as a confined space in a home entertainment system.

The project is being funded on Kickstarter with a goal of $7,439 with project set to conclude on September 7. If you want to back it, you can pledge a minimum of $29 to secure at least one Artic. According to SCRY, this saves you about $30, as the Artic will typically retail for $59.

The Kickstarter page claims the project is slated to ship at the end of October.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Editor’s Note: Crowdfunding or online fundraising is chaotic, with billions raised yearly for big and small projects. In 2015, a study by the University of Pennsylvania found that 9 percent of successfully funded projects failed to deliver rewards to their backers. Other caveats with crowdfunding may include missed deadlines, delays in shipping, and ambitious ideas that are not included in the final product. As always, use your best judgment before financially committing to help back a crowdfunded project.