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I can't imagine how it could be improved upon... When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet.

by ThomW 6y ago

azuriten 6y ago
> When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet. I have the CUH-7200 PS4 Pro model which is apparently the quietest model and it's insane how loud that thing gets when I played TLOU2. The copying times for updates/patches is equally bad with downloading taking a few minutes and copying times taking more than 20mins. There's clearly alot of room for improvement - At least Sony have realised this as the PS5 will have a SSD instead of a HDD.
- arprocter 6y ago
  Seems to depend on the game - NMS will get my 'quiet' Pro to go into jet engine mode, but other things less so
LeonM 6y ago
Is that a quirk of the 'pro' version? I have read many complaints online of people calling the PS4 noisy. I have a PS4 slim, and it is very quiet, the optical drive is by far the loudest part of the machine.
- eropple 6y ago
  The Pro is super loud. Some PS4 non-Pro models can also get pretty loud, but it's more hit-or-miss.
- arprocter 6y ago
  The later Pros supposedly have revisions to make them less loud
  - eulers_secret 6y ago
    They must, I've been playing TLOU2 on my ~1 year old PS4Pro and it's very quiet, almost silent. I've never heard it make much noise on any game, even when ambient temps creep into the mid 80's.
    - Miraste 6y ago
      It depends how you have it placed, too. I played on a 2 year old Pro and it was extremely loud, but I have it stuffed in a media center cubby, so it's always suffering from low airflow.
- ThomW 6y ago
  Yeah. I have a "launch" Pro, and it's been noisy as heck since day one. haha As others have said, they fixed it in later revisions of the hardware. :)
underbluewaters 6y ago
I ended up buying the standard PS4 6 months ago because I had less than fond memories of the noise my first-gen PS3 made. I don't have a 4k television so it seemed like a good decision even though a Pro would have been nearly the same price. The newest PS4 slim is silent and TLOU2 graphics are still incredible.
crtasm 6y ago
Does cleaning out any dust etc. that's built up inside make any difference?
- gootdude 6y ago
  Cleaning out the dust makes a massive difference. The PS4 actually allows easy access to the fans and vents by popping off the top plastic without voiding the warranty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7zu4PbqNY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7zu4PbqNY

I can't imagine how it could be improved upon... When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet.

by ThomW 6y ago

I can't imagine how it could be improved upon... When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet.

azuriten 6y ago

> When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet. I have the CUH-7200 PS4 Pro model which is apparently the quietest model and it's insane how loud that thing gets when I played TLOU2. The copying times for updates/patches is equally bad with downloading taking a few minutes and copying times taking more than 20mins. There's clearly alot of room for improvement - At least Sony have realised this as the PS5 will have a SSD instead of a HDD.

arprocter 6y ago
Seems to depend on the game - NMS will get my 'quiet' Pro to go into jet engine mode, but other things less so

LeonM 6y ago

Is that a quirk of the 'pro' version? I have read many complaints online of people calling the PS4 noisy. I have a PS4 slim, and it is very quiet, the optical drive is by far the loudest part of the machine.

eropple 6y ago
The Pro is super loud. Some PS4 non-Pro models can also get pretty loud, but it's more hit-or-miss.
arprocter 6y ago
The later Pros supposedly have revisions to make them less loud
- eulers_secret 6y ago
  They must, I've been playing TLOU2 on my ~1 year old PS4Pro and it's very quiet, almost silent. I've never heard it make much noise on any game, even when ambient temps creep into the mid 80's.
  - Miraste 6y ago
    It depends how you have it placed, too. I played on a 2 year old Pro and it was extremely loud, but I have it stuffed in a media center cubby, so it's always suffering from low airflow.
ThomW 6y ago
Yeah. I have a "launch" Pro, and it's been noisy as heck since day one. haha As others have said, they fixed it in later revisions of the hardware. :)

underbluewaters 6y ago

I ended up buying the standard PS4 6 months ago because I had less than fond memories of the noise my first-gen PS3 made. I don't have a 4k television so it seemed like a good decision even though a Pro would have been nearly the same price. The newest PS4 slim is silent and TLOU2 graphics are still incredible.

crtasm 6y ago

Does cleaning out any dust etc. that's built up inside make any difference?

gootdude 6y ago
Cleaning out the dust makes a massive difference. The PS4 actually allows easy access to the fans and vents by popping off the top plastic without voiding the warranty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7zu4PbqNY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7zu4PbqNY