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The PS4 Pro noise is one of the most epic fails of recent times. They never acknowledged it, let alone fix it. Actually, Sony support wrote me it's noisy becaus

by rado 6y ago

The PS4 Pro noise is one of the most epic fails of recent times. They never acknowledged it, let alone fix it. Actually, Sony support wrote me it's noisy because it's powerful. Now 2/3 of the PS5 is cooling.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
I dunno, it wasn't too bad to begin with, but it got worse as games became more demanding (and I presume the cooling started to fill with dust).
- birracerveza 6y ago
  I played Dreams and it was so loud I got legit scared the thing was going to blow up. No joke. It was THAT loud. Absolutely unbelievable.
trymas 6y ago
I've heard bad things about it, though if you bought PS4 Pro with red dead redemption 2 bundle [0][1], the noise is non issue. Cooling noise is not noticeable probably 95% of the time. I assume the system runs hotter, though.. [0] and I assume later models after that bundle came out, are quieter too; [1] too lazy to find out what is the exact model designation number;
- jamesponddotco 6y ago
  As someone with a PS4 Pro that is currently going through Red Dead Redemption 2, I disagree. I have to put on headphones to be able to hear anything in game because the fans are so god damn loud. Things got better after opening it up, cleaning, and replacing the thermal goo, but it is still intolerable.
  - coder543 6y ago
    The person you're replying to is saying there was an improved model of PS4 Pro released with the Red Dead Redemption bundle. If you disagree, then refute that... but an anecdote about how playing RDR2 causes the console to get hot isn't a response to anything they said. You could have a very early PS4 Pro without the improved cooling system. (To be clear, I don't know whether the PS4 Pro's cooling system was revised in a later edition, I'm just explaining why your response doesn't fit with the comment you're replying to.)
    - jamesponddotco 6y ago
      The cooling system was revised in later editions, yes, but the model that the person I replied to mentioned is the CUH-7215B, the same one I have. The CUH-7215B was included in a bundle with Red Dead Redemption 2 and in a bundle with Kingdom Hearts III, the one I got — there are probably other bundles with this model too. I am not trying to shit on Sony, I have been buying Playstations since the first one, it is just a known fact that the PS4 suffers from noise issues, and I added my personal experience to the mix. Not sure why I got down voted for that. EDIT: Just to add to what I said, I am not trying to be a dick or offend anyone. If my comment was wrong or offended anyone, just let me know what I did wrong and I will keep it in mind for the next time.
      - sumedh 6y ago
        I think you did not add the right context in your original post which is why you got that harsh response.
        jamesponddotco 6y ago
        Yeah, after a day passed and my head cleared — and cooled, 38 °C yesterday —, I can see how my comment can be seen as low-effort at best. Lesson learned. Thank you for the polite answer, by the way.
  - WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
    Business Opportunity: Open Case (Test Bench) for PS4.
- arprocter 6y ago
  My 'improved' Pro from the Red Dead bundle still gets loud, but it seems to depend on the game NMS is good at making it run at full volume
balls187 6y ago
It was really really bad. So bad I had considered building a sound dampining enclosure for it. Instead I bought an aftermarket fan (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075R3W8V7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075R3W8V7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...) and using Ifixit, replaced it. Now it's much quieter.
young_unixer 6y ago
My PS3's Blu-ray reader was constantly stopping and accelerating when playing certain games (Red Dead Redemption). I don't know if my unit was slightly faulty or it was standard behavior. Why not just let the disc run at full speed instead of constantly changing its speed and annoying the user with those sounds? I don't care about fan noise, because it's constant, but noise coming from a disc reader constantly stopping and accelerating is annoying.
- kuschku 6y ago
  Because the game repeatedly seeks data from the outside of the disk, and the inside of the disk. Reading the innermost ring takes a mcuh slower speed than the outermost ring, so these speed changes are what you're hearing.
  - young_unixer 6y ago
    That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
sangnoir 6y ago
> Actually, Sony support wrote me it's noisy because it's powerful. That is correct - all that power has to be dissipated somehow. When it comes to cooling considerations, the limitations are: fast, quiet, compact - pick two.
- TMWNN 6y ago
  >When it comes to cooling considerations, the limitations are: fast, quiet, compact - pick two. Xbox Series X may have beaten this dilemma. The recent talk about it running "hot" misses the point; the heat has to go somewhere. A MacBook running hot (and boy, does it) matters to the person whose lap it is on, but not so much for a console sitting at the other end of the room, as long as you leave enough room for air flow. The fact that the Xbox Series X previews universally report that the console runs quietly is promising. (Yes, they all tested with X1/360/original Xbox games, as opposed to Xbox Series native games. But they are all getting upscaling and HDR added, so the console still has to do work.) This may change in seven years when the new GTA8 pushes it to the limit just before the next Xbox comes out.
  - fomine3 6y ago
    No one can't "beat" the dilemma. We can do is designing well and deciding a good compromise point. > but not so much for a console sitting at the other end of the room, as long as you leave enough room for air flow. Manufacturer won't expect all gamers put the console on large living room. Possibly the console is put on asian small one room. To extend your thought, cloud gaming would be the answer. Heat, noise, and size is on datacenter.
    - TMWNN 6y ago
      >To extend your thought, cloud gaming would be the answer. Heat, noise, and size is on datacenter. Microsoft is going all in on Game Pass as the future. I'd be surprised if the company doesn't do some combination of the following: * Xcloud client for Xbox One (maybe even 360) * Xcloud client for PC/Mac * Official Xcloud client for Android TV/Amazon Fire * Ultra-cheap Xcloud-only Xbox Series GP
Sophistifunk 6y ago
My regular PS4 is bad enough, I can't imagine it being any louder. I barely use it on account of the jet taking off combined with the terribly weak bluetooth connection for the controllers constantly missing button presses if I accidentally get an entire knee between the console and controller..

by rado 6y ago

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

I dunno, it wasn't too bad to begin with, but it got worse as games became more demanding (and I presume the cooling started to fill with dust).

birracerveza 6y ago
I played Dreams and it was so loud I got legit scared the thing was going to blow up. No joke. It was THAT loud. Absolutely unbelievable.

trymas 6y ago

I've heard bad things about it, though if you bought PS4 Pro with red dead redemption 2 bundle [0][1], the noise is non issue. Cooling noise is not noticeable probably 95% of the time. I assume the system runs hotter, though.. [0] and I assume later models after that bundle came out, are quieter too; [1] too lazy to find out what is the exact model designation number;

jamesponddotco 6y ago
As someone with a PS4 Pro that is currently going through Red Dead Redemption 2, I disagree. I have to put on headphones to be able to hear anything in game because the fans are so god damn loud. Things got better after opening it up, cleaning, and replacing the thermal goo, but it is still intolerable.
- coder543 6y ago
  The person you're replying to is saying there was an improved model of PS4 Pro released with the Red Dead Redemption bundle. If you disagree, then refute that... but an anecdote about how playing RDR2 causes the console to get hot isn't a response to anything they said. You could have a very early PS4 Pro without the improved cooling system. (To be clear, I don't know whether the PS4 Pro's cooling system was revised in a later edition, I'm just explaining why your response doesn't fit with the comment you're replying to.)
  - jamesponddotco 6y ago
    The cooling system was revised in later editions, yes, but the model that the person I replied to mentioned is the CUH-7215B, the same one I have. The CUH-7215B was included in a bundle with Red Dead Redemption 2 and in a bundle with Kingdom Hearts III, the one I got — there are probably other bundles with this model too. I am not trying to shit on Sony, I have been buying Playstations since the first one, it is just a known fact that the PS4 suffers from noise issues, and I added my personal experience to the mix. Not sure why I got down voted for that. EDIT: Just to add to what I said, I am not trying to be a dick or offend anyone. If my comment was wrong or offended anyone, just let me know what I did wrong and I will keep it in mind for the next time.
    - sumedh 6y ago
      I think you did not add the right context in your original post which is why you got that harsh response.
      - jamesponddotco 6y ago
        Yeah, after a day passed and my head cleared — and cooled, 38 °C yesterday —, I can see how my comment can be seen as low-effort at best. Lesson learned. Thank you for the polite answer, by the way.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
  Business Opportunity: Open Case (Test Bench) for PS4.
arprocter 6y ago
My 'improved' Pro from the Red Dead bundle still gets loud, but it seems to depend on the game NMS is good at making it run at full volume

balls187 6y ago

It was really really bad. So bad I had considered building a sound dampining enclosure for it. Instead I bought an aftermarket fan (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075R3W8V7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075R3W8V7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...) and using Ifixit, replaced it. Now it's much quieter.

young_unixer 6y ago

My PS3's Blu-ray reader was constantly stopping and accelerating when playing certain games (Red Dead Redemption). I don't know if my unit was slightly faulty or it was standard behavior. Why not just let the disc run at full speed instead of constantly changing its speed and annoying the user with those sounds? I don't care about fan noise, because it's constant, but noise coming from a disc reader constantly stopping and accelerating is annoying.

kuschku 6y ago
Because the game repeatedly seeks data from the outside of the disk, and the inside of the disk. Reading the innermost ring takes a mcuh slower speed than the outermost ring, so these speed changes are what you're hearing.
- young_unixer 6y ago
  That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

sangnoir 6y ago

> Actually, Sony support wrote me it's noisy because it's powerful. That is correct - all that power has to be dissipated somehow. When it comes to cooling considerations, the limitations are: fast, quiet, compact - pick two.

TMWNN 6y ago
>When it comes to cooling considerations, the limitations are: fast, quiet, compact - pick two. Xbox Series X may have beaten this dilemma. The recent talk about it running "hot" misses the point; the heat has to go somewhere. A MacBook running hot (and boy, does it) matters to the person whose lap it is on, but not so much for a console sitting at the other end of the room, as long as you leave enough room for air flow. The fact that the Xbox Series X previews universally report that the console runs quietly is promising. (Yes, they all tested with X1/360/original Xbox games, as opposed to Xbox Series native games. But they are all getting upscaling and HDR added, so the console still has to do work.) This may change in seven years when the new GTA8 pushes it to the limit just before the next Xbox comes out.
- fomine3 6y ago
  No one can't "beat" the dilemma. We can do is designing well and deciding a good compromise point. > but not so much for a console sitting at the other end of the room, as long as you leave enough room for air flow. Manufacturer won't expect all gamers put the console on large living room. Possibly the console is put on asian small one room. To extend your thought, cloud gaming would be the answer. Heat, noise, and size is on datacenter.
  - TMWNN 6y ago
    >To extend your thought, cloud gaming would be the answer. Heat, noise, and size is on datacenter. Microsoft is going all in on Game Pass as the future. I'd be surprised if the company doesn't do some combination of the following: * Xcloud client for Xbox One (maybe even 360) * Xcloud client for PC/Mac * Official Xcloud client for Android TV/Amazon Fire * Ultra-cheap Xcloud-only Xbox Series GP

Sophistifunk 6y ago

My regular PS4 is bad enough, I can't imagine it being any louder. I barely use it on account of the jet taking off combined with the terribly weak bluetooth connection for the controllers constantly missing button presses if I accidentally get an entire knee between the console and controller..