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PS5 Pro owners, how silent is your unit? Any noticeable Coil Whine?
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King Dazzar
Member
Totally silent. No coil whine. Early days.
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
Pretty quiet so far, been playing for the past 4 hours 
ComboBongo
Neo Member
Yeah I now have the second one set up on my desk and I can hear the whine, unlike downstairs on the TV where I could only hear the fan. Definitely noticeable, especially with the Series X on my desk which is barely audible.
HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
Seriously. Mine's definitely not inaudible, but quiet by my standards. Ofc there's always people enjoying having their ears glued to the damn thing instead of playing games.One thing I will never trust the internet about...
"Its quiet! Totally silent! I can't hear anything!"
*get device home
TheGodfather07
Member
My Standard PS5 has been quite audible since I got it. I remember being disappointed when I first played a game on it and I could clearly hear it. I expected it to be much quieter based on what I was hearing. Now the series x? That really was silent, just like people were saying. Like you can literally put your head right next to it and just about hear it! I wish PS5 was that quiet!
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Whisper quiet here
It is very important to understand that there are two kinds of people:
1) Anal-retentive OCD bastards like myself who happen to have good hearing AND keep their consoles in a quiet room (25dB noise floor);
2) Everyone else who is "normal" and keeps their consoles in noisy living rooms with kitchen appliances nearby (40-45db noise floor).
This thread is really more for us unfortunate group 1 members as we get triggered by noisy consoles we can hear while playing our games during less noisy passages. As an example, if I am playing a Call of Duty game where I want to hear the footsteps of my enemy when there is a lull in the gunfire and explosions, noticing any coil whine buzzing or a fan making a high-pitched whistling sound takes me right out of the action and annoys me. The only two consoles that I have tried that were not intrusive were the XBOX Series X that is literally inaudible from 2 meters and the PS5 CFI-1200 revision which had a fairly silent fan and very low coil whine. My original PS5 launch unit had horrible coil whine and very low fan noise. The 2 PS5 Slims that I tried had no coil whine but one had a very loud NMB fan with infamous UFO whistling noise, while the other had a fairly noisy fan but at least no whistling noise. The loudest consoles I have ever owned were the OG PS3 Fat model and the PS4 Pro. See a pattern here?
I will not be picking up the PS5 Pro if it is confirmed that we will be required to play the infamous fan lottery again OR if it is confirmed that the coil whine noise emanating from the PSU is back. From all the information available so far, it appears that the PS5 Pro has coil whine similar to the original PS5 model which is very annoying and quite audible. It also pulsates because the level of it depends on what the GPU is doing, so it draws even more attention to itself. To make things even worse, it appears that the fan noise level is at a similar level to the PS5 Slim which was significantly louder during gaming than the PS5 original.
This individual on YouTube has bought 2 PS5 Pros and they shipped with different fans, one with Delta the other with Foxconn. His videos seem to confirm what other users sensitive to noise have been saying:
If Sony ever decides to make a more silent console, I will consider picking it up as a long-time Playstation fan. Until then, I am gaming on the Series X.
1) Anal-retentive OCD bastards like myself who happen to have good hearing AND keep their consoles in a quiet room (25dB noise floor);
2) Everyone else who is "normal" and keeps their consoles in noisy living rooms with kitchen appliances nearby (40-45db noise floor).
This thread is really more for us unfortunate group 1 members as we get triggered by noisy consoles we can hear while playing our games during less noisy passages. As an example, if I am playing a Call of Duty game where I want to hear the footsteps of my enemy when there is a lull in the gunfire and explosions, noticing any coil whine buzzing or a fan making a high-pitched whistling sound takes me right out of the action and annoys me. The only two consoles that I have tried that were not intrusive were the XBOX Series X that is literally inaudible from 2 meters and the PS5 CFI-1200 revision which had a fairly silent fan and very low coil whine. My original PS5 launch unit had horrible coil whine and very low fan noise. The 2 PS5 Slims that I tried had no coil whine but one had a very loud NMB fan with infamous UFO whistling noise, while the other had a fairly noisy fan but at least no whistling noise. The loudest consoles I have ever owned were the OG PS3 Fat model and the PS4 Pro. See a pattern here?
I will not be picking up the PS5 Pro if it is confirmed that we will be required to play the infamous fan lottery again OR if it is confirmed that the coil whine noise emanating from the PSU is back. From all the information available so far, it appears that the PS5 Pro has coil whine similar to the original PS5 model which is very annoying and quite audible. It also pulsates because the level of it depends on what the GPU is doing, so it draws even more attention to itself. To make things even worse, it appears that the fan noise level is at a similar level to the PS5 Slim which was significantly louder during gaming than the PS5 original.
This individual on YouTube has bought 2 PS5 Pros and they shipped with different fans, one with Delta the other with Foxconn. His videos seem to confirm what other users sensitive to noise have been saying:
If Sony ever decides to make a more silent console, I will consider picking it up as a long-time Playstation fan. Until then, I am gaming on the Series X.
Cr1ptkeeper
Member
My PS5 had coil whine but the fan was not noticable.
Now on my PS5 Pro the coil whine is still noticable but a lot better but the fan noise has increased a lot. Like others here, not as bad as PS4 (Pro) but noticable while gaming.
I wonder if the OG PS5 fan is compatible with the PS5 Pro, if so we could just switch them as they are easily accessible.
Now on my PS5 Pro the coil whine is still noticable but a lot better but the fan noise has increased a lot. Like others here, not as bad as PS4 (Pro) but noticable while gaming.
I wonder if the OG PS5 fan is compatible with the PS5 Pro, if so we could just switch them as they are easily accessible.
I wish it were that easy. The real problem is that Sony seems to be simply running their fan at higher RPM on the Slim/Pro chassis to compensate for the smaller heatsink. I was really hoping that all the efficiency gains resulting from the switch to a 4nm process would enable them to run the PS5 Pro fan at lower RPM during gaming, but it does not seem this is the case. Of course, they could always change the fan RPM profile later but Sony is not known for doing this and is famous for being very conservative in terms of operating temperature of their hardware.
It is also fairly unlikely that Sony will eventually issue a second revision to the PS5 Pro hardware as they will probably focus all their efforts on the PS6. So, this is probably as good as it gets - bearable if you get lucky, but far from ideal, especially at this price point.
ReBurn
Gold Member
My ears have evolved to produce their own high pitched whining, so there's nothing coil whine can do to me.
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JusticeForAll
Gold Member
Cr1ptkeeper
Member
If the fans are indeed incompatible then we'll have to wait for the Foxconn fan to be available to buy as a single part. I did that with my PS5 and finally had a quiet fan.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
I don't know why this came to mind lol. Just joking here. Hopefully no one has to deal with those people.
Ainem Enamas
Member
Totally silent
...because I don't have one
PicoLordens
Member
Same here. And to make matters worse... Coil whine. I hate everything
In terms of coil whine, my Pro is quieter than my launch PS5. It's still audible, but it's a less distracting lower hum/buzz than before (ofc only discernible during loading screens or when there's audio silence). Fan noise wise, from my normal viewing distance 5ft from the couch I never really noticed it over the coil whine. It's no different with the Pro. But it's hard to compare my launch PS5 fan with the Pro's as it's had 4 years of abuse and the fan blades are coated with a layer of dust. 
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PicoLordens
Member
I get frequent Lan cable disconnect messages. Anyone else?
Kerotan
Member
A woman will do that to a man.
FalconPunch
Member
That is unfortunate. Have you tried unplugging and plugging in back the cable?
PicoLordens
Member
Yeah. I might return it and get another one. What a shite. First time having problems with console.
FalconPunch
Member
Yea, just get another one asap. Don't even waste time. Now if it happens when you get a new one, change the cable.
DanielG165
Member
I’m still blown away by that, as an aside. The thing never goes above completely inaudible, even when pushed. Though, the PS5 Pro being a tiny bit louder overall so far makes sense considering its higher draw.
GHG
Member
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Huh, so looks like I kinda lost the lottery on my Pro. Fan makes a fair bit of audible noise compared to my base PS5 which was whisper quiet.
The more annoying issue is that the fan spins at the same speed regardless if I play SM2 in Pro Fidelity mode or a fucking visual novel like Root Letter. I'm actually dumbfounded by this, lol. I hope they update the fan curve via a firmware update or something.
Oh and I don't have coil whine so there's that at least.
The more annoying issue is that the fan spins at the same speed regardless if I play SM2 in Pro Fidelity mode or a fucking visual novel like Root Letter. I'm actually dumbfounded by this, lol. I hope they update the fan curve via a firmware update or something.
Oh and I don't have coil whine so there's that at least.
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gooner4life_uk
Member
There's no fan lottery man, people are just lying when they say it's silent, it's definitely very much not fucking silent, OG PS5 was silent, Slim is silent, PS5 Pro is not.
Topher
Identifies as young
Bullshit. Mine is silent. If it wasn't silent then I'd say so.
Everyone here is lying but you??
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
You have a disc drive?
Can you check if discs seem warm/hot after playing for 20+ minutes? preferably some pro game
Topher
Identifies as young
Been playing Dragon's Dogma 2 for over an hour. Just ejected the disc and it is warm, but not abnormally so, I don't think.
GHG
Member
Something about this all seems oddly familiar. Ah yes, that's right:
Replacement PS5 has coil whine worse than the first
I know it’s an unacceptable solution, but due to my 2 PS4 base models, Slim and Pro being extremely loud, I’d already decided that the PS5 would go in an open backed cupboard so I can shut it away without ventilation problems. Is this not an option for you? Ooo that's a good idea. I have the...
If anyone has a truly silent one I'd love to see a YouTube video of it playing a 60fps game!out of the pages and pages of threads I dont think we have had one video of a truly silent PS5, just a few claims. (Note I dont think people are lying just unable to hear it or have ambient room noise cancelling it out).
You'd think they would at least switch up the methods and language, but alas.
Round 2 here we go I guess.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
thanks. I thoguht it's a bit warmer than base but it's purely anecdotal.
BTW all 3 modes support PSSR in dd2 right ?
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Topher
Identifies as young
Dang.....that sucks man. You might want to take it back and exchange it for another if it is that loud.
gooner4life_uk
Member
Your's isn't silent, most people have said the fan is audible, so you have the only silent PS5 Pro in the world? get your ears tested
Topher
Identifies as young
Oh really?
Quieter than my original PS5 Disc Edition and that was practically silent! I'm currently installing games and it's barely audible!
Sony must have implemented better sound proofing.
Putonahappyface
Member
Putonahappyface
Member
Same here after installing three games and playing Asto Bot for a few hours. Warm discs, but not anything to worry about. Still whisper quiet.
