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PS5 Pro owners, how silent is your unit? Any noticeable Coil Whine?
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Rick Dangerous
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Haven't notice any particular noise on my ps5 pro up to now.
Muddy
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Topher
Identifies as young
TrebleShot
Member
Are you back? Where did you go
Muddy
Member
He said this yesterday.
The Pro was released today.
Pretty obvious what his agenda really is. Honestly the lengths people go to.
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AngelMuffin
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Topher
Identifies as young
Meh.....he's made it pretty easy to just dismiss everything he has to say. That was nice of him.
TrebleShot
Member
Delusional Arsenal fan?
Never met one of those before.
Never met one of those before.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
I wouldn't say it's loud, but it's def audible compared to both my XSX and phat PS5 (it's usually noticeable in these visual novels with more quiet BG music, lol). Knowing my luck I'd probably get another one with the same audible fan and with coil whine on top of that.
I'll think it over the weekend after I play more games on my Pro. I've also decided to keep my old PS5 and move it to the bedroom instead.
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It's very quiet, but it's also noticeably hotter than my base PS5.
I feel like my Pro's fans are not Running fast enough or something.
Anyone else notice it being a lot hotter? I played silent hill 2 for an hour and put my hand behind the back and it was really really hot. Almost too hot to be able to remove a USB stick comfortably
I feel like my Pro's fans are not Running fast enough or something.
Anyone else notice it being a lot hotter? I played silent hill 2 for an hour and put my hand behind the back and it was really really hot. Almost too hot to be able to remove a USB stick comfortably
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Blitzmangoman
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The console itself or the air?
If it was the air, that is good. If it's the console, ergh I don't know, lol.
Probably the air then. I'll have to try it out again.
Skitso
Member
Mine is as silent as my base model. Which means I can't hear a thing.
Vroadstar
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Putonahappyface
Member
Coil whine lottery strikes again.
Yes to your second question, and I did not forget to take my crazy pills either
Dude, after I call myself an "Anal-retentive OCD bastard", why do you feel the need to insult me? Obviously, my post triggered something, and you needed to feel better about yourself. If you had actually bothered to try and understand what I was trying to say, you would get my actual point: For the vast majority of users, all PS5 revisions including the Pro will be considered acceptably quiet. That still does not change the fact that Sony has produced a very expensive console that cannot be considered premium compared to its main competitor, the XBOX Series X, if we focus on how loud the fan is, and if we take into consideration the fact that early users are reporting very apparent and audible coil whine.
As for your first question implying that I am being deliberately obtuse by playing games on mute and looking for problems, I have described in detail the situation in which one may encounter intrusive coil whine or fan noise - during the quiet passages of games such as Black Ops 6 for example, when you are trying to hear incoming footsteps. In competitive games like that, any distraction, including coil whine coming from the console, can be considered a nuisance and a detraction. If I am paying over $1000 (in Canada) for a console, please allow me to expect some attention to detail coming from Sony in ensuring their premium console does not do this. If Microsoft can do it, with their own spotty record for producing hardware with questionable QC, Sony should at least try to.
saintjules
Gold Member
I can hear the disc drive running if I'm next to it, but at a distance, it's quite minimal.
saintjules
Gold Member
I haven't heard any noise on mine. At least if it's bad you can return it. The Console isn't sold out for those with this issue thankfully.
angelgs90
Member
I'm on the same boat as you (as for the OCD). That's the reason why I created this thread.Yes to your second question, and I did not forget to take my crazy pills either
Dude, after I call myself an "Anal-retentive OCD bastard", why do you feel the need to insult me? Obviously, my post triggered something, and you needed to feel better about yourself. If you had actually bothered to try and understand what I was trying to say, you would get my actual point: For the vast majority of users, all PS5 revisions including the Pro will be considered acceptably quiet. That still does not change the fact that Sony has produced a very expensive console that cannot be considered premium compared to its main competitor, the XBOX Series X, if we focus on how loud the fan is, and if we take into consideration the fact that early users are reporting very apparent and audible coil whine.
As for your first question implying that I am being deliberately obtuse by playing games on mute and looking for problems, I have described in detail the situation in which one may encounter intrusive coil whine or fan noise - during the quiet passages of games such as Black Ops 6 for example, when you are trying to hear incoming footsteps. In competitive games like that, any distraction, including coil whine coming from the console, can be considered a nuisance and a detraction. If I am paying over $1000 (in Canada) for a console, please allow me to expect some attention to detail coming from Sony in ensuring their premium console does not do this. If Microsoft can do it, with their own spotty record for producing hardware with questionable QC, Sony should at least try to.
I'll happily pay a big price if this means a completely silent device, but this is not the case apparently.
I can stand a loud fan perfectly, but not the high pitched sound of coil whine.
DaleinCalgary
Member
No noise yet
Nonehxc
Member
I don't have a PS5 Pro yet, but nonetheless, I'm noticing how silent it is...
How silent it is since there's ZERO astroturfers, zealots and shills, paid or not, making noise and tsunamis of shit and bad PR for PS5.
Compare with PS5 base going against Series X launch.
I rest my case and go to play with my Series X.
How silent it is since there's ZERO astroturfers, zealots and shills, paid or not, making noise and tsunamis of shit and bad PR for PS5.
Compare with PS5 base going against Series X launch.
I rest my case and go to play with my Series X.
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Chronos24
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Downloaded a crap ton last night and gave TLOU part 1 a go while still downloading and I definitely heard the fan kick up but not by much. That game for some odd reason is the gold standard on making a PlayStation fan rev up. Everything else I tried (SH2, Fortnite, Elden Ring) didn't hear a thing. Will look again now that everything has downloaded but otherwise it's very very quiet.
TrebleShot
Member
I mean it's loudest when downloading stuff so there's that but in general very silent.
A kind of solution is to keep it in another room and runs. Long HDMI
A kind of solution is to keep it in another room and runs. Long HDMI
sainraja
Member
The UPS driver that delivered mine simply left it at the door without waiting for a signature lol. My tracking info said signature required.
Randall365
Member
I think people should check that they have not been on all night downloading first - leave it a few days to settle down and for thermal paste to cure, then panic.
Ambient temps play a huge part too - you are probably speaking to people whose console is ice cold bragging about it being whsiper quiet!
Ambient temps play a huge part too - you are probably speaking to people whose console is ice cold bragging about it being whsiper quiet!
GoldenEye98
posts news as their odd job
Has any outlet done a decibel test? Those are more objective than anecdotes...
Rocco Schiavone
Member
The console uses liquid metal. Thermal paste?? What are you talking about??
hououinkyouma00
Member
Besides the one time I put my head directly beside it I’ve never heard it once.
Both my OG and Slim were the same.
Both my OG and Slim were the same.
DavidGzz
Member
Yeah, mine has been the same as when I was downloading games while playing Demon's Souls. Really quiet and DS looks so damn clean!
Topher
Identifies as young
I don't have a PS5 Pro yet, but nonetheless, I'm noticing how silent it is...
How silent it is since there's ZERO astroturfers, zealots and shills, paid or not, making noise and tsunamis of shit and bad PR for PS5.
Compare with PS5 base going against Series X launch.
I rest my case and go to play with my Series X.
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Putonahappyface
Member
Might be difficult for someone to remedy with a 30th anniversary PS5 PRO.
GHG
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Imtjnotu
Member
He even says that he boosted the audio of the recording so you could hear it. And at normal playing you can't hear it unless your sensitive to it.
My pro yesterday on horizon was quiet quiet
Imtjnotu
Member
I don't have a PS5 Pro yet, but nonetheless, I'm noticing how silent it is...
How silent it is since there's ZERO astroturfers, zealots and shills, paid or not, making noise and tsunamis of shit and bad PR for PS5.
Compare with PS5 base going against Series X launch.
I rest my case and go to play with my Series X.
Brutal Deluxe
Member
My console seems quiet but I have found another issue. All of a sudden I get no sound through to the amp if I have Atmos selected in the main settings. It was working fine and I loaded up Horizon and all sound cut out.
It doesn’t even say Atmos on the front of the amp as it did before. Only way I can get sound is ditching to linear PCM. Anyone else had this issue?
It doesn’t even say Atmos on the front of the amp as it did before. Only way I can get sound is ditching to linear PCM. Anyone else had this issue?
You didn’t lose the lottery. That’s exactly how the slim behaves too.
Slim is NOT even close to silent.
saintjules
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Zacfoldor
Member
Silence is a social construct.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Mine is silent as a tomb except for when a disc is spinning of course.
Lucifers Beard
Member
It's audible when running games but not noisy at all. When you factor in the audio of games, you can't hear it running from what I played earlier today.