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Next-gen cooling during these hot times.

Is you console quiet?

  • PS5 remains silent

    Votes: 128 69.9%

  • XSX/S remains silent

    Votes: 87 47.5%

  • PS5 noticeably louder

    Votes: 10 5.5%

  • XSX/S noticeably louder

    Votes: 2 1.1%

  • PS4 Pro exploded

    Votes: 18 9.8%
  • Total voters
    183
JOEVIAL

JOEVIAL

Has a voluptuous plastic labia
bentanchorbolt said:
Last year it was 107, 109, and 110 freedom units in August and I don't have AC. It was too hot to play a ton of videogames but the few times I did the Xbox didn't make any extra noise of suffer from any issues. Seemed entirely fine to me.
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Man... that temperature and no A/C? Got to ask, whereabouts do you live? I've heard lots of folks in mountainous/higher elevation areas don't have A/C.

Lowland dweller here. Frequently gets above 100 where I'm at, heat index over 110 several days out of the year. A/C is pretty much necessary 😂
 
Rocco Schiavone

Rocco Schiavone

Member
My room temperature is max 26 celsius. Even without air condition.

Don't you have any blinds?
Gaming is no problem at all on my PS5. To remove the annoying UFO buzz sounds I removed the shitty nidec fan and replaced it with a NMB fan. No overheating and no noise issues.
 
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LordOfChaos

LordOfChaos

Member
It's not necessarily the summer, but I do notice that I thought my PS5 was completely quiet when I got it, then in the next few months with updates it seemed to ramp up the fan to a bit more audible.

I notice no difference in going into summer, just remained louder than I thought for the first few months, and I did check in side and it's still squeaky clean


TintoConCasera said:
My Nintendo 64 has been very quiet so far.
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Nice, overclock that bitch

Micro-64

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micro-64.com micro-64.com
 
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Valonquar

Valonquar

Member
My PS5 is waaaaay more quiet than my PS4 Pro was. The Pro sounded like a damn hair dryer with any AAA title running. I tend to wear headphones while gaming so it wasn't that much of an issue, but it was noticeably loud, even with the AC on 68.
 
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Rayderism

Rayderism

Member
My PS5 is still silent, but I keep my house at 70 to 75F at all times.

My dustbuster of a PS4 Pro has been very quiet, but only because it's chilling in a closet.
 
TintoConCasera

TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
The Fartist said:
PS4/Pro owners:

Compressed air and new thermal paste are your friends
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Is that really needed if I have AC in the games room?

I've cleaned my Pro a few times, but never bothered with the thermal paste. So far the only game that put it in jet engine mode was God of War, which is weird because later on I played RDR2 on the same console and it was much quietter.
 
Beer Baelly

Beer Baelly

Al Pachinko, Konami President
PS5 when loading up

jet engine GIF
 
The Fartist

The Fartist

Gold Member
TintoConCasera said:
Is that really needed if I have AC in the games room?

I've cleaned my Pro a few times, but never bothered with the thermal paste. So far the only game that put it in jet engine mode was God of War, which is weird because later on I played RDR2 on the same console and it was much quietter.
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The factory thermal paste dries out over time, so yeah, I would replace it ASAP, it will make a difference
 
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TheUsual

TheUsual

Gold Member
TintoConCasera said:
Is that really needed if I have AC in the games room?

I've cleaned my Pro a few times, but never bothered with the thermal paste. So far the only game that put it in jet engine mode was God of War, which is weird because later on I played RDR2 on the same console and it was much quietter.
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I replaced the thermal paste and thermal pads on my OG ps4 pro as the fan on it started getting louder and louder overtime. It became whisper quiet after that and was well worth it.

EDIT: and I did live in an central air conditioned apartment as well.
 
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TintoConCasera

TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
The Fartist said:
The factory thermal paste dries out over time, so yeah, I would replace it ASAP, it will make a difference
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It's been 5 or 6 years since I upgraded to the Pro model and I still want to play some games on that system so yeah, I'll have to look into it.

Thanks for the heads up bros The Fartist The Fartist TheUsual TheUsual
 
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jm89

jm89

Member
I just kept it off. My room is a heat trap and I'm not adding any more heat to it, to what is already a miserable experience.
 
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A

ACESHIGH

Banned
Basically : On winter game with a full fat gaming rig as a heater. Play the most demanding AAA games. In the summer, game on your phone (Xcloud or emulation) or something like a PS2.
 
Rocco Schiavone

Rocco Schiavone

Member
The Fartist said:
PS4/Pro owners:

Compressed air and new thermal paste are your friends
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If you have a release Pro this doesn't change much.

Send my pro to a repair Shop. They aplied new thermal paste and also thermal pads on the memory chips. They cleaned also the console and the end result was the console was only a little bit more silent.

Still a vacum cleaner during COD.
 
AGRacing

AGRacing

Gold Member
No issues with either now .. BUT I did self repair my Series X with a simple thermal paste change. It was overheating and shutting down during flight simulator. Has been perfect since.
 
Investor9872

Investor9872

Member
I just got my PS5 two months ago, and it's running silent. But I have a beach house here in California, where it is currently 70*F degrees, when it's supposed to be 83 F degrees 5 miles inland from me. My PS5 is a million times quieter than my jet-engine screeching taking off PS4 Pro.
 
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Aenima

Aenima

Member
I dont notice any diference in fan noise on my PS5 and my room is very hot during summer and very cold during winter. Cant hear the console during day time, and during night time i can only hear it if everething else is silent. Console gets much hotter to the touch during summer playing PS5 games, but fan keeps quiet and no signs during gameplay of overheating.
 
Bojji

Bojji

Member
Xbox is still super silent and PS5 is maybe slightly noiser than in colder months? Or maybe it's the same... I'm not sure.
 
ShakenG

ShakenG

Member
Loudest sound i get from the PS5 is the disc drive when starting it up. if i dont have a disc in, it barely makes a sound. (Aus summer.)

At worst, a very mild coil whine when tv is muted or low volume. If fan sounds louder, i obviously haven't noticed it. Vacuum it at least once a month.
 
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Sleepwalker

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I was in the coast of Colombia for about the last 8 months or so, median temperature about 30 celsius, sometimes closer to 40, both next gen consoles were fine. I did have AC but not on all the time.


I'm now in Canada and they are fine as well. (Yes I took them both)
 
I Master l

I Master l

Banned
My XSX is silent even in summer but i noticed an audible fan noise when playing COD Vanguard Zombies,
No other game did that and i am not sure why
 
M1987

M1987

Member
Not played on PS5 for a few days, but my Series x was silent. I don't think I have ever heard the xbox make any noise at all
 
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