krypt0nian
Banned
LOL if your ps4 is louder than your wireless gold headphones, your shit is broken. Call Sony.
Jesus fuck.
Jesus fuck.
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No seriously, why is my PS4 so goddamn loud?
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Messofanego
Banned
Is it a 30+ fps thing? I had no problems with Wolfenstein.
Never had the PS4 be loud and right now Uruks are in their dozens chasing me in the rain while lightning strikes and lots of stuff is happening in Shadow of Mordor. Gorgeous game and lots of characters on screen with no noticeable framerate dip whatsoever.
Never had the PS4 be loud and right now Uruks are in their dozens chasing me in the rain while lightning strikes and lots of stuff is happening in Shadow of Mordor. Gorgeous game and lots of characters on screen with no noticeable framerate dip whatsoever.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I find it odd that I keep hearing people complain about noise, my PS4 is damn near silent.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Everyone who calls their ps4 silent is a liar.
Everyone who said their ps4 is silent when they turn the tv up high enough dpesnt seem to realise that same argument could be used for a 360/PS3.
The neighbours cant hear Don Mattrick crying in the basement when he turns his music up loud enough, but I can assure you that doesnt mean hes silent.
You do not run such visually intensive games with tech in a box the height of a european cheeseburger and have silence unless you drown it out.
There is no way rhat people who have their ps4 on a desk in front of me like I do, who have played with the volume right down late at night could call the system silent or even quiet.
The background music while browsing the OS (aka the time where the PS4 has no reason to make sounds apaer from bleeps and bloops) is there for a reason.
My point is, quiet =! I cant hear it because im too far away and/or the tv is too loud.
Everyone who said their ps4 is silent when they turn the tv up high enough dpesnt seem to realise that same argument could be used for a 360/PS3.
The neighbours cant hear Don Mattrick crying in the basement when he turns his music up loud enough, but I can assure you that doesnt mean hes silent.
You do not run such visually intensive games with tech in a box the height of a european cheeseburger and have silence unless you drown it out.
There is no way rhat people who have their ps4 on a desk in front of me like I do, who have played with the volume right down late at night could call the system silent or even quiet.
The background music while browsing the OS (aka the time where the PS4 has no reason to make sounds apaer from bleeps and bloops) is there for a reason.
My point is, quiet =! I cant hear it because im too far away and/or the tv is too loud.
I may ne wrong though.
I've heard others say this. But I've had my PS4 on for 7+ hours before and any time I've played heavy intensive games where things really ramp up I've never had it raise in sound level. Sounds to me like it's possibly:
I. Faulty consoles (certain consoles for whatever reason are louder than others)
II. Lack of ventilation or some other factor regarding the room and space it's in.
III. Climate? Maybe in more humid areas where a room is really hot?
I really have no idea what it could be. Thing is, clearly it's an issue with some owners as enough have said their PS4 or X1 gets loud after some time. I just don't know why for others they stay silent.
Yeah no. I sit very close to my PS4 and it's very quiet and doesn't ramp up in noise. And I have no reason to lie as I own every system and don't give a shit about brand loyalty or defending brands. I acknowledge that clearly it's an issue for some people. Or they wouldn't be complaining about it. But it seems that this isn't the case for everyone, as folks like myself don't have systems making noises (let alone jet engine noises as some have said when the game gets graphically intensive)..
You have a point about the TV or surround sound possibly drowning out the noise. But I've played with the noise level down very low as my room is next to people sleeping when I play past midnight. And I'm not hearing noises. And again my PS4 is close to me in my room. Don't know what else to say.
I can agree that "silent" should not be taken literally as everyone's perception of sound levels are not the same. But having owned every system each gen, the PS4 and X1 are easily the quietest for me. So again, don't know what else to say. I do think that people should not be dismissive of others with loud PS4s. Just because you don't have a PS4 that is getting loud doesn't mean it's not an issue for someone else (and as we've both stated, there can be many factors that impact noise levels such as the room/space and the audio level of the TV that could explain for the varied experiences).
But I still think these consoles are quiet as hell. And I've not experienced the systems ramping up in a struggled noise after x amount of play time. Sounds like an issue with the fans or the ventilation. I wonder if their systems are caked in dust (if they opened up the shelling).
Edit: Important to note I've gone all digital this gen. That might explain the difference in sound, as I'm not using the disc drive. Although I did buy a couple games on disc for both X1 and PS4 at launch and wasn't getting substantially loud noise.
same. Mine makes some very light noise when the disc is spinning up to speed but other than that it's pretty quiet.
Ok whatev. Have it your way.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
You're wrong. I've been on both sides so I know exactly what's going on here. Some PS4's get loud and others don't.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Dat parity amirite
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
I'm almost certain it changes on the game you play.
When I play BF4, its pretty much silent. When I play FF, its a like a Jet.
When I play BF4, its pretty much silent. When I play FF, its a like a Jet.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Sounds like you're not playing the game loud enough.
The PS4 is uber sensitive to positioning. I had mine pointing under the TV and it would crank up, it's now sideways on my cabinet infront of the TV so it's pointing outwards to the left where there's free space and it doesn't seem to ramp up as much.
It isn't a quiet system though when playing certain games, every PS4 I've heard when I've been over to multiple friends houses is exactly the same - it's just individual perception, room conditions, distance from the machine and various other factors. OP you don't have a 'broken system'. It's slightly concerning because games are only going to get more demanding.
It isn't a quiet system though when playing certain games, every PS4 I've heard when I've been over to multiple friends houses is exactly the same - it's just individual perception, room conditions, distance from the machine and various other factors. OP you don't have a 'broken system'. It's slightly concerning because games are only going to get more demanding.
Hmm. And yet I sit close to my PS4 and X1 and have played with the sound off. I legit have never heard the PS4 ramp up in noise like a jet engine. *shrugs* I remember the 360 doing this (the older models) so I know what that sounds like. Actually my PS3 started doing this after 3 years.
duck_sauce
Member
Mine is very quiet.
If there are genuinely super quiet ones out there then there's a bigger issue going on with the amount of consoles out there which aren't. Most of my friends have PS4s and I'm yet to hear a 'silent' one.
My console has ramped up like a jet engine when I first bought it, downloading/installing (digitally, not the disk drive) whilst playing Killzone seems to be a bad combination. But for months now it's been pretty normal, but not silent.
Loudness has nothing to do with 30 fps... it has to do with cpu/gpu utilization. Your game can be running at 10fps and it could still be running 100% cpu/gpu.
Backfoggen
Banned
Unless it's defective the Xbox One should be way quieter. You barely hear it with the volume turned off.
Mine is quiet, but got LOUD as all hell a few days ago, all of a sudden.
I quickly realized I had pushed the console too close to the back of the shelf it is sitting in while doing some cleaning earlier in the day, and promptly fixed my mistake: in a matter of a few minutes, it went from boiling-hot-loud to warm~ish and quiet again.
So, yeah, people, first of all make sure you are giving it enough space to breathe. It needs quite a lot.
I quickly realized I had pushed the console too close to the back of the shelf it is sitting in while doing some cleaning earlier in the day, and promptly fixed my mistake: in a matter of a few minutes, it went from boiling-hot-loud to warm~ish and quiet again.
So, yeah, people, first of all make sure you are giving it enough space to breathe. It needs quite a lot.
PS4 is very flimsy, too. I had to replace one from Amazon, but the replacement was the same, so I just didn't bother returning it.
It made a really loud noise when the disc was in it. It seems to not do it when it's vertically, so I mostly leave it like that.
It made a really loud noise when the disc was in it. It seems to not do it when it's vertically, so I mostly leave it like that.
Mine goes jet engine from time to time, but only on certain occassions I can reproduce (like going into photo mode in Infamous and TLOU, going to the OS while a game is in the background (Metro Redux has this), playing goddamn Transistor). I wondered a lot if I have a faulty system, or if it's normal... Some games are whispering quiet though.
My system is well ventilated and the room I'm in isn't to hot usually (in summertime it still was the coolest place in my appartment). I'll see if he still tries to take off during winter, when the room should be a couple degrees colder.
My system is well ventilated and the room I'm in isn't to hot usually (in summertime it still was the coolest place in my appartment). I'll see if he still tries to take off during winter, when the room should be a couple degrees colder.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
Yep, I used to get all sort of hatred directed at me when I suggested my PS4 was loud so I just thought I had a defective unit. I returned mine and exchanged it and the second one was loud from the get-go, the first one was at least quiet that first week. I thought about returning a second time but then my brother got a PS4 and his was loud as well.
I have all the current and previous generation of consoles hooked up and they all are in the open and get great air for cooling and whatnot. Out of all my consoles my PS4 is easily the loudest and that includes my Slim 360 and an original launch PS3. My Xbox One is the quietest.
Edit: I also have a lot of issues with the power and eject buttons that are on the box itself.
I have all the current and previous generation of consoles hooked up and they all are in the open and get great air for cooling and whatnot. Out of all my consoles my PS4 is easily the loudest and that includes my Slim 360 and an original launch PS3. My Xbox One is the quietest.
Edit: I also have a lot of issues with the power and eject buttons that are on the box itself.
My PS4 is pretty silent too.
Sometimes the fans ramps up a lot and you can hear it, but usually only last for about a minute, then it goes silent again. Its happening to me more now that I have it on a desk (I had it on a table in the middle of the room before) but still its way better that my old 360.
Sometimes the fans ramps up a lot and you can hear it, but usually only last for about a minute, then it goes silent again. Its happening to me more now that I have it on a desk (I had it on a table in the middle of the room before) but still its way better that my old 360.
Does it say in the manual not to enclose in a cabinet ?