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No seriously, why is my PS4 so goddamn loud?

SheepyGuy said:
My Wii U keeps turning itself on to check for updates. I don't actually hear it turning on, but I hear it spinning up the hard drive every hour or two. Drove me crazy, so I unplugged the entire system until I need it again.
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You can disable auto-updates in the settings.
 
Mine is sitting atop my gaming PC atm! I can say that my wife knows when I'm playing BF4 on the PC from the GPU noise but not when I'm playing tLoU on the PS4.
I play everything with headphones.

Mine is really silent!
 
Been wondering that too. My launch model is loud and my second unit that I bought in March sounds the same so I guess it's just a loud console.
 
My PS4 is way more quiet than my PS3 Slim somehow. Only when it shortly installs a game or reads a disc it becomes loud. Even if my PS4 is under heavy load the vents are stealthy like solid snake. There are several different machines, just like with previous consoles some tend to be louder than others because of the way they're manufactured.
 
Mizzou Gaming said:
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.
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Yeah, my original launch black one had the issue where power/eject only worked like half the time.

I currently have the PS4 horizontal again and am running some tests....
 
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Most posters fail to take account of environmental conditions. Room temperature is an extremely important factor. It's pointless claiming your AMAZING PS4 is DEAD SILENT DEAD COOL when your room is at 10 Celsius.
 
Launch PS4 here and yeah it's loud but only when I play certain games. Diablo UE cause my PS4 to make sound like an airplane taking off but other games have no problem.
 
AgentOtaku said:
White Glacier PS4 owner reporting in...

Yeah, why the hell is it so loud with content that isn't locked at 30fps like Metro Redux, First Light, etc.?
I mean, I know why in the sense the system is working harder to pump out more frames, but how the hell did Sony think a CONSTANT high-pitched whirl was acceptable as soon as the system actually had to work somewhat?

I'm getting a White XboxOne at the end of the month. Is it anywhere near this loud?
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My PS4 was super loud after 20 minutes when I had it in my entertainment center itself. I moved it to outside the enclosed space and now doesn't even make a sound, even after several hours. It's all about ventilation.
 
Tamanon said:
My PS4 was super loud after 20 minutes when I had it in my entertainment center itself. I moved it to outside the enclosed space and now doesn't even make a sound, even after several hours. It's all about ventilation.
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Exact same thing I had to do. Inside the entertainment console, i figured there was enough space for ventilation.....yeah I was wrong. lol
 
Mine can get loud but I don't notice it much during gaming. When I turn off the console it'll run the fan at high speed for a few minutes to cool down. It's in an entertainment center but the back is open. Winter is coming so that should cool it down a bit.
 
launch model, sitting horizontally on its own stand well away from anything else.

only hear the disc drive spin up at the start of playing a game on Blu-ray. never notice it during gameplay. room temp is usually around 70F.

games played:
-TLoU
-inFamous
-Killzone
-AC4
-Knack
-Tomb Raider
-Wolfenstein

currently several hours of Destiny daily.
 
My first PS4 was loud (Hair drier loud!). But my replacement was very quiet (Some friends have had same experience)

Basically, it's like the Xbox 360 fan lottery all over again. Just keep replacing until you get a good one.
 
Mine has been pretty quiet after I put a 2cm thick wooden plate underneath it, which lifted it above the metal shelf, and gave it more room for airflow in the back. Before that it was definitely more loud when I played Killzone.
 
For the most part my PS4 has been quiet, but when I played TLOU and strangely just the Destiny beta it was incredibly loud. Not sure why it was just the Destiny beta since it's been perfectly fine with the retail game.
 
I have a launch PS4 and on one hand it was super loud in Infamous Second Son, like if it was running on 110% capacity. On the other, it is quiet in Destiny. I definitely CAN hear it when playing Destiny but it's not anything unusual. Compared to my old PS3 it's almost whisper quiet.

My #Xboxnoise Xbox One is far more annoying because of the nature of the sounds it makes.
 
I got the Destiny PS4 bundle and I have been pretty surprised at how loud the machine gets. Is this just a problem with the white ones?
 
99% of the time mine is super quiet, every so often when booting a game it sounds like a jet engine taking off for 10 seconds or so then calms down to unobtrusive silence again.

Horizontal by the way. I get nervous with vertical, I always imagine discs popping loose and getting wedged and stupid stuff like that. Or my kids knocking it over etc.
 
My PS4 is only audible when the disk in the bluray drive is spinning - and it rarely does that (except if it's installing a game).

I have a much bigger issue of my Wii U having a nice piercing white light shining, even when the console is off, to indicate a disk being in the drive..
 
I don't think mine is loud, but it is certainly disappointingly audible. I'd rather they had made it bigger like the Xbox One, fit larger fan/s and run them at a lower RPM.
 
Said it before; make sure it's on something stable. Ours was making a right bloody racket and we thought it was knackered until we realised it was actually vibrating the cabinet it was sat on. Once we'd fixed the stability issues with an update (in this case a folded up takeaway menu) it was fine.
 
Only problem I ever have is forgetting which is the eject and which is the power on the front.... that and hitting the PS button on the controller when putting it on the charger turning the machine on again.

I have never heard the fan on mine, personally.
 
Mine's a bit loud at times, but it is on a shelf in the tv stand that's only open in the front when the doors open (always when in use as it gets super hot otherwise).

It stays cool to the touch and isn't loud enough that it annoys me, so I'm fine with it as there's not another good spot for it and I prefer my game stuff out of site when not in use anyway.
 
It's all in the design. The Xbox One runs quieter and cooler. I mean, one EASY way they could have cut down on the heat and not have the fans run so loud would have been to take the power brick OUTSIDE the system. Sony was praised for putting it in the system, but my first thought when they did it was "that's an aweful tiny box to purposefully put more heat inside than is needed". Power supplies heat up. Would rather that heat not HAVE to be right next to the components when the ventilation area is so small.

Beyond that, it seems they sacrificed proper ventilation for sleeker design - which isn't bad in general, but could mean that the PS4 isn't a console that just lasts 20 years. In about 6 or 7, that constant heat from intensive games could cause hardware failures.

Microsoft went as save as possible after having heat issues in the 360. THe console may look like a giant brick, but that brick is ventilated everywhere. Top, sides, back, plus space inside for the air to circulate. My Wii U is literally stacked directly to the left of the console and there is a few centimeters to the right and a few inches behind, yet the console never seems to get too hot or loud. Even if it is on when the Wii U is, it isn't adding extra heat to the Wii U.

Conversely, my PS3 doesn't get too loud, but my gawd does it heat up.Just idling on the home screen, my PS3 can heat up my entire living room during the winter. It's a launch console PS3, so I have a feeling the fans and cooling have worsened over the years. For the brief time I had a PS4 in the house, it felt like I was launching a missle everytime I played games. It was loud and hot - two inconveniences in one.
 
Aroll said:
It's all in the design. The Xbox One runs quieter and cooler. I mean, one EASY way they could have cut down on the heat and not have the fans run so loud would have been to take the power brick OUTSIDE the system. Sony was praised for putting it in the system, but my first thought when they did it was "that's an aweful tiny box to purposefully put more heat inside than is needed". Power supplies heat up. Would rather that heat not HAVE to be right next to the components when the ventilation area is so small.

Beyond that, it seems they sacrificed proper ventilation for sleeker design - which isn't bad in general, but could mean that the PS4 isn't a console that just lasts 20 years. In about 6 or 7, that constant heat from intensive games could cause hardware failures.

Microsoft went as save as possible after having heat issues in the 360. THe console may look like a giant brick, but that brick is ventilated everywhere. Top, sides, back, plus space inside for the air to circulate. My Wii U is literally stacked directly to the left of the console and there is a few centimeters to the right and a few inches behind, yet the console never seems to get too hot or loud. Even if it is on when the Wii U is, it isn't adding extra heat to the Wii U.

Conversely, my PS3 doesn't get too loud, but my gawd does it heat up.Just idling on the home screen, my PS3 can heat up my entire living room during the winter. It's a launch console PS3, so I have a feeling the fans and cooling have worsened over the years. For the brief time I had a PS4 in the house, it felt like I was launching a missle everytime I played games. It was loud and hot - two inconveniences in one.
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Um. No. XBOne runs hotter than PS4.
 
I'm waiting for the equivalent of the PS3 Slim for the PS4. Anyone have a rough estimate on the release date for this?
 
Devilgunman said:
Launch PS4 here and yeah it's loud but only when I play certain games. Diablo UE cause my PS4 to make sound like an airplane taking off but other games have no problem.
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I got a PS4 last month, and this is exactly my experience with it. I have no idea how taxing UEE is to run, but the PS4 gets noisy while running it. The PS4 has ample ventilation and well more than a foot behind it.

I'll hear it if there's a quiet time in-game, like chilling in town or after clearing out a room.
 
Aroll said:
Conversely, my PS3 doesn't get too loud, but my gawd does it heat up.Just idling on the home screen, my PS3 can heat up my entire living room during the winter. It's a launch console PS3, so I have a feeling the fans and cooling have worsened over the years. For the brief time I had a PS4 in the house, it felt like I was launching a missle everytime I played games. It was loud and hot - two inconveniences in one.
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My PS4 is a bit more silent than the first PS3 slim model, which is also pretty quiet. The original 60GB PS3 was like a Hoover though, and it got the dreaded YLOD two years ago.
 
No such problem with mine, fingers crossed that it doesn't get louder as it accumulates dust. Then again I understand its architecture is more a laptop so it shouldn't be a problem?
 
coolasj19 said:
How far away from it are you sitting? The loudness of it takes an insane drop off after about a meter and a half or so. I sit within half a meter of it though so I'm eternally screwed.
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Agreed. When up close I hear it but not even a meter away the sound has gone. Its only shit when I first turn it on, does that click and then a whirr which NEVER sounds healthy...

Saying that, I barely hear my PS4 anyway. I must be another lucky one with a whisper quiet console!
 
Whisper quite PS4 reporting in - vertical or horizontal, and I've done db readings in both configurations. Never peaked above 55db at the rear vent - room was about a 45-50db "baseline".
 
Mine was loud, but I re-installed the last firmware update, to fix the eject disk issue, and everything is golden.
 
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