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dominalien 10,402 posts
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MasterOfSpin 41 posts
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Registered 2 months agoWhat is this new trend of people putting their ears up against the PS5, listening really hard and getting upset when they hear electronic equipment making electronic noises? I mean, if you have to literally put your phone up against the vents and turn off all other sound sources to hear a slight noise, what's the problem? Do you do the same for other devices> Do you listen to your microwave? Fan oven? -
Decks 29,411 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI showed it to my wife and she said it definitely wouldn't bother her. She doesn't hate me though. -
DakeyrasUK 5,045 posts
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Registered 8 years agoJust got 50 quid psn credit for 40.70 from this deal:
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With the 20 for 15 from currys a few weeks ago I now have 70 saved up for 55.
Makes buying a brand new ps5 game more palatable. Better to save it and use in double discount sales though! -
Psiloc 6,125 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI just hear the faint sound of a fan tbh -
Rogueywon 11,357 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMaybe my expectations are just skewed by PC gaming, but I hear nothing there that's unacceptable in terms of noise.
Mind you, I did play 70+ hours of Cyberpunk with a jet engine blasting away next to me. -
cymro 121 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@MasterOfSpin Its a related condition to "OMFG it dropped a frame the game's ruined" syndrome. -
MasterOfSpin wrote:
Bit of a strawman. I can clearly hear my PS5 from the couch. It doesn't bother me, but it certainly isn't "silent".
What is this new trend of people putting their ears up against the PS5, listening really hard and getting upset when they hear electronic equipment making electronic noises? I mean, if you have to literally put your phone up against the vents and turn off all other sound sources to hear a slight noise, what's the problem? Do you do the same for other devices> Do you listen to your microwave? Fan oven?
You know what's "silent"? My Tv. My Soundbar (well, unless it's supposed to make sounds). At a stretch, the Switch. What is this new trend of people calling electronic equipment that hums, whirrs and makes fan noises "silent"? A silent PC has water-cooling and noise dampening materials inside. The PS5 has neither.
Edited by UncleLou at 11:17:57 22-02-2021 -
uiruki 5,767 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMy first model Switch definitely isn't silent, that little fan spins at quite a speed when it's docked. The Lite is functionally inaudible though. -
PazJohnMitch 16,858 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMine does not make a sound loud enough for me to hear. (I am a bit deaf though and I could rarely hear my PS4 either).
My mates PS4 Pro however was ludicrously loud. And I can hear my Switch quite regularly on a few games but rarely on others.
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Rum_Monkey 2,512 posts
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Registered 1 year agoWe can add fan noise to the tedious discussions list with alien 3. -
MasterOfSpin 41 posts
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Registered 2 months agoUncleLou wrote:
Did Sony ever claim it was silent?
MasterOfSpin wrote:
Bit of a strawman. I can clearly hear my PS5 from the couch. It doesn't bother me, but it certainly isn't "silent".
What is this new trend of people putting their ears up against the PS5, listening really hard and getting upset when they hear electronic equipment making electronic noises? I mean, if you have to literally put your phone up against the vents and turn off all other sound sources to hear a slight noise, what's the problem? Do you do the same for other devices> Do you listen to your microwave? Fan oven?
You know what's "silent"? My Tv. My Soundbar (well, unless it's supposed to make sounds). At a stretch, the Switch. What is this new trend of people calling electronic equipment that hums, whirrs and makes fan noises "silent"? A silent PC has water-cooling and noise dampening materials inside. The PS5 has neither. -
Rogueywon 11,357 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@Rum_Monkey Doesn't somebody get squished in a big fan in Alien 3? -
Rum_Monkey 2,512 posts
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Registered 1 year agoMaybe in the directors cut which people think makes it a good film. -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,393 posts
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Registered 13 years agoYeah when things get going on Switch it is surprisingly loud. My PS5 is more or less silent; I can't hear it anyway unless it's spinning a disc, which really is quite loud but that's only ever now and then so who cares. Series X is quietest of all, spinning disc included. -
Armoured_Bear 30,281 posts
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Registered 9 years agoMasterOfSpin wrote:
The noise is audible and annoying everywhere in a 25m2 room, the Xbox one is inaudible from 3-4m away. Measuring from up close is to try and ensure that a shitty phone recording can capture the noise.
What is this new trend of people putting their ears up against the PS5, listening really hard and getting upset when they hear electronic equipment making electronic noises? I mean, if you have to literally put your phone up against the vents and turn off all other sound sources to hear a slight noise, what's the problem? Do you do the same for other devices> Do you listen to your microwave? Fan oven? -
You-can-call-me-kal 22,915 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIf I can’t hear it over normal TV volume then as far as I’m concerned it’s ‘silent’. -
Dougs 98,694 posts
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Registered 18 years agoPierre2k wrote:
Yeah, I agree. Mine doesn't sound like that in rest mode, even if I stuck a phone next to it to record it.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
To be fair, mine has definitely never sounded like that. That said, it does sound more like annoying fan noise than coil whine to me. Not quite right either way.
I'll send this to Sony today, hopefully you can hear clearly the contrast as the fans stop spinning.
I assume that was rest mode anyway
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ElNuevo9 14,164 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
This.
If I can’t hear it over normal TV volume then as far as I’m concerned it’s ‘silent’. -
Stan546 1,292 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Yup this is also my standard.
If I can’t hear it over normal TV volume then as far as I’m concerned it’s ‘silent’. -
neilka 23,886 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIf I was trapped in a room with ecosse then I'd be whining too. -
MasterOfSpin wrote:
Not that I am aware of. Unless you are Sony, of course.
UncleLou wrote:
Did Sony ever claim it was silent?
MasterOfSpin wrote:
Bit of a strawman. I can clearly hear my PS5 from the couch. It doesn't bother me, but it certainly isn't "silent".
What is this new trend of people putting their ears up against the PS5, listening really hard and getting upset when they hear electronic equipment making electronic noises? I mean, if you have to literally put your phone up against the vents and turn off all other sound sources to hear a slight noise, what's the problem? Do you do the same for other devices> Do you listen to your microwave? Fan oven?
You know what's "silent"? My Tv. My Soundbar (well, unless it's supposed to make sounds). At a stretch, the Switch. What is this new trend of people calling electronic equipment that hums, whirrs and makes fan noises "silent"? A silent PC has water-cooling and noise dampening materials inside. The PS5 has neither. -
Rodimus-Prime 426 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI agree with Kal and the others... so just out of curiosity booted up Spider-Man Miles Morales and muted my tv, and you can definitely hear it gently whirring.
But i think i've now tuned myself into that frequency, and can now hear it no matter how loud i turn the tv, where i go in my house, or whether the console is switched on or not.
So thanks. -
Armoured_Bear 30,281 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDougs wrote:
Yep, was rest mode, as I have usb power in rest mode off, you hear the fans stopping some seconds after being in rest mode. With USB power you have that noise the whole time.
Pierre2k wrote:
Yeah, I agree. Mine doesn't sound like that in rest mode, even if I stuck a phone next to it to record it.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
To be fair, mine has definitely never sounded like that. That said, it does sound more like annoying fan noise than coil whine to me. Not quite right either way.
I'll send this to Sony today, hopefully you can hear clearly the contrast as the fans stop spinning.
I assume that was rest mode anyway -
Mine sounds like that, but it's only obvious if I sit in silence.
I get it, the PS4 was obnoxious, but I feel actively cooled electronics are never going to be totally silent. Even my 360 S, which is the quietest actively cooled console I've ever owned wasn't silent. But like the PS5, I had to mute everything and listen for it.
Maybe it's the frequency of the thing that melts your head? -
Armoured_Bear 30,281 posts
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Registered 9 years agoUncleLou wrote:
Lots of reviewers did.
MasterOfSpin wrote:
Not that I am aware of. Unless you are Sony, of course.
UncleLou wrote:
Did Sony ever claim it was silent?
MasterOfSpin wrote:
Bit of a strawman. I can clearly hear my PS5 from the couch. It doesn't bother me, but it certainly isn't "silent".
What is this new trend of people putting their ears up against the PS5, listening really hard and getting upset when they hear electronic equipment making electronic noises? I mean, if you have to literally put your phone up against the vents and turn off all other sound sources to hear a slight noise, what's the problem? Do you do the same for other devices> Do you listen to your microwave? Fan oven?
You know what's "silent"? My Tv. My Soundbar (well, unless it's supposed to make sounds). At a stretch, the Switch. What is this new trend of people calling electronic equipment that hums, whirrs and makes fan noises "silent"? A silent PC has water-cooling and noise dampening materials inside. The PS5 has neither. -
Armoured_Bear 30,281 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGumboVariations wrote:
Yep, it's not the volume, it's the frequency, a fan with a quiet "whoosh" sound is fine, that's not distracting, this higher pitch is
Mine sounds like that, but it's only obvious if I sit in silence.
I get it, the PS4 was obnoxious, but I feel actively cooled electronics are never going to be totally silent. Even my 360 S, which is the quietest actively cooled console I've ever owned wasn't silent. But like the PS5, I had to mute everything and listen for it.
Maybe it's the frequency of the thing that melts your head?
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Armoured_Bear 30,281 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWhich coward is "Ecosseisa Nonce"? -
JamboWayOh 23,585 posts
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Armoured_Bear wrote:
Yeah okay I get that. The PS4 had two fan suppliers, one was loud, the other had a high pitched whistling that just cut through everything else and made me physically uncomfortable.
GumboVariations wrote:
Yep, it's not the volume, it's the frequency, a fan with a quiet "whoosh" sound is fine, that's not distracting, this higher pitch is
Mine sounds like that, but it's only obvious if I sit in silence.
I get it, the PS4 was obnoxious, but I feel actively cooled electronics are never going to be totally silent. Even my 360 S, which is the quietest actively cooled console I've ever owned wasn't silent. But like the PS5, I had to mute everything and listen for it.
Maybe it's the frequency of the thing that melts your head?
While the 'good' fan was still loud, it didn't make me want to cut my ears off.
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