Random: Jet Engine PS4 Fan Noise Goes Viral in Social Media Mocking

2nd tweet isn't exactly family friendly lol.

Meh. I hope ps5 is as quiet as my OG ps4.

I have thought of cutting a hole in my Pro above the fan. 4k makes it loud.

Brace yourselves, everybody. This is only the second week of lockdown in many countries. Still got sixteen weeks of having barely anything to report about left to get through.

In all seriousness, thanks for trying to make us laugh about something we all share, PushSquare.

Dreams often makes me feel like that scene in Face-Off where Nic Cage gets blown away by that big ass fan.

Sony are clearly aware the launch PS4 pro was too loud. But given their desire to run the silicon as fast as possible and to spend as little as possible on cooling. The PS5 is highly unlikely to be silent. Hopefully what they decide is the maximum acceptable sound level is also acceptable to the rest of us.

Mine has been very loud recently, thinking it's really going to struggle in the summertime. Fingers crossed they nail this on PS5.

@Liberty____1st Family Friendly Lol That's Exactly How Kids Be Talking Online.

I never get this, my PS4 is super quiet, even my PC used to be more loud.
Its this problem only related to the Pro model?

I have a small fan I point at my Pro when playing. It really helps.

Neither my release PS4 or Pro is very loud, even when playing demanding games. That said, there's sufficient airflow around it and I don't let dust get into it - maybe that's the issue?

At a friend's place, their PS4 was loud AF, but they had it enclosed in a cabinet, the poor thing. I told them to keep the door open and it quieted right down.

What an utterly revolting tweet video you’ve found there... anyway I’m looking forward to having a powerful console with a proper cool and quiet cooling solution from Sony..

Honestly, I don't even notice the jet engine since I'm always wearing a headset when I use my PS4. It definitely is loud though.
@makina No, mine makes a ton of noise and a it's a standard PS4 - launch model in fact. I could probably stand to blow some dust out of it, but the outside is dusted.

@DoctorE Airflow has nothing to do with it, Sony revised both the PS4 and Pro after a few months with quieter better cooling systems and new fans, hence why some sound like jet engines and some don’t.

@S1ayeR74 both my regular and pro are launch versions, though.

@Jaz007 I clean my oh ps4 regularly, open it up and blow out any dust. It really doesn't make a difference so your probably safe. I notice it definitely depends on the game being played and the power demands of that game.

My console is never loud when I play and the room is cool. But when I get cold and turn off the A/C my PS4 starts howling. I think it makes sense seeing as how the fan is now working overtime to keep the console cool. Anyway, why gripe about this so far into the console’s life-cycle?

The real news is people took to long to made this.

BTW, everyone complaining about PS4 jet engine sound, but the fat PS3 was a Rocket Engine way before.

@DoctorE It could be that for some people but mine is on its own table with a lot of room behind it, the opposite side of the room from the heater, and has recently been cleaned with compressed air. Playing FFXV has the fan constantly roaring away. MK11 is more alternating, 10 mins on then 10 mins off. They're both HDR and 4K, but even more modest games set it off. The sound is so loud I have to double the volume on my speakers to clearly hear dialogue over it.

@DoctorE You must have somehow got very lucky. Mine are both launch models and there are times when you can’t even hear the game anymore. Like @Matroska said, I have to turn my sound system up way louder than normal to hear anything.

@beavis64 mid gen cash grab? PS4 pro is pretty nice tbh, i dont regret getting it. PCs have to be constantly upgraded, i think it was a pretty cool idea to give us a mid gen upgrade.

@Splat and this is why xbox owners were laughing when Sony fans were making fun of their consoles design.

Oh yea? Yalls stupid xbox looks like a trash can!
My ps4 is plenty quiet... I got this big a** box fan attached and it's just fine and I can't even hear it anymore (cause you know the box fan going right next to it) lol

@S1ayeR74 reading your post I thought as I was reading that last sentence you were going to say looking forward to..... And then Microsoft.

I mean that's the only way that sentence made any sense as I was reading.

Good slight of hand there my friend!

Lol

@DoctorE Well even Mark Cerney during his very recent PS5 talk said he knows how much power his PS4 is drawing by the fan noise. Did you buy your consoles on the launch day or a few months after?

@Ryall they already said they going to do better with ps5. And even more expensive fan solution then ps4/Pro

The 'internet' (YAWN, surprise, surprise) makes out that all PS4's are always noisy. God it must be perfect the Xbox brand in every way then the 'internet' Only one or two games I have heard the Fan get loud. But saying that i do hope each Gen of console is quiet tho. Do HATE Fan noise(the original PS2 was loud for me)

I wear headphones.

“Shut up, nigger.”

Yeah, that’s why I don’t use Twitter

@Ryall Hmmm weird did you listen to what cerny said?

@Ryall

I think the ps5 is doing it right as far as I can tell. Not only super fast SSD you can upgrade with even faster ones for extra storage, but it seems the cooling system is going to be well done. That's because the power consumption is the focus (if I understood what Cerny said, at least the whole point of these capped frequencies is that power is the prority) but people scared about the high clocking dont get it.

@Shepard93n7
The big difference is the internet and twitter in particular.
Always a lot of stupid memes are spreading like fire but it's not that serious. This year for instance, was WWIII, break your ps4 because exclusives go to pc, now this. Only the press takes it seriously and spin it.

@Matroska that's odd, when i play FFXV on a base launch model PS4 it barely makes a sound

of course i have had games that kick my PS4 fan into high gear when it hasn't for others such as Battlefront 2, on the menus my PS4 sounded like it was going to take off

@JJ2 @Flaming_Kaiser I think we can be confident that PS5 will produce the amount of noise he designed it to. It’s worth remembering that the Xbox One X actually draws more power than the PS4 pro but produces less noise. Since they haven’t announced either how much power it draws or what the cooling collect solution is it’s difficult to say what the outcome will be at this point. Since they haven’t announced how much power it drawers or what the cooling solution is it’s difficult to say what the outcome will be at this point.

My ps4 slim is silent. My old ps4 was load though.

My pro is mostly fine.

Then you play Gow of War and the pros fans sound like the world serpent is underneath my house.

@Trajan
Yeah same here. My PS4 Pro is a CUH7016b revision and it's pretty quiet unless I'm playing an HDR enabled game and even then it isn't unbearable. The disc drive makes the most noise while reading.

My launch day console got a bit noisy but I cleaned it out and applied some arctic silver 5 to the apu and it runs cool and quiet as the day I got it.

My PS3 and PS4 are whisper quiet, both are day one launch models. My expensive PC with aftermarket, whisper-quiet, Noctua fans is louder than my PS3 and PS4. If yours is loud, you need to clean it out or replace your fan (because it is going bad). To those citing the One X being quiet, I've heard several and my PS4 is way more quiet.

Ok this is NOT an exaggeration but my PS4 Pro used to be louder than my henry vacuum cleaner when playing certain games. And by not an exaggeration i mean i actually used a db meter. I wear headphones 99% of the time when playing games but you could FEEL the noise regardless. Kind of dumb when you consider i managed to completely eradicate nearly all noise by simply using a high quality thermal paste. 🤔

For the most part, my Pro is fairly quiet but occasionally a particular game will really ramp up the fan noise, the likes of God of War and more recently, Nioh 2.

I tend to use headphones anyway, I use the Sennheiser RS175 headphones, they have the best noise cancelling I have ever experienced.

It's so true Division 1 & 2 make it go crazy i have to use headphones the only way to hear games or it's a deadloss.
I even ordered some new thermal paste and pads to try and sort it.

@S1ayeR74 I've raised my PS4 Pro on a self made scaffold like platform out of cardboard cereal box and 2 tubes inside a kitchen roll (only took about 15 minutes to make), and that helps the airflow circulate underneath it and I've noticed that it reduces the time the fan is working to cool it, so it's definitely had some effect on cooling.

Since installing an SSD, my Pro only seems to go into fan-overdrive if I'm watching an in-engine cut scene?! Noticed it on Lego Super Villains recently.
Goes louder if I use super-sampling mode on some games (Everybody's Golf in particular) but then I suppose it's rendering in 4K and then re-rendering in 1080p.

OG white ps4, DOOM is the notable one that sent my machine to launch. Fan noise is not an issue on that machine for me 🤷‍♂️

I must the only one (or one of very few) who doesn't think the PS4 Pro gets particularly loud. I mean yes, you can hear it, but even at full speed I don't find it particularly intrusive even with the game volume at a reasonable level.

I find it's mostly when the frame rate is unlocked, on the menu or map for instance, that the fan seriously ramps up. Don't get me wrong, I love the Pro, but jeeeez. I can't have the volume up too far so the fan drowns out the game. It is too much. I really hope this isn't an issue with the PS5.

@roe I know it's an old topic but I just started GOW today and the noise was so ridiculously loud I had to Google it. Glad I'm not the only one. Any enjoyment the game could provide is sucked away by the stupidly loud console noise. Grumble grumble........