Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

Will you be buying a PS5 Pro on release?

  • Yes

    Votes: 53 14.4%

  • No (not at £700 Lol)

    Votes: 210 57.2%

  • No (other)

    Votes: 85 23.2%

  • Pancake

    Votes: 19 5.2%
  • Total voters
    367
beachBOYken said:
Neither can I, which is why I can never take people who say their playstation is dead silent seriously.
It’s not an issue though, it’s still perfectly fine noise wise, but it makes me wonder why Sony can’t perfect the noise levels after all this time, compare it to the Xbox series x, that machine is a work of art when it comes to cooling and silent fans.
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I've had a lot of PlayStation's over the years and I can say none of them where quiet to be honest if you get one with a quiet fan on the playstation 5 or slim you can hear the coil whine more if you get one with a slightly louder fan you hear less coil whine you have to take your pick really.

Yeah Xbox series X mine is silent compared to the PlayStation's.

My ps5 pro fan you can hear it when I take my headphones off and also can hear the coil whine on certain screens but it's not an issue for me when gaming with the headphones on I don't game in silence haha.
 
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t2na said:
It’s on a smaller chip (DF think either 4 or 5 nanometer) compared to the PS5 Amateur models so it should by nature have slightly better thermals - but they’ll be putting similar power levels through it (230w ish) at full beans so it won’t be whisper quiet.

I honestly haven’t noticed mine once whilst playing games, I use headphones and my Pro is about 2 feet away from me on the desk I play at.
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Sorry I meant in its appearance/frame the cooling structure is still the same. Yeah I can't hear mine either..... with my headphones on lol
 
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t2na said:
FireWire! Something I hadn’t even thought about for years and years, I remember the ports on the MacBooks for those as well.
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They loved sticking all sorts of ports on the consoles back on those days just in case they were useful later down the line.
 
TheVoice said:
They loved sticking all sorts of ports on the consoles back on those days just in case they were useful later down the line.
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t2na said:
FireWire! Something I hadn’t even thought about for years and years, I remember the ports on the MacBooks for those as well.
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Off Topic:

On the PS2 it was used for "networking" 2 consoles together for LAN style play. Iirc Gran Turismo 3 supported it. On laptops it was more for (video) cameras and the like where usb had too slow transfer speeds was much slower back then.


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Now that we’ve spent a fortune on a console and eulogised about how good games look and feel, does anyone else feel that the build quality is a little on the cheap side for a “Pro” device? I mean the console feels solid enough but the materials feel cheap.
 
AStaley said:
Now that we’ve spent a fortune on a console and eulogised about how good games look and feel, does anyone else feel that the build quality is a little on the cheap side for a “Pro” device? I mean the console feels solid enough but the materials feel cheap.
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What would you say which console has better build quality? Or set the benchmark?
 
I know we're pretty much collectively unhappy that the disc drive doesn't come attached - but my god it's nice not accidentally pressing the wrong button meaning to eject a disc and end up shutting the PS5 off.
 
AStaley said:
If your asking which console I think has the best build quality, personally I’d go with the PS4 Pro.
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I am just curious where you set the bar.

I never own the PS4 Pro, only a regular PS4 (in white). I can see why you think the PS5 feels "cheap", at least compared it that. The shape might have something to do with it, square corners is more rigid, and removable panels on both sides means it is not as solid outer casing.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I am just curious where you set the bar.

I never own the PS4 Pro, only a regular PS4 (in white). I can see why you think the PS5 feels "cheap", at least compared it that. The shape might have something to do with it, square corners is more rigid, and removable panels on both sides means it is not as solid outer casing.
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You may be right, aesthetics might be part of it and having panels that snap on/snap off doesn’t help, reminds me of cheap HP printers that have cheap flexible plastic and the PS5’s in general have that feel. I guess it’s more a feel than anything more solid, could be subconsciously I’m comparing it to PC’s with better quality cases.
 
AStaley said:
If your asking which console I think has the best build quality, personally I’d go with the PS4 Pro.
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Yeah, the PS4 Pro was quite solid. I agree with you on the PS5 Pro - it is kinda plasticky, but then I thought that about the base PS5 too. Series X is quite solid and well designed ( SSD aside - if it dies the whole system is bricked ).
 
Think my Pro might have heard me, it seems to have died….:eek:

Been playing Spiderman, put it in Rest Mode and now it powers on but no display output. Powered it off/on, no change, powered it on to safe mode and menu loads but once I select an option no display. Removed the expansion M.2, still no display….epp!
 
I don’t see the plastic panels and cheapness too much of an issue. I agree it isn’t solid, and isn’t what I would sign off. But it sits where it is and remains untouched since I bought it. I doubt I’ll touch it again for another 6 months until I do the annual deep clean of the cabinet.

May I ask… what are you guys doing with it?

You do know it isn’t something you carry around with you or take to bed right?
 
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Skynet5 said:
I don’t see the plastic panels and cheapness too much of an issue. I agree it isn’t solid, and isn’t what I would sign off. But it sits where it is and remains untouched since I bought it. I doubt I’ll touch it again for another 6 months until I do the annual deep clean of the cabinet.

May I ask… what are you guys doing with it?

You do know it isn’t something you carry around with you or take to bed right?
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Once set up I barely touch it ... won't get bumped by any pets, kids etc. So build quality, or lack thereof, isn't really an issue for me.
 
I’ve not had any issues yet with ps5

Solid 5 hours getting in to gt7.


I remember my series x going through a problem that almost had me return it. Sometime turning on would fail. Black screen.

But an update dropped and it was ok eversince. What is odd at the time no one else was reporting the issue

Exactly why I went JL. If it lasts two years I’ll last 10 at least.
 
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