PlayStation 4 Pro in-bound

[PhoenixUK]

Really want the Pro however the one thing holding me back is noise? Noise is the reason i sold my original release PS4 even after reapplying the thermal paste. It ruined the immersion so much while playing the last of us and uncharted.
Is it possible if any owners could say if there PS4 Pro is loud, quiet or anything between. It is a massive deal breaker for me.
Thankyou

When I first time started it I havnt noticed any noise or even heard it running to be honest. I later tried to listen to it on a day off in empty house during quiet day with no background noise of any kind and heard it running but it wasn't bad, not any more noisy than a PC of any sort and tbh while playing games you'll struggle to hear anything over the game sound and that includes me playing it late at night with TV volume lowered to 2-3 (normally would be at 10-15 during day use).

It's not dead silent but it's not distracting even slightly unless you play without sound or sit 2 feet away from it.

 

[davewhite04]

When I first time started it I havnt noticed any noise or even heard it running to be honest. I later tried to listen to it on a day off in empty house during quiet day with no background noise of any kind and heard it running but it wasn't bad, not any more noisy than a PC of any sort and tbh while playing games you'll struggle to hear anything over the game sound and that includes me playing it late at night with TV volume lowered to 2-3 (normally would be at 10-15 during day use).

It's not dead silent but it's not distracting even slightly unless you play without sound or sit 2 feet away from it.

I haven't noticed any sound, no matter if I've had it on all night downloading or not. Incredible piece of kit.

 

[davewhite04]

Seriously? Bloodborne is my favourite game of this current gen I love it and this might be my excuse to go back and start a new build. I thought we would only see increases to performance if the devs release a patch to allow it?

I haven't played hours of it, but I have a mid-high character build and have been wizzing the right stick around to get some performance or tearing problem, nothing. It's like playing on a PC. Haven't played it enough to guarantee as Skyrim has hooked me in!

I'd say I'm 80% sure the FPS problem is resolved.

 

[Drunzer]

I haven't played hours of it, but I have a mid-high character build and have been wizzing the right stick around to get some performance or tearing problem, nothing. It's like playing on a PC. Haven't played it enough to guarantee as Skyrim has hooked me in!

I'd say I'm 80% sure the FPS problem is resolved.

Right, that's it. Time to start that Bloodtinge build I've been thinking about for months ^_^

 

[Deleted member 33407]

Does anyone have Dishonoured 2 on disc? I only played the tutorial last night and I could hear the fan go full blast constantly for about 15 minutes. Switched over to PES 17 and the fan was barely audible.

 

[Fallen god]

Right, that's it. Time to start that Bloodtinge build I've been thinking about for months ^_^

It does make sense though, more power means it can run at 30FPS more often then not .

 

[davewhite04]

It does make sense though, more power means it can run at 30FPS more often then not .

This was what I was saying before release, but "the word" that got around was that games needed to be patched, which didn't make sense to me being a programmer, yeah patched to increase 30-60fps perhaps, I get that, makes sense.

 

[thor]

Does anyone have Dishonoured 2 on disc? I only played the tutorial last night and I could hear the fan go full blast constantly for about 15 minutes. Switched over to PES 17 and the fan was barely audible.

I have it on disc. Don't really recall there being much noise from the console at all, and I sit about 2 feet away from it. I'll listen out when I stick it on later.

 

[TheVoice]

Does anyone have Dishonoured 2 on disc? I only played the tutorial last night and I could hear the fan go full blast constantly for about 15 minutes. Switched over to PES 17 and the fan was barely audible.

Sure it's not the disc? Some games continue installing in the background for ages.

 

[WhiteHawk77]

Really want the Pro however the one thing holding me back is noise? Noise is the reason i sold my original release PS4 even after reapplying the thermal paste. It ruined the immersion so much while playing the last of us and uncharted.
Is it possible if any owners could say if there PS4 Pro is loud, quiet or anything between. It is a massive deal breaker for me.
Thankyou

Not as loud as my first PS4, but just as loud if not a little bit louder then my 1200 model which was only a bit quieter than the first. Sony just can't get the cooling right this gen.

 

[GIBURROWS]

This gen should really be water cooled and have an SSD drive.

 

[davewhite04]

This gen should really be water cooled and have an SSD drive.

I cannot hear anything from mine, it is well ventilated maybe that is the reason? Also, you do need to install game from disk so it will make noise during this process, unavoidable.

Ridiculous saying this has a noise problem, it just doesn't, if yours has check if you've put it in a spacious area, if so get a replacement.

 

[TheVoice]

This gen should really be water cooled and have an SSD drive.

I'd rather it was affordable.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Does anyone have Dishonoured 2 on disc? I only played the tutorial last night and I could hear the fan go full blast constantly for about 15 minutes. Switched over to PES 17 and the fan was barely audible.

Not had that was it still installing ? It can be noisy whilst it installs the disc at first..

 

[malachi]

This gen should really be water cooled and have an SSD drive.

Nope...not for the price of a 1TB SSD and the original Xbox One was already water cooled. Not required for the S model though.

All my consoles are quiet, perhaps we have too many PC enthusiasts moving onto console and that's 1st or 2nd thing they intentionally look out for next to FPS.

 

[GIBURROWS]

I'd rather it was affordable.

To buy an SSD drive as a person is only £130 for 500gb so imagine how cheap they could be if PlayStation bought 10,000,000 also water cooling isn't that expensive, this "next gen" disappoints me and a ps4 pro isn't enough of an upgrade to the ps4 to warrant the price in my opinion.

 

[GIBURROWS]

Nope...not for the price of a 1TB SSD and the original Xbox One was already water cooled. Not required for the S model though.

All my consoles are quiet, perhaps we have too many PC enthusiasts moving onto console and that's 1st or 2nd thing they intentionally look out for next to FPS.

Not into fps or noise but I built a pc in 2008 with SSD's and water cooling.

 

[kitch9]

Too buy an SSD drive as a person is only £130 for 500gb so imagine how cheap they could be is PlayStation bought 10,000,000 also water cooling isn't that expensive, this "next gen" disappoints me and a ps4 pro isn't enough of an upgrade to the ps4 to warrant the price in my opinion.

Jeez what have you been snorting?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Not into fps or noise but I built a pc in 2008 with SSD's and water cooling.

I think you might be lost tbh.....

 

[TheVoice]

To buy an SSD drive as a person is only £130 for 500gb so imagine how cheap they could be if PlayStation bought 10,000,000 also water cooling isn't that expensive, this "next gen" disappoints me and a ps4 pro isn't enough of an upgrade to the ps4 to warrant the price in my opinion.

A 500GB HDD is a third of that price, and I really can't see any need for water cooling.

Fan noise is just the console's way of telling you to turn the volume up.