The noisiest console

Well i wasnt expecting that from the PS3 to be honest, i thought the 360 was the king of noise!!
 
I'm not trying to pi55 on that guys parade or anything but this is hardly conclusive about anything!!!

1, The 360 has a laptop cooling fan stuck under it, which whilst producing some noise itself will stop the 360 from heating up and stop the internal fans kicking in to max and thus reducing noise. Maybe the fans on the laptop cooler make more noise than the 360 or maybe they don't, my point is that it shouldnt be there in order to get an accurate reading.

2, The PS3 is in a smaller space than both the 360 and the Wii. I had my PS3 in a spce very similar to that and after being on a while it did get quite noisey and very hot. Since moving it onto the top of my cabinet however it runs very cool and very quiet.

3, The Wii is in a much bigger spave than the other two. now I wouldnt imagine the Wii would have a problem with cooling like the otehrs do but all three consoles need to be placed in the same area so the volume can be measured with the same surroundings etc.

Jeesh, I can't beleive I just typed all that... I need to get out more!
 
wedgie22 said:
Am I one of the few people who doesn't find the noise an issue?
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It's never really bothered me to be honest. It drive my bro mad though... I just think some people are more sensitive to it than others!
 
Joebob said:
I'm not trying to pi55 on that guys parade or anything but this is hardly conclusive about anything!!! <snip>
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Yep, pretty much agree with everything you said there. Tests would have to be done in same conditions for it to be fair really.

It would be a good test to do, if someone did it properly, and I'd be interested in seeing the results.
 
Memphis said:
Might want to star out the disguised swearie.
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I have seen that word numerous times on here and never gets punished, I assumed the mods were ok with that one.

And back on topic, I really do hate the volume of the 360, I think it sounds like a tornado, and it's impossible to sleep with it on.
 
Yep must say the noise on the 360 really gets up my nose i got hold of one the other day and for a moment or 2 i was going to get rid straight away due to the noise.
late night gaming is joke my main pc system is well more silent.

i may still give it my brother if i cant find some way of reducing the noise.

it's the rom drive once it kicks in tis a joke i beleave there is a way to reduce the speed so i here, not sure how to thou so if some one let me know would be good.
 
Sure its the drive? I find it makes a hell of a noise when playing demos aswell which are on the hard drive = no disk spinning involved.
 
Something else that bugs me about this experiment is that he says that idle, all the consoles were around the 50dB level and that using the cd rom drive the 360 & PS3 were hitting 60dB whilst the Wii hit 70dB.

Those figures sound way off target for a games console to me. According to Wikipedia, 60dB is the level of sound inside an office and 70dB is the equivalent of busy traffic from a distance of 5m!

Either all his consoles are broken and are very noisy, or his measurement tool is. Or am I missing something here?
 
GarethDW said:
Something else that bugs me about this experiment is that he says that idle, all the consoles were around the 50dB level and that using the cd rom drive the 360 & PS3 were hitting 60dB whilst the Wii hit 70dB.

Those figures sound way off target for a games console to me. According to Wikipedia, 60dB is the level of sound inside an office and 70dB is the equivalent of busy traffic from a distance of 5m!

Either all his consoles are broken and are very noisy, or his measurement tool is. Or am I missing something here?
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Agreed. I haven't seen a PS3 or Wii owner complaining about excessive noise!
 
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