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PS5 Owners - How is the noise of your console while playing a game?
- Thread starter Kyuuji
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I mean if you can't hear it while the volume is on, why let it bother you? Unless you're worried it'll get worse, I say just forget about it.
Mine makes noise but I can't tell what it is. I don't know what coil whine sounds like (doesn't sounds like a whine whatever it is) but doesn't sound like fans either. Console is behind my TV and I have to mute my TV to hear it. So I don't think it really matters imo.
Absurdly quiet almost all the time. When the disc spins you can hear that, obviously. But outside of the disk spinning (which is still very quiet), it only rarely makes any sound at all (and that is super quiet, too). It is very impressive how quiet this system is.
Mine is almost completely silent.
I can hear it if I'm right next to it, but have never noticed it while actually playing. It's extremely quiet.
Digital Edition, vertical w/stand.
I can hear it if I'm right next to it, but have never noticed it while actually playing. It's extremely quiet.
Digital Edition, vertical w/stand.
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Bit of both honestly. There will be times I'll be playing with the volume lower and then I can hear it, and if the majority are silent and mine is audible from over 10ft away then that's a fair difference. There is the concern of it growing over time too. Essentially just would rather not have one making a clear and constant noise when most aren't.
Even got my platinum in Bugsnax and Astro's
Haha, I definitely have to go back to Astro to platinum. I missed quite a bit in the first playthrough. The Monkey suit was awesome btw.
I can only hear a gentle whir when I get close to the console. Slightly more audible in NBA 2K21, but still very quiet overall.
My PS5 fluctuates seemingly at random from complete silence to horrible coil whine and the fan spinning up to max speed for a brief moments. Not happy with the noise experience so far
I've realized that when it makes noises like this, if I put my hand on the console and provide a bit of force the noise is heavily dampened, so I'm guessing it's some loose panels that are rattling?
I've realized that when it makes noises like this, if I put my hand on the console and provide a bit of force the noise is heavily dampened, so I'm guessing it's some loose panels that are rattling?
I've got a digital edition, horizontal. No sound. Sure if I put my ear on the console I can hear it but it's virtually silent.
Vertical digital version here. A very faint hum that I know is there but I can't really hear it when playing games. Honestly, just sounds like air being pushed out the vents.
Title didn't match poll question so I didn't answer accurately I guess. No noise noticeable when playing with speakers on, muted I can hear slight coil whine but nothing bothersome.
Another completely different issue is the weed whacker sounding fan that fires up when booting up the console or reading a disc, and SOMETIMES once during a game session (installed from disc) for a few seconds. It is appalling how absurdly loud it is. I don't understand how they couldn't get something to work more quietly.
Edit: Actually always thought it was the disc drive because it only happens in situations where the disc should be spinning (console handshake when booting up a game, installing from disc). It just truly blows my mind if a freaking disc drive can sound like that, but it makes more sense than a fan.
Another completely different issue is the weed whacker sounding fan that fires up when booting up the console or reading a disc, and SOMETIMES once during a game session (installed from disc) for a few seconds. It is appalling how absurdly loud it is. I don't understand how they couldn't get something to work more quietly.
Edit: Actually always thought it was the disc drive because it only happens in situations where the disc should be spinning (console handshake when booting up a game, installing from disc). It just truly blows my mind if a freaking disc drive can sound like that, but it makes more sense than a fan.
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Digital Edition, Vertical. Slight fan noise when muted, audible up to 5ft where I am sitting.
Edit: When playing Spider Man Miles Morales
Edit: When playing Spider Man Miles Morales
hums like my ps4 when i pull it out of rest mode (i'm assuming it's the disc in the system?) but then completely silent after about 30 seconds, even when playing my physical copy of demon souls
Idle: very quiet
Game: slight noises but managable
Disc drive is working: leave the damn room
Game: slight noises but managable
Disc drive is working: leave the damn room
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I have coil whine but I need to literally be closer than 1ft away with the game muted to hear it.
Was scared as hell while reading the threads on Era.. but I have a PS5 that is absolutely silent (except when it reads a disc on startup) and oddly enough from time to time every couple hours when it randomly reads the disc drive for 10 sec then stops. BUT.. this is unreal to me. After having a Pro make such a hideous sound every time I played something.. this is a miracle!
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Ignore the clock ticking but that repeat rattling sound is what's audible. Obviously not as loud from 10ft away relative to that close but it's the same noise but more muted and very much something you can hear. This is just while sat on the title screen of Spider-Man Remastered, gets louder when you play like Demon's Souls.
Coil whine. I can hear it from sitting distance when the room is quiet, like a quiet part in a game. Even with headphones on since they're not closed back. During normal game volume I obviously can't hear it. Up close I can literally pinpoint the sound to the power supply area. Going back to dashboard and the noise stops. Back to game it starts again.
My Series X on the other hand is disturbingly silent, even from 6 inches. I have to put my hand over the vent to feel the heat and confirm it's actually working.
My Series X on the other hand is disturbingly silent, even from 6 inches. I have to put my hand over the vent to feel the heat and confirm it's actually working.
Noticeable coil whine but not annoyingly loud. Well, that's just how my luck goes I suppose 😥. Luckily, I mostly play with headphones on.
The PS5 and the Series X both have really noisy disc drives, I must say.
Both are silent otherwise.
It's quiet unless the disc starts spinning. Such a welcome change from my PS4 pro which has the loudest (as in most annoying) fan I've ever encountered in consumer electronics/computers.
I don't hear any high pitched coil whine and hope that it stays that way.
I don't hear any high pitched coil whine and hope that it stays that way.
The disc drive being noisy when reading to install games is both unavoidable and acceptable given the speed the drive can spin ( 10x CAV= 8,000 rpm?). So long as it doesn't spin right up periodically to do the disc check during gaming!
I would be more worried about getting a noticeable coil whine/buzz TBH. That would drive me mad. Looks like I won't be getting a PS5 until well into next year now so hopefully any issue here is resolved in newer batches.
I would be more worried about getting a noticeable coil whine/buzz TBH. That would drive me mad. Looks like I won't be getting a PS5 until well into next year now so hopefully any issue here is resolved in newer batches.
I sit about six feet away from the console. Even muted, I can't hear the fan at all. My unit doesn't have coil whine. Edit: Physical version, sitting horizontally.
The only time I hear it is when the disc is spinning. This mostly just happens while booting games, but it does happen every so often during gameplay as well. And it can actually be pretty noticeable. It's only happened during quieter moments in games so far for me, but I think I'd probably notice it during intense moments too. I've played Astro's Playroom, Bugsnax, Persona 5 Royal, Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales so far.
The only time I hear it is when the disc is spinning. This mostly just happens while booting games, but it does happen every so often during gameplay as well. And it can actually be pretty noticeable. It's only happened during quieter moments in games so far for me, but I think I'd probably notice it during intense moments too. I've played Astro's Playroom, Bugsnax, Persona 5 Royal, Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales so far.
It does! It's nowhere near as loud during these moments, though.
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Bar the disc spinning it's silent. Coming from my jet engine Pro is from a different planet. VERY happy!
The number who have noticeable noise is not insignificant considering the sample size so far. I remember plenty of people claiming their Pro was "whisper quiet" too.
This is the exact noise level and sound I get on my PS5 standard, but I have to stick my head as close as you were to take that video for me to hear it.i do have a PC tower and a ceiling fan in the room so that probably help drown the noise a little bit.