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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by ThomW on Monday July 06, 2020 @11:37AM (#23749029)
I can't imagine how it could be improved upon...

When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet.

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by azuriten on Monday July 06, 2020 @11:50AM (#23749150)
> When my PS4 Pro is playing stuff like TLOU2, it sounds like it's going to start hovering off my TV cabinet.

I have the CUH-7200 PS4 Pro model which is apparently the quietest model and it's insane how loud that thing gets when I played TLOU2.

The copying times for updates/patches is equally bad with downloading taking a few minutes and copying times taking more than 20mins. There's clearly alot of room for improvement - At least Sony have realised this as the PS5 will have a SSD instead of a HDD.

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by arprocter on Monday July 06, 2020 @11:56AM (#23749210)
Seems to depend on the game - NMS will get my 'quiet' Pro to go into jet engine mode, but other things less so
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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by underbluewaters on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:15PM (#23749386)
I ended up buying the standard PS4 6 months ago because I had less than fond memories of the noise my first-gen PS3 made. I don't have a 4k television so it seemed like a good decision even though a Pro would have been nearly the same price.

The newest PS4 slim is silent and TLOU2 graphics are still incredible.

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by crtasm on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:40PM (#23749657)
Does cleaning out any dust etc. that's built up inside make any difference?
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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by gootdude on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:22PM (#23750164)
Cleaning out the dust makes a massive difference. The PS4 actually allows easy access to the fans and vents by popping off the top plastic without voiding the warranty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7zu4PbqNY

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by LeonM on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:01PM (#23749262)
Is that a quirk of the 'pro' version?

I have read many complaints online of people calling the PS4 noisy. I have a PS4 slim, and it is very quiet, the optical drive is by far the loudest part of the machine.

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by ThomW on Monday July 06, 2020 @09:46PM (#23754774)
Yeah. I have a "launch" Pro, and it's been noisy as heck since day one. haha

As others have said, they fixed it in later revisions of the hardware. :)

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by eropple on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:03PM (#23749279)
The Pro is super loud. Some PS4 non-Pro models can also get pretty loud, but it's more hit-or-miss.
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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by arprocter on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:18PM (#23749413)
The later Pros supposedly have revisions to make them less loud
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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by eulers_secret on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:59PM (#23750708)
They must, I've been playing TLOU2 on my ~1 year old PS4Pro and it's very quiet, almost silent. I've never heard it make much noise on any game, even when ambient temps creep into the mid 80's.
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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by Miraste on Monday July 06, 2020 @03:49PM (#23751968)
It depends how you have it placed, too. I played on a 2 year old Pro and it was extremely loud, but I have it stuffed in a media center cubby, so it's always suffering from low airflow.
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