| KratosLives said: What's with these so called heating/noise issues?? My launch ps4 is quiet. Or was it a ps4 pro problem? |
My lauch year PS4 is also not "loud" (fans can be noticeable at times), but it seems that a many PS4s and PS4 Pros get a lot louder over the time, which I suspect is mainly due to the thermal paste being badly applied and drying out, but some say they successfully fought the problem with a different fan model or by cutting holes into the plastic for better ventilation and some simply have too much dust building up in their consoles.
Sony seems to have reacted to the complaints and made sure to implement several methods (capped max power draw achieved with variable clocks; large cooling system; dust traps/access to main fan for easier cleaning; liquid metal layer to conduct heat between APU and cooler, which loses at lot less thermal conductivity when drying out) so that an overwhelming majority of PS5 units never have any noise problems.
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