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NJ5 on 28 August 2009

I found it interesting that the fan on the PS3 slim consumes almost as much power as the whole Wii.



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luvtospooge on 28 August 2009

Erm oh...what?wut?wat?

woot?

Well if you play 24/24 of course it will overheat.



dbot on 28 August 2009

Here is a link to the actual review. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3335

They are not saying there is any potential heat issues. The op is misleading.



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epicurean on 28 August 2009
Bladeforce said:
i'm sure microsoft put their system through "rigorous testing" before relase and wahey bang RROD i am convinced this PS3 slim will be at least a contender for noise level winner of the generation

Huh?  They just said it ran quieter than the original PS3 which ran MUCH quiter than the 360.  



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luvtospooge on 28 August 2009
epicurean said:
Bladeforce said:
i'm sure microsoft put their system through "rigorous testing" before relase and wahey bang RROD i am convinced this PS3 slim will be at least a contender for noise level winner of the generation

Huh?  They just said it ran quieter than the original PS3 which ran MUCH quiter than the 360.  

I think what BladeForce said is called Sarcasm. I may be wrong though.



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Slimebeast on 28 August 2009
SnakeEyez said:
Oh please, that is nonsense. My launch 60gb PS3 gets ridiculously loud (to the point where my friends have said that it "sounds like a jet plane about to take off) and spews out sooo much heat that it is basically a second heater, so until the slim's fan starts to get loud (and I'm sure it will with that huge fan), I wouldn't worry about it. Anybody remember that article about running a PS3 on a sauna? Somebody should do that test with the slim.


What? I thought the PS3 was silent as a mouse.



hduser on 28 August 2009
NJ5 said:
I found it interesting that the fan on the PS3 slim consumes almost as much power as the whole Wii.

That's a fairly ridiculous statement.  The wii draws about 15-17 watts?  12 Volt fan at 1.2 amps or 5 Volt fan at 3 amps?  are you kidding me????



NJ5 on 28 August 2009
hduser said:
NJ5 said:
I found it interesting that the fan on the PS3 slim consumes almost as much power as the whole Wii.

That's a fairly ridiculous statement.  The wii draws about 15-17 watts?  12 Volt fan at 1.2 amps or 5 Volt fan at 3 amps?  are you kidding me????

Someone posted this the other day:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation-3-Slim/1121/2

"This 12V, 1.3A monster rivals the best fans found in desktop PC machines. Sony spared no expense."

 



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WessleWoggle on 28 August 2009
Slimebeast said:
SnakeEyez said:
Oh please, that is nonsense. My launch 60gb PS3 gets ridiculously loud (to the point where my friends have said that it "sounds like a jet plane about to take off) and spews out sooo much heat that it is basically a second heater, so until the slim's fan starts to get loud (and I'm sure it will with that huge fan), I wouldn't worry about it. Anybody remember that article about running a PS3 on a sauna? Somebody should do that test with the slim.


What? I thought the PS3 was silent as a mouse.

Silent as a mouse? So it randomly squeaks? Must be annoying.



Spankey on 28 August 2009
WessleWoggle said:
Slimebeast said:
SnakeEyez said:
Oh please, that is nonsense. My launch 60gb PS3 gets ridiculously loud (to the point where my friends have said that it "sounds like a jet plane about to take off) and spews out sooo much heat that it is basically a second heater, so until the slim's fan starts to get loud (and I'm sure it will with that huge fan), I wouldn't worry about it. Anybody remember that article about running a PS3 on a sauna? Somebody should do that test with the slim.


What? I thought the PS3 was silent as a mouse.

Silent as a mouse? So it randomly squeaks? Must be annoying.

And steals your cheese.

 



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