how loud is ur ps3?

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#1 DarkHandlez
Member since 2007 • 356 Posts

ive had no issues with my ps3, no freezing, or malfunctions of any kind but lately ive noticed that the fan tends to get somewhat loud. To compare its louder than a wii but not as loud as 360.

I could be paranoid i guess, but oh hell when u have a ps3 u treat it like its ur baby:P

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#2 GreenGoblin2099
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Did you finish with your woman cuz she couldn't help you with your mind??
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#3 the_new_neo
Member since 2006 • 1030 Posts
mines quiet.... sexy quiet.... lol. I'd say your ps3 is over-heating from playing too much, or yu got a dust problem, low-power vacuum the fan at the back and see if it helps.
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#4 GEMINIVice
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My 60 gig has always been silent.
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#5 CheeChee_Macko
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Compared to my desktop PCs my PS3 is deathly quiet.
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#6 sdwhitby
Member since 2007 • 628 Posts
mine seems to be absolutely silent
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#7 LtColJaxson
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The fans on mine speed up a bit when I am playing COD4 online or using Folding@Home. But on the XMB it is rather quiet as if it's not on. My fans probably go onto the medium settings.
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#8 04JETTA
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i forget mines on half the time

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#9 truenextgen
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My fan will crank up louder after a few hours. But not to loud. Not louder than the heater. Bu if heater is off I can hear it some when it starts to work. Its set to go when it heats up. So you wont hear that when you first turn it on. Or you should not. I think it has different speeds also. Because it goes full blast after many hours. Its done that since I had it thow.
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#10 Ultima_5
Member since 2008 • 1614 Posts
My ps3 is normally quiet. The only time is gets loud is if dust gets into the vents on the side.
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#11 LastRedMage
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LOL check vents. i treat mine like a baby its only 1 and a 1/2 after all
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#12 stuartcee
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Compared to my 360 you can barely tell my PS3 is on.
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#13 patriots7672
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The 20gb models are the only ones that make some noise at times. My 60gb is silent and my 20gb makes some noise at times.
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#14 ssnake16
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Yes i know what you mean i bought my PS3 on day one in Europe and till August/Okt it was so silent!

Then for some reason my PS3 started to become like a vacuum for some reason.
And i mean i could hear it during games/movies especially movies!

I first thought well it might be getting a bit warm or something so i cleared a bit around it.
But no nothing changed eventually it got so annoying, That in January i decided to send it back while i still can.
(Crossing fingers) that they fix it or give me a good Refurbished PS3

Its seems like some people get this problem, allot try to will give you answers like :

No its not true FANBOY! POINT POINT POINT
Or turn you Dolby surround / sound louder or something (I do and I can still hear it unless i want to go deaf)
Or the most common one people lie about how silent it is (Also not true because my PS3 used to be silent).

I witnessed my PS3 from silent to going Very annoying loud and no one can tell me this is normal or should happen.
So to topic creater yes I Believe You how cheesy that may sound...

I just wish Sony would confirm this problem but i guess loud fan sound's
(so loud you cant watch a DVD without having you're neighbours coming by to make you turn you're sound down.)
Isnt bad enough for customers to complain about.

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#15 patriots7672
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Yes i know what you mean i bought my PS3 on day one in Europe and till August/Okt it was so silent!

Then for some reason my PS3 started to become like a vacuum for some reason.
And i mean i could hear it during games/movies especially movies!

I first thought well it might be getting a bit warm or something so i cleared a bit around it.
But no nothing changed eventually it got so annoying, That in January i decided to send it back while i still can.

Its seems like some people get this problem, allot try to will give you answers like :

No its not true FANBOY! POINT POINT POINT
Or turn you Dolby surround / sound louder or something (I do and I can still hear it unless i want to go deaf)
Or the most common one people lie about how silent it is (Also not true because my PS3 used to be silent).

I witnessed my PS3 from silent to going Very annoying loud and no one can tell me this is normal or should happen.
So to topic creater yes I Believe You how cheesy that may sound...

I just wish Sony would confirm this problem but i guess loud fan sound's
(so loud you cant watch a DVD without having you're neighbours coming by to make you turn you're sound down.)
Isnt bad enough for customers to complain about.ssnake16

My 20 gb makes noticable noise only sometimes, but it's not nearly as loud as you're talking about. And it has always worked very-very well.

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#16 truenextgen
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Wait wait, You sent your PS3 back because it got loud??? I guess IF Sony will give out new or whatever PS3s, for loud PS3, Id take it lol
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#17 Pearl_of_Egypt
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mine's pretty quiet, I forget it on by accident sometimes. my brother's 360, now that's loud.
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#18 ssnake16
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Wait wait, You sent your PS3 back because it got loud??? I guess IF Sony will give out new or whatever PS3s, for loud PS3, Id take it lol truenextgen


Im not talking just a little zooming sound or something which you wont hear while playing a game.
And yes the sony employee told me they know that some get this problem they just cant explain why...

On the dutch Official playstation 3 forum there was a topic about it seems there are a few people affected.
They blame it on sony changing the fan size to cut on price but mine had the big fan in it so i dont believe that to be true....

I just find it weird why allot of people because they dont have it automaticly just dont believe it.
And also why Sony doesnt know the source of this maybey only dutch Ps3's get this idk i just hope i get my PS3 back soon :(.

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#19 jimm895
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My PS3 is so quite that at times I wonder if there is even a fan in it. I did find that having it standing vertical that internal temperture does stay down a good bit.
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#20 SOL1D_SNAKE
Member since 2008 • 668 Posts
The other day, my 40gig definitley made a big sound, and it stayed that way until I just turned it off. That was the first time I heard my system do that. Hopefully it's just something miner.