Preezy wrote:My main thought when watching that trailer was how loud the PS5 fan is going to sound trying to keep up with all that technical wizardry. My PS4 tries to tear the fabric of space just playing TLoU Remastered.
Off topic but I have a PS4 pro early model which wasn't always loud but certain scenes from certain games would make the fan unbearably loud. With the extra time available these days I finally decided to try replacing the thermal paste. Used Kryonaut and it worked a miracle. Night and day difference in fan noise.
The pro in particular and probably also original PS4 models have really bad applications of thermal paste, nearly half the chip looked like it hadn't even been coated, and searching for guides and videos to help walk me through it shows it's not an uncommon problem.
Anyway worth doing if you have the time and patience, I followed a guide and there was nothing particularly tricky provided you have the correct tools (T8 if I remember correctly). Took me about 1 hour working very slow and deliberately.
Thankfully Sony seem aware people find this annoying since Cerny mentioned it himself in the PS5 tech reveal, and said he think's we'll be happy with their PS5 solution, will be pretty embarrassing for them if after mentioning that there is still a fan noise problem.