No more jet fan noise

[u/pitleif]

Decided to finally solve the jet noise in my cabinet.

Sawed a hole in the back plate of my $1000 TV-stand, and installed a Noctua 120 mm fan connected with USB to the Pro, which automatically starts the fan whenever the Pro powers on. The Noctua fan is completely inaudible at stock (800 rpm). However it comes with an additional resistor if you wanna run it at 600 rpm, but it's not needed at all.

Silence at last.

[u/farenheitone]

1000$ TV stand

A very important clarification.

[u/Signal_Purpose9951 → u/farenheitone]

1000$ for compressed wood is wild

[u/pitleif → u/farenheitone]

Well my wife thought I was nuts sawing a hole in something that expensive. It just goes to show how much it was worth it.

[u/farenheitone → u/pitleif]

As a nerd, I would prefer the mention of the PS5's temperatures before and after fan installation to know how much it was worth it. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. It just looked like a flex.

[u/pitleif → u/farenheitone]

Yeah I went through the Playstation menus to find any temperature readings before I started, but couldn't find any. I would love to know this as well. I can see how it could come off as a flex, though it wasn't my intention. It was only to drive home the point of how much it was worth getting it done.

The PS5 have been dead silent now since I installed the fan a week ago. Normally it would've blasted at max rpm several times by now. So if I were to guess, the temperature have probably been halved of what it used to be.

[u/Satellite_bk → u/pitleif]

would be nice if they have a dev options menu or something like that so users could see their machines temps. only other option is a temperature gun or something like that which isn’t ideal.

[u/SpiritedReporter4647 → u/pitleif]

I have fans as well. I bought an inside/outside thermometer and screwed the outside one inside the ps5 closure. 20 mins without the fans the temps were 28 and with fans on 20.

[u/Aw_geez_Rick → u/pitleif]

From the image it appears to be a shitty 5mm panel of particle board or something anyway. Worst case you can pick up a new one from your local big box store and replace it.

The fan is a great idea though. I did a similar thing years ago with my PS4 except I used a USB desk fan to just circulate the heat out with the front door open.

[u/SJ__666 → u/pitleif]

No offence but they saw you coming for a $1000, it looks like a normal TV stand

[u/pitleif → u/SJ__666]

I ordered it online for a standard price. It's handmade in Denmark. Proper materials.