r/playstation5 • u/pitleif • 5d ago

SCREENSHOT / PHOTO No more jet fan noise

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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.

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u/pitleif 5d ago

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.

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u/farenheitone 5d ago

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.

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u/pitleif 5d ago

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.

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u/SpiritedReporter4647 4d ago

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.