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Is your PS5 louder than you expected? Your console may have a lower-quality cooling fan inside it, a new report suggests.
French tech website Les Numériques has revealed that not all PlayStation 5 units are the same, after the outlet noticed a difference in noise exhibited by the review unit Sony provided them and a second unit purchased through a traditional retail channel.
The site then proceeded to disassemble several more PS5 consoles and found that the fans within the five units were completely different from each other.
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As the image below demonstrates, the fan said to be the loudest retail model has 17 blades, while the press unit fan has 23 slightly thinner blades.
While the exact airflow provided by each fan is difficult to quantify, it is generally assumed that fans with fewer blades have to work harder and spin faster to push air in, resulting in a louder fan overall.
As our sister site Tom’s Hardware pointed out, the discovery calls into question the usefulness of many existing PS5 teardown cooling tests, as they may no longer accurately reflect what users can expect from retail purchased consoles.
That being said, as long as your PS5’s fan is effectively cooling the console it’s connected to, it’s doubtful that Sony will issue a replacement.
If you want to see which fan is inside your PS5, you can see this quite easily without voiding your console’s warranty by removing the white side panels.
