Noise prevents immersive gaming experience!

The PS4 stood me with Destiny large-scale into the house and was received with joyful anticipation. Unpacking console, controller and all kinds of cables (power cord, HDMI cable, charging cable) was special as with any new console and was celebrated accordingly. Said and done. Everything was neatly packed away in my TV bench, so I could follow after the first turn on the on-screen instructions. The general set of diverse needs (WLAN, time ....) was fast and self-explanatory by the hand and was accompanied by meditative music. With joy I squinted already on Destiny and the pile of brought Games (Infamous Second Son + First Light).

|| First Steps ||

After everything was set I ended up in the Home Screen menu and everything was once wonderful. The console was fairly quiet and I pushed the first BluRay into the drive. What followed was of course once a usual louder roar of the drive followed by a time wanted to be in the game (Destiny) installed. Good 16GB shoveled the game on my 500GB hard drive of which nearly 400 are freely available. Can thus be quickly sense when one considers the various installation of games. Up to 50 GB and more can per game on the hard drive land (without DLC, updates and such stuff). Well, it could go. I once created a character - which does not end up incidentally on the hard drive but will be deposited into the Destiny servers. A delete the character is only possible after you have created a second. One is after the first so start always active. "What followed was a great opening sequence and a really cool feeling was expanded sense with the new console and the new DualShock, which is very good in the hand and with the touch screen, start to can. After some time, but then the little too willing to work fans became noticeable ...

|| || Volume

Me made it somewhat suspicious that after such a short time, the device is already cooled to such a high noise level. Since it was late, I left the game as a precaution and took the disc. The loud fans remained. He did not stop to work and could be requested only by the availability of proper shut down the console to rest. The next day I tried then from my self Packed Infamous. Very chic game, fun hero story, sympathetic presented. But then it started again, just in the cutscenes the unit howled again and would not let me alone. I kept hearing this monotone sound in its various db-levels and that made me just suspicious. There was talk or whatever, who were a little louder of relatively quiet PS4 consoles. But my was not a bit noisy, "she disturbed the general feel immensely". Always lay me the fan in the ear, the headache already gave me seemed to work (in a figurative sense) and anything but intuitive.

I researched and pondered the PS4 also different place. She stood at the beginning of the center in my TV bench, left and right enough space and of course back open. Cold air was sucked right and left and behind, pale. Whenever the fan working at full speed, I've even at an amateur hand test tried and tested both the device and the rear heat "lukewarm, not really strong in my eyes However, the PS4 was apparently placed not good enough So -... Counter my idea sent them to place in my TV bench I put it then vertically on my TV bench and got rid of so diverse decorative elements on my living room wall Schade A slight difference was evident at the beginning, but I consider a stand without stand.. - through which the air through the fitting for air incorporated slots (as I've read it at least) can better escape -. as suboptimal An aerial "einsaug" page is apparently somewhat clumsily concealed respectively by the top of the TV bench (on the PS4 is) plugged "minimal front and rear can penetrate some air.
So this time lying down, on the TV bench. A bit better, but regulates the PS4 in my eyes within a very short time high and remains there even for an extended period when the PS4 certainly no longer works or not a game is inserted. She sounds despite numerous relocation and games in the drive in my eyes ... Pardon ears a little too loud at. Comparable to the old 360 under load, the pleasure-play places also a bit too stressed. This may on the one hand be due to the built-in power supply that was solved seemingly better example in the competition. The Xbox One has an external power supply (and in size) and is therefore also a little quieter, much quieter as I can not say unfortunately, because it has not been tested by me. Furthermore offer probably several graphics-intensive games a bit noisier than others backdrop. Killzone, The Last of Us or even my "Infamous are there so candidates. Sucker Punch has been touched up with Infamous terms of performance and slightly reduces the hardware hunger with the latest patch. By runterregeln from 60fps to 30fps, optional course.

|| What to do? ||

Well, there are obviously a number of ways to live with it or different perception on the part of male and female players. On the one hand "henceforth an alternative, but in my living room does not matter. You can drive up his sound system accordingly" is the headphones, but which is not really prevents a monotonous fan noise in the background. Strange ideas would be a crazy Pappkonstruktion for manual attenuation or outsource the consoles into the next room. Although I find the last two relatively banana ideas. PC-savvy users with well-equipped computers and powerful graphics cards in the computer are likely to PS4 but benevolent record - so read at least.
But on the other hand there remains the possibility to exchange their device. Sony likely obstructed apparently different parts, which leads to different soundscapes and really broad opinion on How loud is your PS4 really? Explain ".

Bottom line: The PS4 is a powerful hardware with a currently still quite manageable Games squad. The PS4 is noisy but can vary in volume from device to device. As I was apparently one of those ill-fated and louder devices "have caught it was only time enough reason that device to return because I had not expected that my" PS4 would be so loud. My hearing seemed slightly annoyed, during various cutscenes always an obtrusive rotate the head to have, and I as a player was able to not really adjust accordingly on the game, and really enjoy it.

|| || Conclusion

Although I am confident that in the near future there will be reworked or just me - exceptional - even a slightly unclean composite device have caught, but until then I forgive first time 3 of 5 stars to point out to make. The PS4 certainly deserves more, but certainly not wrong as a side note for those interested. Until then, I wish further much fun with the device. I hope I could help (even without not really calibrated dB Smartphone Apps).