I bought the Super Slim as a replacement for my FAT PS3. Since I wanted to continue to use my old hard drive, it was important for me, how much memory is installed, only the price should decide. I naturally inquired in advance and read various reviews, therefore a part of higher noise level was quite familiar to me. But I thought to myself that it will not be so bad, since I mostly games from the HDD abspiele (for PlayStation Plus). So I got my new PS3 yesterday. First, once I have done the data transfer from my old PS3 and subsequently installed my old HDD to the new console, the mounting bracket required I ordered directly. So far so good, the console ran flawlessly. Amazon of course pretty much sent me the oldest console that they had (Date Code 2C, so that is built in 2012, 3rd quarter). But well. The first game is inserted, it was Fifa 13 (through the Amazon offer, ie console and game = 20 discount for only 4 bought). The game is pretty much the game that the drive will take the longest, as it installs no data. I have to say that the drive but is surprisingly loud, and the game sound all loose so drowned, so it does not bother.
Now I just hope that this console min. Keeps just as long as my FAT, which I now have 5.5 years and had exchanged only because I did not want that at some point they completely give up the ghost. Especially since the new summer quieter than my old who like to mutated to hairdryer in room temperatures above 25 degrees.
From my side, a buy recommendation for those who are looking for a replacement for your old console (due to the low memory). The noise level of the console adheres quite limited, especially since I have not really put my TV loud and I really can not hear much of the noise.