Fanless Playstation?

cloneman · Post by **cloneman** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:45 am

I just read an article rumoring that a Fanless PS3 might eventually become a reality (cool!).

The article mentioned that one of the PS2's is fanless. Anyone know which one?

quietfreek · Post by **quietfreek** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:10 am

slimline ps2 is fanless

cloneman · Post by **cloneman** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:45 am

quietfreek wrote:slimline ps2 is fanless

what about silver?

quietfreek · Post by **quietfreek** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:05 am

afaik it it all varients of the slimline ps2 that are fanless i think revision 2 of the fat ps2 has better themal management but still has fans in it just not as obtrusive as the origanal ones

IsaacKuo · Post by **IsaacKuo** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:38 am

The only slimline PS2 model I've ever seen features a tiny whiny fan which produces a pathetic amount of airflow. While it's not as loud as a jet engine, the noise is irritatingly high pitched.

The original "fat" PS2 features a much larger fan. The "fat" PS2 can be easily modified to take an undervolted 80mm fan. I modified my PS2 that way, and it's much quieter and more pleasant sounding than a slimline PS2.

Unfortunately, there's not much you can do to quiet down the DVD drive mechanism.

quietfreek · Post by **quietfreek** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:07 pm

oops

im verry sorry - ive just taken apart my slimline ps2 to have a look and yes there is a shitty little 40mm radial fan in there directed at what might be the most useless cpu heatsink in the history of man - a tiny little bit of aluminium with about 8 fins on it, the whole thing only has a footprint of about 70mm * 20mm oh well you live and learn. sorry once again

cloneman · Post by **cloneman** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:10 pm

lol, no problem, the important thing is you followed up before I made a purchasing blunder