65nm Cell in PS3?

[Go Blue]

Does anyone know for sure if the 80gb PS3's have the smaller 65nm cell in it? I have searched the internet but cannot find any confirmation.

[jon s]

AFAIK, the PS3 does not have the smaller 65nm cell processors yet.

[Balquin]

Has anyone heard any rumors as to when they might be placing the 65nm in the PS3? I am really close to getting a PS3, but when I do, I want to make sure I am getitng the latest and the greatest (not that it isn't already ). Heat and noise should drop with the new die size, and I want to make sure my movie experience isn't tainted

[D1-2005]

Originally Posted by Balquin

I want to make sure my movie experience isn't tainted

I hear people complain about fan noise, and i have to tell you i have never even noticed any fan noise what so ever, when i watch movies all i hear is my surround.

[56@Yamamoto]

Perhaps. Because looking at front view, some cooling mesh is deleted.

[Balquin]

It is good to hear that some do not hear the fan. Lately all I have been reading is about the fan noise.

[SkantDragon]

Fan noise? From the PS3? Are you sure you're not talking about the XBOX? My friend's 360 is noisy enough to be distracting. My PS3 is silent. I can only hear it if I put my head right next to it.

[Damiesmallz]

Originally Posted by SkantDragon

Fan noise? From the PS3? Are you sure you're not talking about the XBOX? My friend's 360 is noisy enough to be distracting. My PS3 is silent. I can only hear it if I put my head right next to it.

Ditto, are barely notice its on sometimes.

[Rike255]

I notice it only when I'm not doing anything (ie playing games, listening to music, watching movies). I find the fan to be quite quiet actually. No complaints from me!

[bdrex28]

I have never heard my fan.

[bageleaterkkjji]

lol its the disc drive on the 360 that makes alot of noise not the fan

[Magic]

I have never experienced fan noise or a loud disc drive on the PS3. I have absolutely 0 complaints about my machine. I couldn't be happier with it's perfoemance.

[lch]

i remember somewhere mention that there are 2 types of fan use for ps3, 1 quiet 1 noisy. so may have to depend on your luck.

mine also quiet, i can only feel the heat but not hear the fan sound.

[powersfoss]

My PS3 fan can only be heard when I shut off my tv and surround sound and it goes back to its eternal task of protein folding running Folding@Home to help find a cure for cancer. Of course that takes every cell core running at maximum and the louder fan kicks in. But once I end Folding and pop in a blu-ray, my PS3 returns to its nearly inaudible movie playing state. I love my little onyx 20-times-faster-than-a-PC-at-Folding supercomputer!

[csi24]

I rarely ever hear my fan unless I'm really listening for it and even then it isn't as loud as my 360 is. I was playing my Playstation 3 the other day for a bout 5 hours straight and the system still felt luke warm like it was an hour into playing

[halon]

Ive noticed that when the weather outside is hot and my room isn't being air condition the ps3 fan does run but when its cool/cold outside and inside the fan doesn't run at all. this is my experience with it.

[X400]

i noticed the fan one day but that was when i had everything turned off (no noise) and i had just stopped playing Resistance for like 5hrs, i wouldnt mind hooking up a big high are flow fan to my ps3 anyways just to make sure its nice and cool

but yeah havent noticed anything when im watching movies or have it on in the background to download while im watchin tv

[Banjo]

65nm cell in PS3?

Not really necessary as they are pretty quiet to start with.

[jorg]

everything is still 90nm sony is not going to produce cell any more toshiba or ibm or a dif company is going to produce cell and instead of using 65nm prosesos they will go rite to the 45nm proses that will probly been in aroung 2 years or earler the graphics prosesor will probly instead of going to 45nm prosors go to 55nm prosesors

[ikbradley]

Originally Posted by lch

i remember somewhere mention that there are 2 types of fan use for ps3, 1 quiet 1 noisy. so may have to depend on your luck.

mine also quiet, i can only feel the heat but not hear the fan sound.

The initial production models from Japan had a better quality fan with more blades. The chinese models are slightly louder. Honestly, the two are nearly identical in noise, and you have to sit in complete silence and focus your hearing on the unit to hear any anything.

I don't know about the rest of the people in this forum, but some audiophiles must have dog ears to have a legitimate complaint about the PS3 fan noise, because it is usually dead quiet.