u/Brilliant_Egg_9266

Hey everyone,
I posted here a while ago about my PS5 Slim being insanely loud, sounding almost like a vacuum cleaner. Back then I only had a decibel meter report, but now I’ve finally managed to catch it on video with clear audio so you can hear exactly what I’m dealing with.
The Game: This happens mostly in FIFA / FC 26 (especially in the main menu, Ultimate Team, and the Rush mode).
The Noise: It hits around 44 dBA and jumps up to 52 dBA if you measure it right next to the front intake vents. It's loud enough to easily pierce through my headphones.
The Weird Part: I tested Astro's Playroom right after for about 20 minutes, and the console was completely fine — mostly quiet, occasionally bumping to 43-44 dBA right next to the case but dropping down almost instantly.
The Exhaust: The air blowing out the back near the HDMI port is definitely hot, so the heatsink seems to be doing its job transferring heat (ruling out a dry spot on the liquid metal????).

Hey everyone,
I posted here a while ago about my PS5 Slim being insanely loud, sounding almost like a vacuum cleaner. Back then I only had a decibel meter report, but now I’ve finally managed to catch it on video with clear audio so you can hear exactly what I’m dealing with.
The Noise: It hits around 44 dBA from 1 meter away and jumps up to 50 dBA if you measure it right next to the front intake vents. It's loud enough to easily pierce through my headphones.
The Weird Part: I tested Astro's Playroom right after for about 20 minutes, and the console was completely fine - mostly quiet, occasionally bumping to 43-44 dBA right next to the case but dropping down almost instantly.
The Exhaust: The air blowing out the back near the HDMI port is definitely hot, so the heatsink seems to be doing its job transferring heat (ruling out a dry spot on the liquid metal????).

Hi everyone.
My PS5 Slim is about one year old and has less than 100 hours of total use. It’s very clean inside, not dusty at all, and I’m 100% sure the liquid metal is fine. The console never overheats.
The strange thing is that in EA FC 26, the fan becomes extremely loud while I’m in the menus, almost like a jet engine. As soon as I start a match, the fan speed drops noticeably and the console becomes much quieter.
In other games, the console seems to be normal and relatively quiet.
Has anyone experienced something similar with FC 26? Could this be some kind of weird fan profile or temperature sensor behavior, or is the game menu itself somehow causing higher load than the actual gameplay?