lol PS3 vs 360 cage fight.

[Ploid]

"I just read John Davison's latest blog on 1up and it just made me chuckle. It seemed he accidentally set up a next-gen system cage match"

My PS3 just killed my 360

Originally Posted by John Davison:

I keep my PS3 and my Xbox 360 in an entertainment unit in the living room. It's a big wooden thing with glass doors, and while it looks cool, I guess it's not exactly what I'd cool well ventilated.

Anyway, this morning at some ungodly hour, both my kids got up and wanted to play videogames. My older son wanted to play Cars while my little guy wanted to watch, and fiddle with another controller while pretending to play. The pretend option turned out to be the Sixaxis (this is relevant, I'll come back to it.)

Now, the 360 on it's own doesn't run so hot that it can't handle being in the entertainment unit with the door shut. I've had it on for hours and hours and hours before, and it never gets so hot that the fan goes into turbo bastard mode. The PS3, on the other hand, is another story. If I keep that sucker in a confined space for too long, I fear for the safety of my family. Hence, whenever we play PS3 games...the door to the unit stays open.

So (back to the narrative) while pretending to play along with his brother, my little guy hits the PS button, and the PS3 springs to life, inside the closed entertainment unit, unbeknown to Mrs. D and myself.

Needless to say, temperatures rise, fans kick in, then more fans kick in, then some new, untold level of nuclear reactor-grade cooling kicks in deep within the bowels of the PS3, and the first thing I know of this is when a little voice cries, "Dad, something's wrong with my game."

Conditions in the confined space had become so super-heated that the 360 red-ringed out, big time.

So. Bottom line, my PS3 killed my 360. I have learned a very valuable lesson from this.

Video of a PS3 going freakish sound mode. http://youtube.com/watch?v=1L5P2Y5gfhQ

Also more on the fan levels.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.ph ... 300&page=2

Quote:
Someone @ MuroBBS did quite a stunt to test out PS3's fans (he's one of those who have the loud ones)
He found at least 8 different "levels" on the fan, here's a translation of the levels:

- Fan off
- Fan on, but really silent "hummming"
- Fan's "normal level" after 10mins of idling, movie freaks would say "no-no" for this
*Covers the PS3 inside a towel*
- It's loud
- It's REALLY loud
- Gets even louder
- Hellish noise
- "OMFG-level"
- "Beyond OMFG-level" - if I heard a person yelling like this, I'd call straight to the morgue instead of 112 (112 is the finnish 911)

The "levels" are audible steps on the fan speed, and the PS3 did survive the towel test, it stepped down 4 levels within a minute after removing the towel.

[Rydiah]

My PS3 has never gotten that loud I would have been worried if I was that guy, however it can crank out some serious heat when I am playing Elder Scrolls or Motor Storm. I have mine sitting on top of my big screen TV out in the open, so I suppose it has plenty of air flow.

[Lolmy]

Your threads have too many words :<, I just finished school damnit

[Tyriac]

PS3 sooooo quiet <3 XPOX was so loud i was glad to see back end of it, btw Home is fkin awesome

[Ploid]

OMG!!! No wai!! you got into the Home beta?! ;; I didn't get a email for the US home beta. I gotta wait until winter or fall when it is actually released. I've been jealous of all the Europe people that got into the beta since Monday or so. At first it seemed like they weren't going to be in the beta for a while since the US got the invitations. Gratz ; ;

[Yorke]

Amy just doesn't know how to read.

[Ploid]

We're twins, we posted at the same time and I owe you gil!

[Yorke]

Bring me your tired, your weak, your poor, and most certainly your full d box....

[Ploid]

My dbox is so worthless. Full of rdm, sam gear, boltheads, and bolt quivers.

[Tyriac]

hubby on beta which really means i can use w/e i like lawl, just have to use his profile tho and not use teh headset >.<

but yeah its pretty damn gewd

[Yorke]

My dbox is so worthless. Full of rdm, sam gear, boltheads, and bolt quivers.

lmao, been there.

My efforts to obtain a sniper+1 seem to be in vain ;/

[Ploid]

I gave someone my sniper (nq) and woodsman before I took the first break (to finish assignments, and ready for final). There's not much people can make gil on with my items. All rare/ex and crap gear.

Tyriac
In the US PS store. I bet I can't download it.

[Tyriac]

Hmmm i'll see if i can get hubby to get some piccies n dl to lappy for ya

[Ploid]

No, lol. He's under a NDA. Could get in trouble for doing so.

[Tyriac]

If he ever brings his ps3 downstairs id never be on ffxi, i could easily get into all those games you can play, and id spend hours doing my own pad up. But thats not likely to happen, living room is a dangerous place for a PS3 where the kids hang out LOL

[Ploid]

I find that PS3 is awesome when kids are around. My nephew will kill my tv before my ps3 (those controllers work all over the house). Loving wireless controllers, my ps3 is so hidden and out of harms way.

[Sukasaroth]

lol ppl argue about which system is better?

[Ploid]

Not even -_- Read the first quote. A journalist that wrights for 1up.com has kids that played Cars on xbox360 and the too young to understand kid is pretending to play with his brother with the PS3 controller. Both consoles was in a closed entertainment center. Both of them on at the same time made it hot inside and the PS3 went into cool the chip at all costs mode (Fan speed #8). Started sounding REALLY loud then the 360 got way too hot and died. It was the owner's fault, and the funny part is both were trying to survive the heat inside the box.

[Sukasaroth]

I know, i just felt like posting a picture of a fat old guy with a windmill in his beard for your enjoyment.

[Ploid]

Oh yea, his beard does look like a windmill with little swirls of wind in the other end. But his glasses top it in the wierd things on his face.