In June, Sony announced a slight redesign of the PS4, promising a slightly different finish, a more energy efficient design, mechanical buttons, and a 1TB SKU. The company started rolling out the new models in Japan, promising that they would hit the West at an unspecified point after. They’re still not in America yet, but they’re making the westward migration via the Netherlands and the UK: NeoGaf users MicDrive and OCD Guy have some of the first western reviews, via dualshockers. Both spend a lot of time talking about the relative noise levels of each console, agreeing that the new model runs slightly quieter. OCD guy writes:

The replacement is similar to the Xbox One, infact at idle it’s actually quieter. Xbox one reads 49dB at idle, and the ps4 reads 45dB at idle. Bear in mind that the decibel reading is not scientific and I don’t actually care about the end figure as the actual sound reading is not from a calibrated device, I’m using a smart phone app, but all I’m concerned about is using it as a yardstick to measure the difference, so the ps4 I have now is 4dB quieter at idle. The advantage of the Xbox one is the fan noise seems to remain constant regardless of what you do, the psu fan is noisy though.
To put some perspective on my earlier unit, at idle it measured 56dB. Anyway back to the replacement ps4, I downloaded rocket league quickly as that ramped the earlier one up, and the ps4 remains quiet. I’m happy with this one.

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