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Originally Posted by bferr1 /forum/post/14176420
I tried an HG and an HH, and I swear there's no difference. Both have audible fan sound after about half an hour.
I don't know what to say. Is your PS3 in an enclosed entertainment center with poor ventillation? Mine (CECHH01) "kinda" is, but it still runs good. I say"good", but not "great". Great would be inaudible. Good means I can still hear it faintly, but most movies drown it out and it is still WAY WAY WAY
quieter than my last two PS3s. Ofcourse it my run louder over time. (i'll let you know if it does)
The reason I wrote in the "PS3 fan noise" thread that a cooler one was coming is because it has been known for sometime that a 65nm graphics upgrade was coming for the PS3 eventually. Also there may be better heat disipation technology in the 65nm GPU PS3s aswell. Supposedly the current PS3s cool the CPU and GPU with one giant heatsink. A new more effecient setup is supposed to use two lighter separate heatsinks for both the CPU and GPU. Here is article about that.
http://www.dailytech.com/PlayStation...ticle11610.htm
From this article it is not clear if this new heatsink is for the new 65nm GPU PS3s to come out this fall. If that was the case, the new PS3s would really be a lot better b/c they would make less heat and get rid of it more effeciently.
Another possibility is that this new heatsink is already being using but I cannot confirm that. Perhaps the difference between the HH and HG is that the HH has the new separate dual cooling. Not likely I think, but I can hope. I am guessing this based on the 60 & 20gig PS3 being 1st gen. The 80gig & 40gig HG models being 2nd gen. And the 40gig HH being 3rd gen. This is just a theory that expains why the HH model has a different layout on the back than the HG and 80gig model.
It could be something else though. If that is so, then maybe it is something like this;
1st Gen 20, 60, & 80gig w/90nm CPU and 90nm GPU.
2nd Gen, all 40gigs w/65nm CPU & 90nm GPU
3rd gen new PS3s coming this fall with 65nm CPU and GPUs.
Who knows this is all speculation on my part.