How Loud is your Xbox One?

Landmine

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My Day One Xbox had a loose wire and it was hitting the fan. Returned it and waited for the bugs to be fixed.

Picked up my second Xbox One today and the PSU fan screams and the Xbox itself emits a weird buzzing sound. Reminds me of my old 386 in turbo mode loading into DOS.

So I'm wondering, am I expecting too much? Or am I two for two in defective consoles? At this point I'm getting ready to return it and continue to use my XBMC, Chromecast and Wii to get my media / console gaming fix.
 
i would exchange that in a hurry. mine is silent from where I sit 7-8 feet away.
 
Mine is DEAD silent from even 2-3 feet. Seriously I would have to put my ear directly on it and during some heavy gaming to even hear the fan going.

Exchange it before it dies.
 
exchange! Are you sure it's the xbox for the second sound? The kinect also has a fan on the back.
 
PSU fan on the last three xbox consoles I have gotten (two 360, one ONE) has always been a small buzzsaw. Ordered a PSU off of ebay, and whaddya know? It's now silent under load.
 
exchange! Are you sure it's the xbox for the second sound? The kinect also has a fan on the back.

This would be easy to test as you can just unplug the Kinect to find out. The Xbone will moan but it will work fine.

My Xbone is basically silent at gaming distance and emits a low hum (fan noise) when I stick my ear basically next to it.

Interestingly unlike my PS4 it also stays whisper quiet when gaming. For reference my PS4 doesn't get loud but it does become audible after a prolonged period of gaming.
 
Mine is also silent. I don't think you want to be hearing any significant noise.
 
Mine is nearly silent. Since I started using it for TV, I forget it's on and end up leaving it running for days on end.
The PS4 is also fairly quiet, but it's easily the noisier of the two. Both are 10x quieter than the 360 and PS3 were.
 
Mine is silent its the most quiet new system I own followed by the Wii U then the ps4
 
Up close you can hear the fan and some whirring, but like others, once I get 2-3 feet away, I can't really hear anything from it.
 
PSU silent for everyone, too? The fan in mine is audible even when the console is in its active standby mode.
 
Silent even when watching a BR from 4 feet away. This truly is the quietest system I have ever owned.

It will be ironic if its the silent ones that burn up, and the noisy ones last forever. Like my launch 360, sounded like a plane taking off, but worked great for 3 years until I traded it in to go back to PC gaming for a while.
 
First one died on me last week in the matter of one day of use. Although the DVD grind on the new one is the same as the old one. Maybe 50% of the time after initial insertion it lets out a mean GRIND!
 
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