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Xbox Series X running hot according to Journalists (Zero Noise, but Hot temperature )

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Problem is MS lied about it:


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Also, I don't know if this is you, but there is a lot of concern trolling about the PS5 being at risk because of its high clock rate GPU.

So run quietly and emit heat? Because that's how a fridge runs. Put your hand around the the back of a fridge near the bottom, you'll feel it.

As long as it's (consoles) not so hot as to damage internal components, running quietly is the most important thing.
 
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pawel86ck

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The latest PS4P model is pushing out very hot air, but it keeps vital parts cooler than before. XSX is probably doing the same and people should see how much hot air high end GPU can push out, it's also like heater.
 
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As long as it doesn't run hotter than my laptop, it's gonna be fine. I can actually kinda burn myself if I touch a specific part of my laptop after like half an hour of full load.
 

Shivvy24

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To be honest I wouldn't listen to a word this reviewtech guy says, one video he says something and the next it's the complete opposite.
 

Quasicat

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I’m pretty happy with the prospect of the Series X in the longer term. The last Major Nelson podcast had them saying that the staff has had these things in their homes for the better part of a year. I would imagine that if these prototypes would have big problems, they would fix it before they went into production.
 
Your venting 250-300 watts of energy it's going to be hot unless Sony is including water cooling. Being hot out the vents is a good thing it means the cooling system is working as designed see xbox one x. If it was not hot see the 747 ps4 pros before people did thermal paste fix and it became hot out the back.
Oh yeah don’t get me wrong, I agree, I don’t think the heat coming out of the SX is an issue at all; why would they have knowingly sent out a hundred odd consoles for hands on with a known heat issue. If anything this would possibly raise more concerns about PS5 given the amount of heat a GPU clocked as high as it can go will generate but obviously with such a large console they must’ve gone for a robust cooling solution. We’d know more by now except no tear down so (shrug).
 

Kokoloko85

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Original source debunks it and calls it fake news, and now we have tons of credible journos debunking it as well and yet Sony fanboys keep trying to spread FUD whilst other people ignore this and continue to post concern. LOL.

I just don't understand. Why do they embarrass themselves? It's as if none of these "hardcore" gamers ever touched their GPU before and are so hellbent on spreading fake news they just continue to own themselves over and over again.

Well I dont know how he debunks himself saying ouch, its hot on video....
Not embarrassing Because I hadnt seen it debunked or any other threads on it.
 

RayHell

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It annoys me on how he reports on every single rumor and his intros be kinda annoying and cringey.
Report on rumors is ok but presenting them as the ground truth is bad. I remember when a report came out that PS5 had overheating issue and failures.
Windows central made an article then retracted because it end up being an hoax. Then ReviewTechUSA got his video out telling everyone that it was the case and that PS5 was in serious trouble and never retracted.
 

ZehDon

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ReviewtechUSA is a terrible channel and you should feel bad for watching that person.
Absolutely. Reports almost exclusively on rumours circulated on twitter and reddit, and thinks that by adding "take this with a grain of salt" he's absolved of spreading absolute non-sense.
 
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Matsuchezz

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I think that is why no series x game has been demoed just yet we would see blue screen of death and rrod. I guess since it has the shape of a laundry machine it will start to bump and will eventually fall off the shelves. It’s those extra CUs running at 3.6 ghz at all times even on crappier xbox bc games.
Breaking news: disc will melt when inserted on xbox series x. So ms will extend the warranty 3 years and will offer xseriess while XsXs are being repaired and reengineered.
 
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Well I dont know how he debunks himself saying ouch, its hot on video....
Not embarrassing Because I hadnt seen it debunked or any other threads on it.

He says;

"If you are concerned with a story you read saying the 1TB expansion drive "appeared to burn my hand!!" you are of course perfectly welcome to watch the full Beastcast sequence starting here: https://youtu.be/GAFOZWz1S-o?t=1614… Hot to the touch, yes, but clearly did not *burn my hand*"

He debunks the assertion that he claimed Xbox Series X was hot to the touch by confirming what was obvious, to all but those arguing with an agenda, from the beginning - he was talking about the external SSD.

He picked up the SSD, touched the heatsink and found it hot. This is not news.
 
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quest

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Oh yeah don’t get me wrong, I agree, I don’t think the heat coming out of the SX is an issue at all; why would they have knowingly sent out a hundred odd consoles for hands on with a known heat issue. If anything this would possibly raise more concerns about PS5 given the amount of heat a GPU clocked as high as it can go will generate but obviously with such a large console they must’ve gone for a robust cooling solution. We’d know more by now except no tear down so (shrug).
I think part of the PS5 size is the second SSD problem. It is going to generate a ton of heat in the case with 2 super fast ssd's. The Microsoft card if you look carefully hooks right into the cooling system its pretty great design. Sony uses volume with big fans to keep it silent. I could careless silent cooling is what matters.
 
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Roxkis_ii

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When I heard this Xbox was coming in hot, I didn't think this was what they meant lol. If the system getting this hot off last gen games, I can't imagine what all the thrid party games that will push this machine to the limit will do... Maybe they'll have to throttle current gen games to not burn down people's houses.
 

Kagoshima_Luke

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He said (translated by VGC): “The Series X is hot, like really hot! It doesn’t make any noise, but damn it’s hot! The console is emitting heat like crazy. It’s almost like a fireplace shaft. You can heat up your flat with it.”

Haven't seen this posted

what does everyone think?


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A Series X literally on fire in that image? Invoking RROD with zero evidence to sustain such claim? Pure fearmongering for clicks/subs. Get this shit out of here.
 
Anybody with a gaming PC knows that's the more power you have, the more heat you get. I have confidence in the engineering around this console because MS has been making some great hardware over the last generation. Not only is the One-X powerful, but super quiet. Also look at the Surface line of products MS has put out. MS makes nice hardware.
 

ManaByte

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Given Microsoft’s history with the RROD issues, I hope this isn’t a major problem again m.

MS released three different consoles since the 360 and none of those had RROD issues.

This is like trying to claim the PS5 will have issues reading discs because the launch model PSX had a bad drive ribbon and you had to place them upside down to avoid skipping.
 
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The Alien

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Interesting that stories of PS5 "running cool" and XBox Series X "running hot" game out within less than 24 hours of each other.

Side note: 2020 hasn't been a kind year to ReviewTech video's quality.
 

dano1

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So is it actually emitting the heat then? Well good... it's doing what it's supposed to be doing... discharging heat from the inside.

Nothing to see here folks...

True but it sounds like it’s a mini space heater. That seems a little excessive?
Hopefully the guy is exaggerating a little!..
 

quest

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MS released three different consoles since the 360 and none of those had RROD issues.

This is like trying to claim the PS5 will have issues reading discs because the launch model PSX had a bad drive ribbon and you had to place them upside down to avoid skipping.
People always quick to forget how failure prone those first revision PS1s were with the shitty lazer assembly. Awesome console but sucked going through them like water. Especially since I had dual stations set up back then side by side for me and the crew.

So we should worry if the console is cool then?
If it is not water or phase cooled and no hot air is venting I would be worried. Last time that happened fan on my one x died console saved its self thermal shutdown. Those 300 watts need to go somewhere.
 
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MrFunSocks

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People always quick to forget how failure prone those first revision PS1s were with the shitty lazer assembly. Awesome console but sucked going through them like water. Especially since I had dual stations set up back then side by side for me and the crew.
Hell almost every single PS console launch models were terrible. The plastic laser eye rail on the PS1, the disk read errors of the PS2, the YLOD of the PS3. The PS4 is the first one of theirs that hasn’t had massive problems. They lost multiple class actions over the ps2, and would likely have with the ps1 and 3 if anyone ever tried.
 
I think part of the PS5 size is the second SSD problem. It is going to generate a ton of heat in the case with 2 super fast ssd's. The Microsoft card if you look carefully hooks right into the cooling system its pretty great design. Sony uses volume with big fans to keep it silent. I could careless silent cooling is what matters.
I was not aware PS5 had 2 SSDs? Or am I misreading you?
 

quest

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I was not aware PS5 had 2 SSDs? Or am I misreading you?
Instead of a external card inside the PS5 you can add a SSD but only the fastest out there Sony will certify and they will run hot. They need to account for the hottest SSD'S out there in cooling the console.
 

skneogaf

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I'm surprised again that anyone would be surprised that the series x emits hot air out of its exhaust vent.

The very exhaust vent that was designed to let said hot air out... Haha

I'm sorry I'm laughing but are people really thinking a pretty good 8 core cpu, a 2080 plus level gpu and a fairly fast ssd and psu doesn't give off heat out of the only place where it has a fan pulling the air out of?
 
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LordOfChaos

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Problem is MS lied about it:


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Did Microsoft say it was going to be cool to touch, or was that just one journalist's technically inept spin on it?


It's literally how heat exchange works, as long as the surface temperatures are cooler than damaging to plastic or to human touch, getting heat out of the SoC is the goal. A fridge dumps a bunch of hot air into the surrounding room the same way, check the back of one.

Did someone find the SoC or other internals run concerningly hot? Surely not yet, because it's under NDA, so I take it everyone is talking about the exhaust air or outer chassis, which doesn't really matter except for the two things noted above.
 
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Instead of a external card inside the PS5 you can add a SSD but only the fastest out there Sony will certify and they will run hot. They need to account for the hottest SSD'S out there in cooling the console.
Oh sorry I’m with you, I thought you meant it had two by default. On that point, though; is there any kind of size uniformity for SSDs? Or are they usually small enough that it won’t be a concern? Obviously the proprietary one MS has is pretty small so I’d assume they aren’t very big but I’m not sure myself.
 
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