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[Digital Foundry] Inside Xbox Series X: How Microsoft Redefined Console Form Factor
- Thread starter JareBear: Remastered
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Iamborghini
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Reminds me of the Mac pro especially the airflow
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Reminds me of the Mac pro especially the airflow
Interesting. Definitely similar
Lone Wolf
Member
Haha my wife said the same thing. She likes when everything blends. The white one S was a no go. I had to get the storm grey one so it didn’t stick out like a sore thumb.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
Of course it’s rich
Yeah rich appreciates the more powerful console.
John is more the sony guy.
quickwhips
Member
Day one. Pretty excited for this.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
From DF YouTube:
Rich from DF just put up a video breaking down the architectural design of the XsX, inside and out, calling it possibly the most original design we’ve seen since Gamecube, while detailing the
-Top to bottom revamp
- XsX ships with a 315 watt power supply, delivered internally. Regulators pump up to 100 watts per square inch, delivering up to 190 amps
- Move to split-motherboard design, two similarly sized boards, not a mainboard with smaller daughter board design seen in the past
-Aim with split board architecture is a kind of parallel cooling solution, better distribution of air around hottest parts of the unit
- Meaty, fuill on vapor chamber heat sink
- Strategic shielding between components
- SSD uses around 3.8 watts of power, so siphon that heat off MS uses what they call thermal biostrings
- 130mm axial fan sits on top the design, efficient while quiet, designed for optimal airflow
- 70 percent more airflow than last gen, 20 percent more through heat sink
Controller breakdown starts at 9:50
- New pad keeps same basic design to ensure peripheral compatibility
- Small changes could make the pad far more comfortable to use
- Share button added and much improved clicky d-pad
- Matte finish on buttons and triggers
- Thumb stick height remains the same
- Feels familiar but also easier to hold/use
- Wireless designed for lower latency
- low energy Bluetooth for easy connectivity to non-Xbox hardware
random pic I kinda chuckled at
The way the HW is assembled through modular components is quite amazing and so is the airflow solution which can Move tons of air quiet quietly. Very impressed by how clean the motherboard components are too.
It does remind me of the old Mac Pro in terms of shape and cooling:
JägerSeNNA
Banned
If this thing is 315w,I guess the PS5 will be at least 400w. Jesus it is too much for a console. My bill will be very...
Dieter Rams, Google him, his philosophy influenced Apple, for decades, and now also MS.
JareBear: Remastered
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-Arcadia-
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My one worry is for parents. It’s entirely possible that young children will drop small things in through those large holes at the top. It could also be a bit of a dust magnet, but frankly, you should just clean your house at that point.
It’s a lovely design otherwise, both in functionality and aesthetics. I can’t wait to own one.
It’s a lovely design otherwise, both in functionality and aesthetics. I can’t wait to own one.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Except not really, fan has different principe and in Mac there is a in the middle, which is not the case on XBX.
Since everything is shielded nothing really can damage the console, maybe besides fan, if someone would drop there some small metal ball.. Holes are small enough for children to even have this sort of small objects in their hands...
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captainraincoat
Banned
All the ps4 models were loud and had shit cooling solutions
Sony have not made a good console design since the ps2 days
if the ps5 does not have a top mounted fan/vents or some other type of way to reduce the heat then I’m pretty sure we are in for another noisy as fuck console
Nemesis Prime
Member
Man I fucking love the design. It’s just an obelisk, it stands strong and looks ominous. You just look at it and it screams power, such a great design with that stood up profile, it’ll fit my sets ups more because I prefer devices to take more space upwards and take up less depth space.
it reminds me of the obelisk from 2001
it reminds me of the obelisk from 2001
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Elektro Demon
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Sure, they redefined it. Except they made it like a pc.
DynamiteCop!
Banned
They know better than us what their system needs and what it doesn't.
ColonialRaptor
Member
I’m a big fan of the design and I almost hope Sony follows this form factor as well. I don’t think the cooling value of this design and the large fan can be denied. It might even be overkill!
Low Noise > Functionality > appearance of a box that sits on a shelf every day of the week.
Low Noise > Functionality > appearance of a box that sits on a shelf every day of the week.
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CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Sony needs to come up with their own design, maybe something like that vacuum cleaner Dev kit with the v-shaped pizza warmer.
This distinctive design is an XSX exclusive, no multi plats. Of course the design will be available on all Windows PCs Day 1.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Looks like shit. Not as bad as the cable box one but not much better. They blew their wad on the 360.
CitizenX3639
Banned
So copying PC design is revolutionary. Amazing.
LordOfChaos
Member
It woudln't be running at full load, that's bad practice and risky with capacitor aging, power virus situations, etc.
Say it's running at a high-ish 80% load, that would then be 252W to start with. The One X is running about 70% load.
martino
Member
copying Mac on that cannot be a bad thingReminds me of the Mac pro especially the airflow
LordOfChaos
Member
Those ones did have a bunch of GPU failures
But that had a PSU of 450W and three power hungry components on all sides, and I think the SeX is larger, so it should have a much better time of the cooling
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I love these kinds of videos. Microsoft letting their more technical people have more freedom to discuss the system is always good. It's been happening this way at nearly every level.
martino
Member
Those ones did have a bunch of GPU failures
But that had a PSU of 450W and three power hungry components on all sides, and I think the SeX is larger, so it should have a much better time of the cooling
yes it looks like they kept space to breath in xsx...even if it feel laughtable / pc.
Slings and Arrows
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I like the xsx shape, it's different and unique. I wonder if it has to be laid down or stood up? If air is being pulled in, in what position are the bottom vents?
LordOfChaos
Member
6:47 remember the X clamps? I tried to forget them!
Fulcizombie
Banned
Well it is either this design or no 12+ TF GPU. I am glad that MS went back to its Xbox 1 roots by making a big and uncompromising console , in terms of power. The first Xbox was my favourite console for its raw compute power and the things it introduced (super powerful pc-like architecture, standard hdd e.t.c) and that was also mocked for being «a pc». Well guess what kind of architecture every console has used ever since.....
JareBear: Remastered
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I’m gonna have a setup that keeps the bottom mostly off the ground for easy airflow intake
JareBear: Remastered
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it has an internal drive and an expansion slot for the proprietary cards, as well has USB ports for extra storage and playing last gen games on
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SonGoku
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Thanks for clearing that, Richard made it sound like there was no internal drive by focusing on the expansion pak
DaleinCalgary
Member
For those complaining about what it looks like, I don't give a rats ass what it looks like. It needs to be fairly powerful, works in the living room and comes in at $500.
If it does all that then it's perfect.
If it does all that then it's perfect.
it_wasn't_me
Banned
It won't. Both of them won't running what PSU is saying. Always is below under full load, like 70% of max. PSU load.
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Rightisright
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Meh, it's just a box. I dont mind the minimalist look myself, but I expect Sony to have alot more wow looking PS5 than the XSX is. Sony normally has nice designs to their home entertainment products. I expect the same.
SaintJonathan
Member
The design has grown on me since the reveal. Now that we know the dimensions of it I'm less worried that it'll fit into my TV stand. Having said that though. The naming of this machine is awful. It's going to confuse the shit out of a lot of parents come Christmas time.
Insane Metal
Member
That's just how much the PSU can offer, there's tons of headroom. The console itself is rated at ~180W.
JLB
Banned
Reminds me of the Mac pro especially the airflow
nice finding! definitely sharing that arch aspect
Jubenhimer
Member
If you were to tell me this was a Home Gaming PC, I would probably believe you. Seriously, place the Xbox SX next to a monitor and keyboard, and you can pass it off as a PC.
JLB
Banned
ps3 and ps4 are ugly imo, specially the parallelogram shape of ps4.
standard ps2 on the other hand is sublime.
Pallas
Member
lol seriously man? There’s been just as many if not more “fluff” pieces for the PS5 as well but you can’t tell me the design and internals of this console isn’t anything but impressive. You don’t have to like the company to respect what they are building.
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