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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: chronovore on January 17, 2011, 05:01:30 AM

Title: How hot is your 360?
Post by: chronovore on January 17, 2011, 05:01:30 AM: My 360-S is really hot. It warms up anything around it pretty handily. The 360-old never seemed to get this hot in either orientation. Is this normal?

My 360-S is stood on its end, so it is in the vertical orientation. Is that sub-optimal?
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: maxy on January 17, 2011, 05:02:17 AM: dead cold :'(

To answer your question

If the air flow(from the fan) is good,then yes...heat is going outside,good thing

But you should compare with other 360S owners
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: chronovore on January 17, 2011, 06:22:50 AM: Mebbe I'll give one a fondle soon. There aren't many of them around in Japan.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: pilonv1 on January 17, 2011, 06:32:46 AM: I have a PAL launch unit (been repaired 2x though), it get's pretty toasty. Looking to replace it with a Slim in the next week
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Raban on January 17, 2011, 01:08:27 PM: I once accidentally left a game case resting on the fan port on my 360-S (in vertical orientation) and it warped the plastic.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Himu on January 17, 2011, 01:34:22 PM: Really hot, seeing as how it's likely in a garbage dump by now.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Raban on January 17, 2011, 01:43:03 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on January 17, 2011, 01:34:22 PM
Really hot, seeing as how it's likely in a garbage dump by now.

smh
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: naff on January 17, 2011, 04:21:02 PM: Cool as a spring morning

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Haven't used it for weeks
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Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: cool breeze on January 17, 2011, 04:32:26 PM: I'm playing mine for the past hour and half and it runs mostly cool except for the heat coming off its back; but it is running off of the hard drive since RDR is installed.

When I played Alan Wake dlc2, it was heating up more and it was the loudest I've ever heard it. I thought it was dying.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 17, 2011, 05:03:36 PM: The S has the power supply inside the chassis, right? If so, that's probably why it's hotter.

Different hardware have different heat tolerance though so it's not really possible to just use temperature as an indication of hardware health. Many videocards, for example, run 20 to 30 degrees C hotter than videocards from 5 yrs ago.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: chronovore on January 17, 2011, 05:32:23 PM: I'd assume that the more recent, higher spec graphic cards would have a hotter running temp. The 360 is ostensibly the same spec, but I do understand that the smaller manufacturing method is supposed to make it cooler, not hotter.

The power supply on the 360-S is still external, by the way.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 17, 2011, 06:25:59 PM: I voted eggs because I enjoy the taste of them!
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 17, 2011, 06:37:16 PM: Don't you wish your Xbox was hot like mine? Don't you wish your Xbox was a freak like mine?
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Positive Touch on January 17, 2011, 06:38:41 PM: not nearly as hot as my p.o.s.3
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: TEEEPO on January 17, 2011, 06:56:31 PM: it's nothing compared to my plasma tv
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Raban on January 17, 2011, 09:24:53 PM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 17, 2011, 05:03:36 PM
The S has the power supply inside the chassis, right? If so, that's probably why it's hotter.

No, it's still external, just smaller.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on January 17, 2011, 11:00:02 PM: really hot and still sounds like a DC jet engine

microsux
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 17, 2011, 11:24:07 PM: Does the S have a quieter drive than the phat?
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Raban on January 18, 2011, 12:32:18 AM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 17, 2011, 11:24:07 PM
Does the S have a quieter drive than the phat?

When it first reads a disc it gets pretty loud, otherwise dead silent.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 18, 2011, 12:35:47 AM: What other advantages does the S have over a phat? I was all ready to trade in my phat for a S but the local Gamestop didn't have stock for a long time and my excitement just died.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: pilonv1 on January 18, 2011, 12:42:31 AM: Wifi built in? Not much else really.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 18, 2011, 12:55:14 AM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 17, 2011, 11:24:07 PM
Does the S have a quieter drive than the phat?

the system itself really is "whisper quiet."

but the fucking power supply is gives off an audible hum. touche microsoft.
Title: Re: How hot is your 360?
Post by: Raban on January 18, 2011, 02:49:43 AM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 18, 2011, 12:35:47 AM
What other advantages does the S have over a phat? I was all ready to trade in my phat for a S but the local Gamestop didn't have stock for a long time and my excitement just died.

The power and open tray buttons are touch sensitive and kind of awesome. It makes a little chime when you turn the system on that's pretty sick. The sync button for controller sync is really big and clicky. That's about it.