Microsoft’s
discless
Xbox
Series
X
goes
on
sale
today,
and
while
it
looks
slightly
different
on
the
outside
thanks
to
a
white
paint
job
and
the
lack
of
a
disc
drive,
inside,
it
has
been
redesigned.
Microsoft
has
redesigned
the
motherboard
on
the
white
Xbox
Series
X
and
new
2TB
models,
shrunk
the
system-on-a-chip
(SoC)
down
to
6nm,
and
switched
to
a
new
cooling
solution.
YouTuber
Austin
Evans
spotted
the
changes
in
a
teardown
of
the
new
models
and
reported
that
the
shrunken
chip
allows
the
new
Xbox
Series
X
models
to
run
around
10
watts
less
than
the
original
model
at
idle.
The
new
Xbox
Series
X
motherboard
has
been
heavily
redesigned.Image:
Austin
Evans
(YouTube)
Image:
Austin
Evans
(YouTube)
The
motherboard
on
the
new
Xbox
Series
X
models
has
been
totally
overhauled,
with
many
components
on
the
board
simplified,
shrunk
down,
or
moved
around.
There’s
no
more
shield
over
the
SSD,
and
on
the
digital
Xbox
Series
X,
there’s
a
blank
space
where
the
disc
drive
usually
is.
You
can’t
easily
retrofit
a
disc
drive,
either,
as
you’d
have
to
solder
on
connectors
for
the
drive.
The
cooling
for
the
updated
6nm
chip
has
also
been
redesigned
on
these
new
Xbox
Series
X
models.
There’s
no
longer
a
vapor
chamber,
and
Microsoft
is
using
a
more
traditional
copper
heat
pipe
design
instead.
Evans
found
that
the
exhaust
temperature
and
noise
of
these
new
Xbox
Series
X
models
hasn’t
changed
from
the
original,
though.
The
new
Xbox
Series
X
6nm
chip.Image:
Austin
Evans
(YouTube)
Evans
found
that
the
original
launch
Xbox
Series
X
hardware
runs
at
around
61
watts
idle
on
the
Xbox
dashboard,
but
on
the
new
2TB
special-edition
model,
this
dropped
to
around
51
watts
idle
and
just
38
watts
on
the
digital
Xbox
Series
X.
During
gaming,
the
original
Xbox
Series
X
runs
at
167
watts,
with
the
discless
model
at
156
watts
and
the
2TB
model
at
151
watts.
While
a
drop
of
up
to
16
watts
doesn’t
sound
like
a
lot,
it
will
certainly
make
a
difference
for
Microsoft’s
Xbox
Cloud
Gaming
power
usage.
Microsoft
is
already
using
Xbox
Series
X-like
hardware
in
its
data
centers,
and
it’s
reasonable
to
assume
the
company
will
use
a
mix
of
these
smaller
chips
and
redesigned
cooling
for
efficiency
purposes.
Ultimately,
the
redesigned
internals
of
the
new
Xbox
Series
X
models
will
make
it
less
expensive
for
Microsoft
to
manufacture
these
consoles,
and
this
updated
hardware
could
make
it
more
efficient
to
run
Xbox
Cloud
Gaming
servers.
The
white
discless
Xbox
Series
X
model
goes
on
sale
today,
priced
at
$449.99.
The
2TB
special-edition
Xbox
Series
X
is
also
available
to
purchase
for
$599.99.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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