author: Bart Swiatek
Quiet Running is Xbox Series X's Big Advantage
Taking part in a web podcast, Phil Spencer - the head of Xbox brand - boasted that the Xbox Series X works very quietly, just like the Xbox One X. According to him, this is due to a well-designed housing and cooling system.
IN A NUTSHELL:
- Phil Spencer said that the Xbox Series X does not make more noise than the Xbox One X, although it is a much more efficient platform;
- This is due to the sensible design of the housing and the cooling system of the console;
- The boss of Xbox admitted that Sony took a completely different approach, although he believes that the Japanese company has similar goals.
Phil Spencer was recently a guest at Animal Talking podcast run by Gary Whitta. One of the topics of the conversation was Microsoft's new console, the Xbox Series X. The Xbox boss noted that one of the advantages of the device is that it works very quietly, just like the Xbox One X.
"When I put the Series X in place of my One X, there was no more noise than what I saw with the One X and a lot more power. You literally just plug it in, right in place and get such a big upgrade. All my games are working and it sounds just like my Xbox One X did, with a lot more power," said Spencer.
The high level of comfort was achieved thanks to the clever design of the cooling system - the engineers used a larger but slower rotating fan.
"We built a form followed function design for our console so that we could draw a lot of air with a big fan spinning a little bit slower, so we didn’t get those high-pitched, whining sounds that a console can normally make," said the Xbox boss.
Gary Whitta's interlocutor also referred to the competing PS5, stating that Sony had a much different idea for its console, although probably the Japanese have similar goals.
"The PS5 is running at higher clocks, so they’re running their box differently than we are, so it creates different design challenges, which is true of both consoles. They took an approach that’s different, but I’m sure they had similar design goals for themselves around what it means to run and how it sounds," noted Spencer.
Xbox Series X will debut on the market in November this year. Rumors suggest that Microsoft is also preparing a weaker and cheaper version of its platform - Xbox Series S.