cimerians Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Want to ask if the newer model 360's generate more heat? It seems with quick gaming and with long kinect sports marathons my Star Wars unit generates a lot of heat and I noticed the vents are on top. I also tried playing a bit on my older Call of Duty model unit and it didn't generate nearly the same amount of heat unless there are fewer vents on older models and its trapping most inside? Not sure. Either way I moved my Star Wars unit on top of a book shelf (open air) and even though it looks kind of crappy up there I want to make sure it survives. Kids have been having kinect sports marathons the last few weekends which is good....I'm glad the kinect is getting some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 The slim model seems to generate less heat. I believe they used a more miniaturized fab technology on the CPU and graphics chip. Also, they aren't as noisy. That being said, it still makes me nervous about it breaking someday... You are correct that the older COD model traps more heat inside. My advice for all xboxes is to give them as much space as possible to let the heat escape. I have my slim mounted sideways on the floor next to our TV console. It is mounted on two triangular shims so it is about 4 inches off the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I'd guess the newer units produce less heat in total due to the board/chip redesigns but they seem to be far more effective at venting heat, which may make it seem like they 'generate' more. And yeah if you want it to survive, you can't have it baking up its own surroundings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taskmaster99 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I have an old model(which got the RRoD). Got it fixed. My wife bought me the slim model when they came out. I play the slim more cuz it does seem to run cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Ok that was my hunch...the ventilation is better on the newer ones so I noticed "more" heat being released which is a good thing. Just wasn't really sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 man, I love Kinect Sports! your kids are awesome! love a good game of table tennis. volleyball is also great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I've only had the Slim for a few years, and so far it's still working perfectly, but only because I don't play with it so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taskmaster99 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I will go a little more in depth on my previous post. Playing games for hours on end with my original ....you could feel the heat not only on the system but also on the disc. Playing my slim for more hours at a time.....less heat from both system and ejected disc. And I am talking some serious hours!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The disc will get some heat just because of the laser used to read it will generate heat. (I've actually been concerned with DVD since they came out due to how hot they seemed to get) As for the system itself, my old Fat Xbox never got super hot, or even had a lot of hot air come out of the vents. But good lord, you could probably cook on the heat that comes out of the vent of the s model. During winter months, I literally use the 360 as a space heater when it's on, cause it puts out that much heat. I can only guess that it's just getting rid of it more efficiently than the original model was, so it stays cooler inside, but to be honest, I don't know how it keeps working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 The disc will get some heat just because of the laser used to read it will generate heat. (I've actually been concerned with DVD since they came out due to how hot they seemed to get) As for the system itself, my old Fat Xbox never got super hot, or even had a lot of hot air come out of the vents. But good lord, you could probably cook on the heat that comes out of the vent of the s model. During winter months, I literally use the 360 as a space heater when it's on, cause it puts out that much heat. I can only guess that it's just getting rid of it more efficiently than the original model was, so it stays cooler inside, but to be honest, I don't know how it keeps working. Thats exactly how my Star Wars model is..a mini space heater. It seriously gives off major heat off the top vents. As long as everything is cool inside I'm ok with that and it can live on a cover free shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 From a collector's standpoint the two things to worry about would be the hard drive and the dvd drive. The S model will shut itself down before it overheats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Well, the disc drive is still widely available (and will probably be so for a decade or so after the system becomes fully defunct) as for the DVD, I save a lot of wear and tear by installing the games, they just read on boot and are unused otherwise. Of course, by then, I"m sure the intuitive folks of the homebrew community will come up with replacement solutions for dying HDD and DVD drives. Hell, look at some of what is being done for old computers like the C=64...I'm sure the folks that originally made the system never imagined running gigs of disc space off cheap SD cards (among other things) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax2069 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I have a Jasper 360, its doesn't get as hot as older 360 models, it about like the slim, actually I do believe it stays a few degrees cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I too have a Jasper 360. It only once got extremely hot, but that was when I'd been playing Oblivion for hours on end, and it was about 35c outside and about 30c inside. The controller took on a life of its own and was a good hint that maybe it was time to turn the thing off and give it a rest for a while. I've found it to be a great and reliable machine so far, but I've heard bad things about using the Kinect with the older fat models so have never bothered getting one. Kinect doesn't interest me really, not enough to risk the death of my Xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastRobPlus Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 To find the heat generated, look at the power supplies. Higher watt PSUs generate more energy and are a good indicator that the unit will run hotter. I wrote this article describing the Xbox 360's PSUs a few years back, but it's still relevant: http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/console-power/power-supply 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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