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In addition to being shaped like a fridge, the Xbox Series X’s vent sits on top and has even bigger holes than previous consoles so the hot air it generates can get out as quickly as possible. “You have exhaust out the top and we have large venting holes, but the the net effect of putting all of this together, having parallel paths, having this really powerful quiet fan at the top, is that we get 70 per cent more airflow through this console than the past generation and we get 20 per cent more airflow through our heatsink alone than in the past generation,” said Jim Wahl, director of mechanical engineering for the project.

While the Xbox Series X might look like a fridge, it essentially functions like giant cooling tower for the custom Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU housed inside. Hopefully it’s still quieter than my PS4.

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