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[Pedigree Chum]

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3140209

Surprised no one mentioned it here.

X360: 3.27" x 10.16" x 12.17"

Xbox: 3.5" x 10.25" x 12.75"


Not much of a difference there, not much of a difference at all. But I guess the concave design should make it seem a bit slimmer than it really is. It seems as if the makeshift measurements we were doing were a bir premature.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Well, it sure LOOKS a hell of a lot smaller than that. Probably because the XBox was converse, and the 360 is concave.

 

[Doube D]

convex ;p

 

[ecliptic]

Watch the www.ourcolony.net video.

 

[accord 4 me]

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3140209

Surprised no one mentioned it here.

X360: 3.27" x 10.16" x 12.17"

Xbox: 3.5" x 10.25" x 12.75"


Not much of a difference there, not much of a difference at all. But I guess the concave design should make it seem a bit slimmer than it really is. It seems as if the makeshift measurements we were doing were a bir premature.

i had just noticed that, i thought it was going to be a good deal smaller. oh well. and did i hear right, that its watercooled? to what extent i wonder

 

[Gahiggidy]

3.27" x 10.16" x 12.17" == 404 cubic inches.

3.5" x 10.25" x 12.75" == 457 cubic inches.

Xbox36o is 11.5% smaller than the original.

 

[Spencerr]

I wonder if it also weighs

Spoiler

a MEGATON!

 

[lexi]

What the shit is this I hear about watercooling? That's begging for a recall.

 

[Spencerr]

What the shit is this I hear about watercooling? That's begging for a recall.

Oh man, imagine 360s springing water leaks. Great times... if you like fried electronics.

 

[skip]

it also weighs 7 lbs, as opposed to XB1's 8.

 

[Rorschach]

When they were handling it in the MTV presentation, it seemed rather light.

 

[J2 Cool]

Sorry man, but I think there's bigger problems than the size of the system to worry about right now. Wait until the news is slow, and the eye of the storm is over GA, for this. (sometime between today and E3)

 

[accord 4 me]

What the shit is this I hear about watercooling? That's begging for a recall.

i hope when they say watercooling they mean heatpipes

 

[ecliptic]

Dreamcast was water cooled. How many recalls and water leaks were there with it?

My computer also has a water cooling system, never had any problems.

 

[dem]

What the shit is this I hear about watercooling? That's begging for a recall.

the dreamcast was also watercooled..

there was no trouble

 

[PS2 KID]

i hope when they say watercooling they mean heatpipes

I think it's heatpipes too. No way they can shove a water cooling unit in that case and effectively cool the CPU and/or GPU. It's most likely heatpipes. No leaks.

 

[Doube D]

yes, the 3 cores are water cooled according to the colony video. LIke i said, MS better be prepared for electrecution lawsuites. ;p

 

[ManaByte]

yes, the 3 cores are water cooled according to the colony video. LIke i said, MS better be prepared for electrecution lawsuites. ;p

The Dreamcast never killed anyone.

 

[accord 4 me]

heatpipes just does not equal watercooling to me. watercooling involves pumps, radiators, and plastic tubing

 

[FitzOfRage]

When they were handling it in the MTV presentation, it seemed rather light.

Those may have been dummy units just to show off the design. I think more than a few times they showcased it with the light on, but no power cord coming out of it.

 

[dorio]

yes, the 3 cores are water cooled according to the colony video. LIke i said, MS better be prepared for electrecution lawsuites. ;p

Just when I thought I heard all the most inane things to bitch about someone always comes up with something new.

 

[Jonnyram]

LIke i said, MS better be prepared for electrecution lawsuites. ;p

Water on circuitry doesn't produce anything like as much trouble as water on mains electricity. The current used in circuitry like this is measured in milliAmps - that's not gonna hurt anyone.

 

[Doube D]

jonny my friend, an average female will go into ventricular fibrilation at 50 milliamps for 2/10 of a second. A male @ 75 milliamps for 1/2 of a second.

 

[Baconäger]

INHALE!

 

[Lindsay]

Another huge system huh? Where's the guys that said MS were going to be better prepared to appeal to Japan?

 

[Spencerr]

I didn't realize DC was water cooled. Learn somethin everyday.

As a side note, the ring of light isn't really all that fancy or impressive. They sure talked that one up too much.

 

[skip]

I didn't realize DC was water cooled. Learn somethin everyday.

As a side note, the ring of light isn't really all that fancy or impressive. They sure talked that one up too much.

not sure if anybody's picked up on this yet, but from 1UP's XB360 story:

Aside from functioning as a just another on/off switch, the Xbox 360 power button is surrounded by a ring of colored light, divided into four quadrants. Depending on the individual game and programming by individual developers, these lights can be used to communicate certain info. For example, let's say you're playing Halo 3 splitscreen with three other friends and one of them gets an invite over Xbox Live — his quadrant of the circle could light up red as an alert. How the ring of light will work in practice with actual games remains to be seen. Since the Xbox 360 can stand vertically or rest on its side horizontally, an internal gyroscope sensor will let the machine know its orientation and adjust its circle of light quadrants accordingly.

 

[FightyF]

not sure if anybody's picked up on this yet, but from 1UP's XB360 story:

Sounds fancy! AND impressive!

 

[Spencerr]

not sure if anybody's picked up on this yet, but from 1UP's XB360 story:

That's silly. Unless that same ring is on the controller (which I'm sure it is), it's just meh.

If that same info IS on the controller, could be cool.

 

[Ghost]

According to my quick measurements and imperial translations (for you backwards non-metric folk)

PS2 is (approximately) 3.1" x 7.2" x 11.9"

And weighs 4.9lbs

Thats without a HDD.


So yep, 360 is still probably the biggest and heaviest next gen.

 

[Tempy]

Since the Xbox 360 can stand vertically or rest on its side horizontally, an internal gyroscope sensor will let the machine know its orientation and adjust its circle of light quadrants accordingly.

Wait, it has an internal gyroscope sensor? I'm suddenly imagining Warioware Twisted 360 where you use the Xbox360 as a controller.......

.....

 

[NohWun]

You can see the heatsink with heatpipe in the ourcolony video at time points 1:04 and 1:06.

Here's pics: (click for full size)

motherboard:


heatsink closeup:


chassis with cooling shroud:


back of chassis (two cooling fan ports):


Yes, the MS dude does call it "water cooled".

I also don't consider a heatpipe "water cooling".

 

[J2 Cool]

Those screens are creepy. Like a hardware nerd's porno. His face and fingers say it all, the sicko.

 

[FortNinety]

Wait a minute... so these figures from IGN were totally wrong?

 

[element]

it is a heatpipe.

 

[VictimOfGrief]

Smaller and watercooled.

I'm sold.

 

[trmas]

It looked kind of big in the videos. Like a PC chassis I have but thinner. Definately will be interesting if Nintendo really does release Revolution at 1-1/2" tall as is rumored.

It would be freaking tiny compared to the 360. That certainly isn't going to help in Japan if both of the other systems are STILL smaller.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Prototypes?

 

[heavy liquid]

Ah, thank you. I was hoping that someone would have some screen grabs of all the prototype designs that they flashed during the MTV thing.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Well, it sure LOOKS a hell of a lot smaller than that. Probably because the XBox was converse, and the 360 is concave.

Converse. :lol

 

[Funky Papa]

Those prototypes ugly in a very alien/Giger-esque way.

BTW I believe that MS has been bullshiting some of their employees with false data to avoid leaks (imagine that! :lol), I actually got confirmed the original "30% smaller" statement from kotaku.

 

[heavy liquid]

Those prototypes ugly in a very alien/Giger-esque way.

Yeah, based on those prototypes, I think they definitely picked the right one to go with.

 

[geogaddi]

Weird. the eject button design (from the tray with "Xbox 360" on it) looks like some Gaffer's avatar I've seen before.

 

[DarienA]

Weird. the eject button design (from the tray with "Xbox 360" on it) looks like some Gaffer's avatar I've seen before.

That's because that particular gaffer took it from one of the early released photos.

 

[geogaddi]

oh yeah thats right. it was gofreak, now I remember

 

[Spectral Glider]

I could tell from the moment that bimbo yanked it out of the bag last night that it was still pretty big.

 

[Gahiggidy]

11.5% Smaller and watercooled.

I'm sold.

Fixed it for you.

 

[chris316]

Did any canadians watch Canada AM this morning? They actually had the xbox 360 there and right beside it was the xbox and i can tell you that there isn't much size difference at all.

edit: found a video link: http://www.ctv.ca/canadaam, go here and click on technology, at the bottom of the page

 

[Spike]

Yeah, but will the instruction manual have the "Do not drop on babies/children or small animals" warning??

 

[mr2mike]

nevermind, I said nothing