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Today, October 15, the new Xbox Series models were released: Xbox Series S 1TB White, Xbox Series the latter, it’s not only its new white color that is striking, which is actually quite stylish, but also the lack of a disk drive, which makes its completely solid structure look very striking. But the differences aren’t just aesthetic, they’re also better on the inside.
Indeed, thanks to the famous YouTuber Austin Evans, who had prior access to both versions, he was able to open it in its entirety and verify that There are indeed changes that reduce its costas happened at the time with the new PS5 (not the Slim). Most notable is a change in the heatsink, which would have gone from the famous vapor chamber to a more traditional heatsink, as it is the same size, but weighs almost 100 grams less.
A more efficient, smaller, easier-to-build chip
If you remember the famous Project Scarlett, the SoC used by the Xbox Series This new version is visibly smaller and measures 6 nmthe new step in the construction of this type of chip and which causes the processor to emit less heat and consume less energy, which Evans was able to measure directly in his video.
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The differences are not catastrophic, but on computer, the consumption of the Xbox Series X 2020 is 61 W and that of the new Series it goes from the 167 W of the original to only 151 W. A significant reduction in long-term expenses, if we take it into account, with which, without half measures, we can affirm that the new console is more economical in energy. Will we see any changes in performance testing? We will be attentive to the rest of the news concerning this new console, which is undoubtedly more than a simple change of case.
