...right, which is why I recommended multiple times that people just get new media cabinets to accommodate the trend of hotter, more power-hungry consoles.
To which you said:
I guess I missed the imaginary talk of closed media cabinets in those 2 posts.
Clearly you did, yeah. Read the full post (I chopped the relevant bit in my quote to keep things clean) and also the post that the person was replying to initially. The discussion was about fitting the Series X console into media cabinets that can fit A/V receivers. Do try to keep up. If you quote me again I'm just putting you on ignore.
Sony puts oa really cheap and small battery on ds4, I don't think that makes much of a difference in the manufacturing price.
Quite interesting that this design has been done before. After they described it I was wondering why no one thought of that before because it looked a very effective way to reduce the box size compared to a pc tower and still solve the cooling problem. Guess like always, if it seems something is good enough that people would have done it already than it has XDThe XSX's design is much like Apple's 2013 Mac Pro in its cooling solution. Eg the "Chimney" airflow cooling approach.
There have been PC cases with a similar design though, eg the OSMI mini ITX PC case, which uses the same principle of sucking in air from the bottom (and side), but also pushing air out through the top, but obviously it has to use off the shelf parts and hence has greater airflow limitations.
In that sense the XSX's take is considerably more elegant and efficient than the OSMI's, and would probably get far better cooling results.
Tbh, using the DS4 as the go to comparative is not a good idea, because the DS4's battery life is poor comparative to other internal battery controllers, eg the Switch Pro and Xbox Elite controllers. I'm confident the XSX's controller will have far better battery life than the DS4, thus mitigating such issues and making the choice to go internal even better.
I custom built my setup last year, I thought I made enough room for the new console but was I very surprised by the design. There's no way I can stand it upright, I'll have to lay it down so the air vents face out away from the wall.
Daym! Some of you people takes this videogame shit to a whole new level 😮I custom built my setup last year, I thought I made enough room for the new console but was I very surprised by the design. There's no way I can stand it upright, I'll have to lay it down so the air vents face out away from the wall.
I built my own entertainment center and I made the cubbies 17" wide, 16" deep & 10" tall.
I am a bit worried that only 2.5" on each side horizontally might not be enough for this bad boy
It can sit on the base and intake air from the bottom which means you can have it all the way to one side which leaves 5 inches of space at the top (or side in this case) in your example. It will be fine.
I'd love a green camo one as I know it would annoy the fuck out the missesApparently there are XSX skins available for pre-order:
There are some nice colours available besides white as well.
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It would but I have my laptop set there, so it can be fully open and not be in the way of anything.
Where's my beige skin at, complete with fake turbo button.
The white XSX looks really classy!
have the console top vent face outwards when laid flat.
like what priest just said ?
I believe the main SSD (internal) is part of the mother board. The expansion port is just for that, expansion.
My wife and, by extension, me. :(
It would but I have my laptop set there, so it can be fully open and not be in the way of anything.
It's not ideal, but I'll run it this way:
Love what I assume are custom sides on those shelves. Wouldn't it fit vertically on the center shelf? Hard to eyeball exactly from the angle (and I am spatially hopeless), but it looks like there's 12 inches between the shelf and the sound bar. Don't know how they are attached, but could the center one be lowered by an inch or two if needed?I custom built my setup last year, I thought I made enough room for the new console but was I very surprised by the design. There's no way I can stand it upright, I'll have to lay it down so the air vents face out away from the wall.
I didn't say I haven't been tempted though! I tend to go for gaming laptops for the portable factor, but I have given serious thought to connecting a mini tower to my TV. With Microsoft porting everything to PC, PC game pass, plus my Steam library, it's really tempting.Small form factor PCs are a thing and there are more case options than ever. It's certainly not cheap as the cases, mITX motherboards and SFX power supplies are expensive but there are several cases with aesthetics similar to consoles or AV receivers and about the same size too.
Here are the brand new Sliger Console and Conswole cases next to an Xbox.
I could do that, but it'll cover some of the sound bar and that will drive me nuts :/
NiceSmall form factor PCs are a thing and there are more case options than ever. It's certainly not cheap as the cases, mITX motherboards and SFX power supplies are expensive but there are several cases with aesthetics similar to consoles or AV receivers and about the same size too.
Here are the brand new Sliger Console and Conswole cases next to an Xbox.
