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Xbox One X sounds like a jet engine
- Thread starter Ocarina_117
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Hovis method it is, fine tune voltages depending on chip quality to improve yields/keep costs in check.
Means some OneX will be loud... like mine, I guess it allowed MS to price it less than 599USD so that's an OK trade-off.
Yeah I started Wolfenstein II the other day and was worried my One X was broken it was so loud.
I finally finished Devil May cry 5 today on Gamepass, have the Scorpio edition One X that is still whisper quiet. Sounds like there may be some dusting in order in your future or something seriously wrong with your console.
My launch Project Scorpio was basically silent, i had a warranty repair and the one I got back (also Project Scorpio, in late 2018) is louder but I do sit at a desk less than 2ft from it and use open back headphones and I can only hear it in certain games randomly when there's no audio playing, never over any game audio. It hasn't got any louder over time but I wouldn't describe it as loud at all
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I read that some Bethesda published games gave it an issue. I noticed it with Wolfenstein II when we first got the one X. A quick read made it seem a common issue.
I'm hundreds of hours into Forza Horizon 4, and I've never heard the fan spin up, not even once.
Definitely get it looked at, if possible.
Definitely get it looked at, if possible.
Same experience for me, It was quiet for about a week and then started to gradually get louder. My PS4 Pro is only slightly more annoying bcause it has more of a high pitched whine, but it is just as loud. Maybe the thermal paste is crap, I don't know.
Something is clearly wrong with his console. All the Xbox One X from my friends or mine are whisper quite and in my experience only got slightly louder playing RDR2 for a long time. Meanwhile my PS consoles and the Pro of my friends are loud.
The fact that Cerny acknowledged the issue goes to show that PS4/Pro being loud is common. It's a issue they obviously worked on with PS5 and I hope they finally got their console silent.
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You are more likely to get a louder noise output from 60Hz games tbf.
Gears 4/5 made it noticeable to me but also RDR2.
Everything else is quiet.
The console seems to be faulty, mine is super quiet even playing RDR2 and more.
Also played DMCV and no noise.
The loudest it was, was during the Avengers beta this weekend
Sounds a lot like my problems with the Xbox One X. Soon after it getting loud like that (like maybe 2 weeks), I had 2 second screen freezes in games like Mafia 3 and then emergency shutdowns due to heat after an other week.
I send it in and when it returned to me, it said "replaced dried out thermal paste" on the report. Have actually seen cheap thermal paste a lot as a complaint.
I send it in and when it returned to me, it said "replaced dried out thermal paste" on the report. Have actually seen cheap thermal paste a lot as a complaint.
I literally could not hear mine when I had one. My PS4 Pro is pretty quiet too, but the One X was on a whole other level of quietness.
Weird, I use mine all the time and it's so quiet it might as well be off.
I have two, and neither make a sound.
But then maybe I'm just not that sensitive to it (I can definitely hear my PS4Pro, however).
I bought my Xbox One S off a guy who said it was way too loud and was going back to OG Xbox One.
But you're hearing it through headphones, so :O
I have two, and neither make a sound.
But then maybe I'm just not that sensitive to it (I can definitely hear my PS4Pro, however).
I bought my Xbox One S off a guy who said it was way too loud and was going back to OG Xbox One.
But you're hearing it through headphones, so :O
It surprises me that these consoles don't feature removable dust filters over all the vent areas that you can just clip off, blow or wash the dust off and then pop back on. Would be a far better solution for everyone.
My Scorpio Edition has the same issue sadly. Am thinking about changing the paste (any advice on type is always appreciated), but curious to see if I'll be able to trade in my Scorpio Edition towards paying for the series X... In which case I don't think I should change the paste, because trade-in might not be possible then I guess.
I had the same problem with the console.ine was the Gold Rush BFV Edition so not that old. It was much much louder than my Pro and that's why I sold it.
I've thought about repasting my Scorpio Edition, but my fear is always that the time and likely frustration won't make a difference. And my X isn't even loud, but I've considered it as a side project.
Never had this problem and I'm using a Scorpio launch unit. I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at the moment and while the console is louder than usual it's still nothing compared to my PS4 Pro.
Xbox One X is supposed to be whisper quiet. If it isn't, send it for repairs because it's broken.
If you are out of warranty, open the box and replace the thermal paste. There are a lot of video instructions how to do it, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5y0psWNk0
I've had mine since release and I can't tell if the console is even powered on while playing, it's that quiet.
If you are out of warranty, open the box and replace the thermal paste. There are a lot of video instructions how to do it, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5y0psWNk0
I've had mine since release and I can't tell if the console is even powered on while playing, it's that quiet.