oh alright so under the base there's a solid circle where components are anchored, no point really in removing it
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
Xbox Series X Teardown by Spawn Wave
- Thread starter Mad_Rhetoric
- Start date
There's oxidation of the metal under the pads, mixed with the shadows from his lighting. The pads themselves are faded but still very clear.
Last edited:
I Took Apart The Xbox Series X And...
The Xbox Series X is out in just a few days and the quality of the system and what it is able to do in games is very impressive. Today I wanted to take a loo...
www.youtube.com
it's seems the reupload is up
Internal SSD is socketed therefore it's removable and replaceable. Gonna watch to see what people do with that in the future.
Nothing, if the external SSD card will be cheaper in the future. (I think)
People will be changing it out and testing it next year once PCIE 4.0 drives that are the same physical size are available. It would be nice to be able to upgrade to a 2TB internal.
Depends what you're trying to access. Everything for the most part seemed really easily accessible w/o being destructive and parts like the internal ssd weren't soldered in and should be replaceable. I'm guessing it'd get a pretty high ifixit score.
It seems like you might be able to but why would you? The underside of the stand is even uglier than the stand lol
I'm looking forward to some video guide of how to keep it clean of dust, my best attempt is to vacuum the fan from the outside
I don't even see those smaller m2 drives available in 1TB sizes anywhere and the 512mb ones are really expensive (over 120). I don't see a lot of practical applications outside of it being easy for MS to repair if something goes wrong (or for them to source cheaper ssds or offer new skus in the future or whatever easily). I was thinking maybe someone could test a m2 riser/extension cable and plug in a 2280 drive but after watching the teardown there'd be no space to put it anyway
Just watching now - it looks really well designed internally. Lots of consideration given to noise/vibration reduction and making sure components don't move around if they shouldn't.
I wonder if the Wi-Fi card could be upgraded to a WiFi 6 one in the future since it's a separate board? Not sure if something like that would be locked to the console like the disc drive is. Either that, or MS could just release a USB adapter like they did on the 360.
I wonder if the Wi-Fi card could be upgraded to a WiFi 6 one in the future since it's a separate board? Not sure if something like that would be locked to the console like the disc drive is. Either that, or MS could just release a USB adapter like they did on the 360.
It's mostly so you don't see the thing bulging out from the side when it's in the cabinet horizontally.
Ah fair enough. Looking back at the video it seems like it might be doable depending on how you have to lift/push the tab. The holes are pretty big but they also don't start until a little bit up from the bottom so maybe the angle won't work out.
If it's anything like the Xbox One drives it has a special key it needs to be recognized but it was pretty easy to do on the XB1 drives I believe. Hopefully won't be that hard for the Series X SSD's. The bigger problem is finding a SSD that size in high capacity.Internal SSD is socketed therefore it's removable and replaceable. Gonna watch to see what people do with that in the future.
It's crazy to me that both consoles are now 60-70% heatsink and fans.
How much cooler can the next generation of these chips possibly get to reduce the size of the box?
Hey, I have a question about this - when I use compressed air, sometimes I get a brief patch of, what I can only describe as "moisture" on the surface or area that's being sprayed, which almost immediately dissapates.
Is this condensation or moisture to the point that I need to be careful about damaging electronic items? Or is it something else / so brief I'm not going to kill any electronics in the device?
I'm curious as to whether someone (braver than me) could crack open the external 1TB SSD expansion card, and find the very same SSD in that external package.
And THEN - can the external and the internal SSD be directly swapped?
except there are plastic bits sticking out, and it doesn't look great without it.The bit we were all waiting for... the stand does come off!
The bit we were all waiting for... the stand does come off!
Do we have a shot of the bottom with the stand off? And do you have to break any warranty seals to remove it?
Thinking about it now, they should have stamped the Xbox logo on the bottom of the stand, to give us horizontal users something to look at other than blank rubber. But if it is inside a cabinet I guess you won't see it anyway, so.... I guess what I really wanted is no stand at all XDThe bit we were all waiting for... the stand does come off!
It looks like it'll be easy to dust off if needed in a couple years. I'm thankful it looks like everything is held in place with big, chunky screws, it looks fairly trivial to get everything apart.
As far as the SSD size, if it's a 2230 on both the internal and expansion then I would probably just wait until a 2280 enclosure is made for the expansion port and use the cheapest Gen4 SSD available in a few years and put it into an enclosure that I'm sure somebody will be offering. Yes it would stick out an extra 50mm/2 inches but that's not a big deal.
As far as the SSD size, if it's a 2230 on both the internal and expansion then I would probably just wait until a 2280 enclosure is made for the expansion port and use the cheapest Gen4 SSD available in a few years and put it into an enclosure that I'm sure somebody will be offering. Yes it would stick out an extra 50mm/2 inches but that's not a big deal.
Reminds me of military/aerospace electronics honestly. Very high grade stuff.
Last edited:
Amazing design.
That huge aluminum block for dissipating heat and keeping the two motherboard pieces from flexing is brilliant.
MS went all in. Wonder how much they are losing per console 👀
That huge aluminum block for dissipating heat and keeping the two motherboard pieces from flexing is brilliant.
MS went all in. Wonder how much they are losing per console 👀
If anyone had a lick of sense they'd sell covers with designs.
Honestly you might as well keep the stand on.
Maybe someone can design a 3d printed plate so I can wall mount my series x
And remove the stand to just twist it on there? I bet that could work.
The trouble would be getting it back off the wall, but I'm sure that could be figured out somehow.
The overall design is top notch. Split motherboard sand-witching the massive aluminum chassis along with the equally massive vapor chamber. Every component seems to be of high quality materials. They really didn't cheapen out on this thing. Like he said in the video that they're selling this for $500 is just amazing.
I can see this being a thing for people who prefer (or have no choice with their cabinets) placing it horizontal. I can see a slight redesign to allows the stand to be twisted into place and un-twist to remove.
Last edited:
That isn't a thing anymore. The OS1 file now works on any drive only thing it doesn't do is install the boot screen but first OS update after the clean install puts that back.
system look very well engineered.
I'm joking since that'd be ridiculous hanging from the wall 😂 BUT if I were going to design one I'd probably just omit the locking tab or make it taller so it'd be easier to remove once you locked it onto the wall (the spot where the stand locks in is right in that empty cavity so you have a lot of room to work with)