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Thurrot.com - The ports of the Xbox Series X

Theorry

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Following this snafu, I was able to confirm with several insiders about the actual ports on the current early iterations of the hardware. Keep in mind, these may not be final and are subject to change but do come from multiple people familiar with the hardware.

As it stands right now, the series X features, on the back of the hardware, two USB-A ports (of the SuperSpeed variety), ethernet, a single HDMI port, optical audio, and a power connection. There is also another port on the back that may be used for debugging but there wasn't an agreement on the nature of its functionality. The image at the top of this post shows a basic outline of how those ports appear on the actual hardware.

Also, on the back of the device are openings for air intake as well; all of the ports are located on the lower half of the hardware. Keep in mind, there is also a USB-A port on the front of the console but for now, it looks like Microsoft is sticking with the older USB style port.

I do wish that the series X would use Type-C as that is where the market is headed and is more user-friendly but that's not currently be used on the early hardware iterations. As always, these ports could change before release but that's what I am hearing the series X is using today.
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tapedeck

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Vents on the back confirmed? I'd assumed as much but would be nice to know for sure.

Edit: I see they do reference the air intakes in the article.
 
The Albatross

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As this article states, this isn't final, it's just the reported design of the early dev units and the configuration and available ports are all subject to change.

This was written by Thurrot because of AMD releasing a fan render of an Xbox Series X in their presentation yesterday not knowing it wasn't legit.

The drawing is just an artists imagination of what it *could* look like
 
logash

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Okay that looks more legit. It felt off that there were no vents on the AMD render.
 

Gif

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Lol the CES AMD conference couldn't even tell us the ports.

Not really on topic, but I didn't know where to post this.

Has the top green bit shown in the trailer been confirmed as an LED light or could It be a green panel?
 
Kibbles

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What's the blue and green lines and shit? And the other varying size ports besides the optical hdmi and usbs? Weird way to show a sketch and not elaborate.
 
Zips

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Is the bottom right supposed to be power or an actual USB Type-C port?

If it's power, that's disappointing. These new consoles need to embrace Type-C already.
 
komaruR

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if that ovalish port not usbc then its probably power. and if ita power with that shape instead of the current power cable we have for internal psu, then it means its following the external power brick again
 
Azerth

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komaruR said:
if that ovalish port not usbc then its probably power. and if ita power with that shape instead of the current power cable we have for internal psu, then it means its following the external power brick again
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it looks the same as the 1x so its internal
 
Windu

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Didn't they say the new controllers were usb type c? Or am I just misremembering that?
 
m23

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I guess we know now that it won't have an external power brick at least.
 
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