New slimline 360 on the way?

[aspen]

Thinking about getting a 360 in the near future. I'm sure I have read rumours about a new more reliable slim model on the way but I can't actually find any info on it. Is it true? When is it likely to arrive?

[Steve Evil]

You're probably thinking of the elite that has already arrived. Not much more reliable apparently, but certainly quieter.

No idea who cooked up this slim idea though.

[aspen]

Steve Evil said:

You're probably thinking of the elite that has already arrived. Not much more reliable apparently, but certainly quieter.

No idea who cooked up this slim idea though.

Thanks, probably heard it from a mate down the pub. In that case I can go ahead and get one sooner rather than later. Time for a TV upgrade as well I think.

[Bungleaio]

Steve Evil said:

You're probably thinking of the elite that has already arrived. Not much more reliable apparently, but certainly quieter.

No idea who cooked up this slim idea though.

are they really quieter? I've only seen elites running so I've not heard the premium/cores but I thought the elites made a right racket. I dread to think how noisy the others are

[Steve Evil]

Only going from what I've heard from a couple of mates, so might not be much quieter at all. You should be playing like a real man with the speakers cranked up to 11 anyway, so things like a noisy DVD drive shouldn't worry you in the slightest.

[Mattt]

The idea of an Xbox in a smaller case scares me, imagine how hot and unreliable that will be!!

[Timberwolf]

Microsoft are slowly changing bits of the XBox over to 65nm, which runs cooler and consumes less power.

You can already get some with the cooler CPU, however its the graphics chip which runs really hot, and that's not scheduled until next year IIRC.

They're currently on a costcutting drive and there's a possibility that a revised console may be in the offing at some point.

With regards to "quiet", it's very subjective - I've got a Premium with the upgraded heatsink and later DVD drive which I've been told is one of the quieter options, but I still think it makes an absolute bloody racket.

(To be totally fair, it's not much louder than a cheap all-in-one DVD player/surround amp combination, but I'm used to custom build PCs which are in proper forget-it's-on territory.)

[kiwisr]

I've got an Elite and it's as noisy as my old 360.

[Dellage]

I had an original 360 and recently swapped it over for the newer Premium with HDMI and revised heatsink etc.

The newer one is definately quieter fan wise, and when it's just sat there on the menu screen it's pretty quiet, but the DVD drive is just as noisy as ever!

[Timberwolf]

Dellage said:

The newer one is definately quieter fan wise, and when it's just sat there on the menu screen it's pretty quiet, but the DVD drive is just as noisy as ever!

Same thing with mine.

The fan noise by itself is tolerable, considering it's quiet enough to drown out with the sound of a 911 thumping its way round the Nurburgring.

The DVD drive is awful though! Any quiet moment in a game is filled with whirring and grinding. This is if anything worse because while fans and heatsinks can be chopped around the instant the warranty ends, the XBox DVD drive is (AFAIK) tied into the BIOS and copy protection system, so you're stuck with it.

[vodkakid]

I have heard about a smaller, better(no over heating) 360, much the same as the playstation2 redesign..

[Steve Evil]

Yeah I just looked it up, but I wouldn't expect it for at least another year.

[qube_TA]

the 360 is unbearably noisy, it's OK for a game but you could never watch a film with all that noise going on.

[vincenz]

As said above the elite in no quieter, when the new 65 nano meter chips are implemented they are meant to quieten down, but the DVD drive is still loud and when playing it sound like a hovercraft.

[Mr_Yogi]

Not an XBox360 but it is new and slimline

http://watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20071106/ps2....

Edited by Mr_Yogi on Wednesday 7th November 13:00

[Thudd]

qube_TA said:

the 360 is unbearably noisy, it's OK for a game but you could never watch a film with all that noise going on.

The noise is from the DVD in data mode. It's quiet in DVD playback mode.