Topic: Question about new XBOX360 coolingfan-noise level vs old level of same

[Gamebasher]

I just bought the limited edition Halo 3 XBOX360-console in military green color. I have been waiting years before buying the Microsoft console, but when Halo 3 became too much to miss out on I caved in, and went down to buy it. GAME told me that it is the same as the ELITE version yet with the smaller 20GB HD instead and the rumoured 65 Nanometer chip in it which makes it less noisy and developes less heat in use.

My question here is this: Is it indeed less noisy than the old XBOX360 console? Does it work better? Does it emit less heat? If you own the ELITE it should be the same fans in it.

I didnĀ“t own any previous versions of the XBOX360 console, so I would like to ask if any of the forum members have any such prior experience for comparison between old and new?

Personally, I find it quite noisy in use. While I do understand the amount of processor heat the fans have to dispose of, they could have made them a little less noisy. I know of certain types of Whisper Quiet fans availalable from third parties, and which I could have put into the console instead. I am indeed considering to have a professional gameshop replace the existing cooling fans.

I could hear the cooling fan-noise during playing the first level of HALO 3, and just thought how annoying it was to have that background noise creeping into the soundscape (I use wireless headphones), during more quiet moments during playing in that level. I find it troublesome that the humming noise of fans can be heard when, say, playing Alone in the Dark, or Resident Evil 5. They arenĀ“t out yet here, but I know they will have quiet passages where silence is going to be a must for the suspense effect. Anybody who agrees with me? How do you people tackle the background fan noise?

I thank you in advance for any reply you may be able to give me. Microsoft wont give out any details about this nomatter where I turn for information. So I have no other alternative but to ask people directly.  

[Dasmos]

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Originally posted by: Gamebasher
I just bought the limited edition Halo 3 XBOX360-console in military green color.

I couldn't read anything past here.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

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Originally posted by: Gamebasher
I just bought the limited edition Halo 3 XBOX360-console in military green color.

I couldn't read anything past here.

I couldn't read anything past here.

[ShyGuy]

I could tell the power supply noise was there on the two 360's I've played, plus I have "heard" about this noise problem all over the internet. PUN WAS DELIBERATE

[Gamebasher]

OK, Dasmos, and Professional666...donĀ“t bother either!

ShyGuy: I found some things myself about the new XBOX360 version which left no doubts about the internals of the new machine I bought. It has a FALCON 65 Nanometer chip, but only on the CPU. Not GPU. That one is still a 90 Nanometer chip. There has been a lot of trouble with the GPU cooling, but they didnĀ“t adress that problem. Between the old Premium and new ELITE/HALO3 edition machines, there is a lot less of the transistors as the whole of the motherboards architecture was changed. So my initial complaint about the noise of the fans was voiced here because I was told that both noise levels and heating levels had been reduced thanks to the new internal design. It didnĀ“t seem so.

So I was looking for some people who could tell me the difference betwen old and new. Speaking to a pro about it, I learned that the noise-difference isnĀ“t much. The current noise comes mostly from the disc-drive itself, and unfortunately cannot be done anything about at all. We will just have to wait until Microsoft decides what to do in the future about the design of the console.  

[Flames_of_chaos]

Gamebasher, as an owner of all 3 major consoles the 360 is by far the nosiest and it wont matter which model of the 360 model you own, the main culprit is not really the fans of the 360 but the disc drive and if I remember correctly the faster the drive spins the disc the more noise the drive will emit. If I remember reading correctly the only thing a smaller nanometer process in a chip reduces heat and the amount of power that specific chip requires (don't quote me on that one). The rumored notable thing that the halo 360 has is the falcon chips which is supposedly a more reliable CPU chipset for the 360.  

[Gamebasher]

Yes, it has been explained to me recently, and as also pointed out above in my last reply to this topic. But thanks anyway!