PS3 / Xbox Thermal Profiles

Thermal video of XBox Arcade w/ hard drive and wireless adapter, Xbox Elite, PS3 40gb, and PS3 Slim running both idle and gaming.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• xbox
• ps3
• thermal
• heat
• cooling
• xbox 360
• walter gordy
• mike jurgensen
• compare

[ForensicThermal]

You have to consider the surface of the old PS3 and xbox are reflective which are very hard to get a accurate reading. Are you using a FLUKE?

[saltedguy]

@ForensicThermal This isn't a store bought thermal camera. Its just the imaging core. Its a part we were able to get working, its pretty old.

[saltedguy]

@ForensicThermal Also, we aren't trying to get an accurate reading of temperature, just a comparison.

[Vylsith2]

The game test on this video means very little unless each console is running the same game. Even then there will be performance differences between the 360 and the PS3. There's no way to accurately do a thermal test between consoles unless you average data over many games. The amount of heat generated is largely unimportant anyway. Unless the console turns off or fails due to overheating, it means nothing.

[saltedguy]

@Vylsith2 The point is to show how heat leaves the system, not to prove that one is actually hotter than the other. They are all running the same game, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

[Leonhart9584]

The 360 Elite seems to be the coolest running of them however this can be contributed to two main reasons, first the power source which generates alot of heat is external and 2nd, it sounds like a damn vacuum. The slim clearly putting out alot of heat for it's size, I think I'll stick with my MGS4 80Gig bundle.

[saltedguy]

The Elite is definitely cooler. The power brick is also smaller and cooler than the arcade version.

[binaryanarchist]

seems like the regular PS expels the most heat, which is good. it means it's cooling effectively :)

[quik720]

What really matters is the core temperatures. Of which the Arcade has the highest temperature. See the dense "red" colorization directly over the 360's chipsets? That is where the problem is. Ineffectively removing heat from the chips themselves.

[TheMrMadzen]

I don't think this guy realized, that they have different materials for covers!!

[krackherback]

heat is distributed in the phat ps3, while in the 360 the heat stay at one area.

[aquino80]

hey how do i add a pic on my Profile like you have sorry i am new to this can i just add my own thanks

[aquino80]

@Leonhart9584 right same here papa lol

[rijo14]

@quik720 That's because the Xbox does not have fans on the heatsink, in short, just an exhaust fan, anyway the 2009/2010 version (jasper motherboard) have good ventilation and 95% exceeded the RROD problem (approximately)

[ATLien174]

What would be great, if you could hook coolers to the various consoles, then see how the heat is expelled.

Great video, though.

[ATLien174]

@stix81980

Damn!