Japanese opens 360 and investigates Overheating issue

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fazz said:

In only five minutes since we started playing the game, the temperature of the heat sink on the graphics LSI rose to 70°C. The thermal gradient was about 10°C/min.

In 15 minutes, the microprocessor heat sink temperature stabilized at 58°C, but the heat sink on the graphics LSI rose to 80°C, 57°C above the room temperature.

Assuming room temperature of 35°C in mid-summer, the gap is estimated to reach more than 90°C. In that case, the temperature of chips in the graphics LSI could exceed 100°C.

Jesus Christ... now, that just... sucks.

I have yet to see any GPU on any of the computers I've had go over 90°C.

Couple of things - the lowered airflow is partially due to the fact that the 360 uses 60mm fans, while most desktops use 80mm fans. The other half is also speed.

Secondly, its not degrees Centigrade. Its just C.

Thirdly, HOLY $%# The heatsink is that hot?!?!  100C is pretty much assured death for silicon.

Fourthly, if you have components in your PCs reaching 90C, you really, really, really need to look into some new cooling solutions.