Monday, Oct 1st 2007 by Chris Scott Barr


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If you have an Xbox 360, you likely live your day-to-day life in fear. Fear that one day you will be having a good time playing your favorite game, only to see the dreaded Red Ring of Death. I’m a 360 owner, and I breathe a sigh of relief every time I power it off. There has been much talk about a newer, more efficient 65nm chip to be used on future editions of the console that will be less prone to overheating. Apparently these have already hit stores.

65nm Xbox 360

One brave soul that goes by the name of JWSpeed has cracked open his very green Halo 3 Special Edition console and found not only a simplified cooling system, but also a new 65nm CPU.

65nm Xbox 360

This upgrade only affects the CPU, the GPU does in fact remain the same. While the newer, smaller CPU should be more efficient and therefor produce less heat, we do not know if these new systems will still be just as susceptible to the RRoD as older models. Only time will tell.

The Falcon Has Landed: 65nm CPUs Appear in Xbox 360
[via dailytech]

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  1.  Alex   View all comments by Alex  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I want it soon in Russia ))

  2.  Chris   View all comments by Chris  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I have a Halo 3 Limited(Special) Edition XBox 360, and I have the updated cooling like the one pictured above. I didn’t take it apart, but when you shine a bright light in the bottom of the console, you can tell the added cooling fin, with copper heat pipe end. Both the CPU, and GPU have copper pipes which help alot.

    **Wipes Forehead**

  3.  John   View all comments by John  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Yeah but what about the noisy DVD-ROM? Is that fixed in the Halo boxes?


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