Is my xbox series s supposed to be this loud?

No, it is not. The Xbox Series S should be almost entirely silent. Possible reasons for a noisy hot console could be:

• Faulty console. It's not able to cool itself because of a hardware fault
  
• The console is enclosed in a area where it can not draw in cool air. Relocate the machine to cool area with space to breath
  
• Summer months and hot rooms will increase the difficulty of your console to cool itself. If the room is over 25c+ you'll have a hot console with a noisy fan.
  

I don't have any issues with my Xbox except on rare occasions, it's loud and the S is suppose to be silent.

So, I recently noticed that my Xbox Series X fan runs loud when playing Series X|S / Optimised for Series X|S games specifically.

It’s quite strange as it’s dead quiet every other time, but as soon as I start a Series X|S game, the fan becomes so loud that I need to turn up the tv volume.. it’s quite distracting.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?

FYI - My Series X is a pre-order/launch day model.. and it sits in an open and well ventilated tv/entertainment stand*

In comparison, I owned an Xbox One S for three years and I never heard the fan on that.

I’m having the exact same problem now. The only time my Xbox sounds loud is when running series x enhanced games, it’s completely fine on old gen games. Have you had this issue fixed or is it still a problem now?

Hi, your fan is working as expected

Xbox Series S is not a loud device, my console fan sounds the same when I put my ear very close to the device

"I have heard this is supposed to be the same for every Xbox 360 s console"

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My console certainly doesn't make anything like a noise loud enough to drown out the TV, I don't suppose you have anything resting on top of the console such as a remote control or a spare controller maybe?

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Is the console casing touching anything that could cause a vibration?