xbox one x cooling fan speed up with noise!!!

olafhorst · Mar 12, 2018

hello are there more people that have a xbox one x and when you play ww2 that the cooling fan makes a lot of noise and very busy??

:)

Internet Expert · Mar 12, 2018

Console wosshing noise

A "wooshing" noise, like gusts of wind? For the Xbox One X, this is normal, because it has a different kind of cooling system compared to the original Xbox One and Xbox One S.

My One X typically runs at a quiet hum, but when I'm playing enhanced games for example, I occasionally hear my console revving up the fan with a "woosh" to expel all of that heat, then it goes back to quiet for a while.

dmk2004 · Mar 12, 2018

Not so quiet.

Microsoft i think you should reduce fan noise on the xbox one. the xbox360 was not so loud at all even though the cooling was improved on the xbox one.

Internet Expert · Mar 12, 2018

It is normal for the cooling fan to get a bit louder when you’re playing a game. This is especially true when you’re playing “Xbox One X Enhanced” titles, as these particular games make the most use out of the system hardware with the 4K graphics and such.

Obsessive Power · Mar 12, 2018

Hi,

A normal functioning, well ventilated Xbox One X should not be loud, regardless of what game is being played.

Make sure your console is well ventilated.

Only stand your console up if you have the official stand. Putting the console in a vertical position without the stand will block the ventilation at the bottom of the unit.

SigmaTheDJ · Nov 1, 2018

I've had 2 Xbox One X consoles: -

Scorpio - When playing One X enhanced games that stress the system, the fan would spike up really fast for a few seconds, then go back down to being almost silent again, and this would happen every so often.

Regular - The fan profile seems a lot more normal to me than the Scorpio I had. Instead of the fan spiking up super fast then going back down again, it increases gradually in speed as the system heats up and stays at that faster speed, only slowing down
once the system starts to cool down.

Both consoles were/are positioned vertically, using the official stand, on top of a long custom-made worktop in my gaming room, so there's ample ventilation on all sides.

If the noise was rated on a 1-10 scale, with the Scorpio I would say it was at a 1 the majority of the time, then it would spike up to a 7 or 8 for a few seconds here and there. With the regular console, it's like it slowly goes from 1 to 2, then from 2
to 3, as the console gets hot, but I never hear the fans spike up super loud and I would say that the noise never gets louder than a 3.

I much prefer the sound of the regular console to the Scorpio and it makes me wonder if the Scorpio had a faulty temperature sensor or fan controller. However, I did see a bunch of people on Reddit saying that there's did the same thing as mine, and a member
of the Xbox dev team said that the spikes were normal, so I don't know what the deal is there. My Scorpio died as it stopped outputting video, which was likely caused by a faulty GPU - perhaps that was heat related? - I really couldn't say for sure.

SigmaTheDJ

I've had 2 Xbox One X consoles: -

Scorpio - When playing One X enhanced games that stress the system, the fan would spike up really fast for a few seconds, then go back down to being almost silent again, and this would happen every so often.

Regular - The fan profile seems a lot more normal to me than the Scorpio I had. Instead of the fan spiking up super fast then going back down again, it increases gradually in speed as the system heats up and stays at that faster speed, only slowing down
once the system starts to cool down.

Both consoles were/are positioned vertically, using the official stand, on top of a long custom-made worktop in my gaming room, so there's ample ventilation on all sides.

If the noise was rated on a 1-10 scale, with the Scorpio I would say it was at a 1 the majority of the time, then it would spike up to a 7 or 8 for a few seconds here and there. With the regular console, it's like it slowly goes from 1 to 2, then from 2
to 3, as the console gets hot, but I never hear the fans spike up super loud and I would say that the noise never gets louder than a 3.

I much prefer the sound of the regular console to the Scorpio and it makes me wonder if the Scorpio had a faulty temperature sensor or fan controller. However, I did see a bunch of people on Reddit saying that there's did the same thing as mine, and a member
of the Xbox dev team said that the spikes were normal, so I don't know what the deal is there. My Scorpio died as it stopped outputting video, which was likely caused by a faulty GPU - perhaps that was heat related? - I really couldn't say for sure.

Obsessive Power

Hi,

A normal functioning, well ventilated Xbox One X should not be loud, regardless of what game is being played.

Make sure your console is well ventilated.

Only stand your console up if you have the official stand. Putting the console in a vertical position without the stand will block the ventilation at the bottom of the unit.

Internet Expert

It is normal for the cooling fan to get a bit louder when you’re playing a game. This is especially true when you’re playing “Xbox One X Enhanced” titles, as these particular games make the most use out of the system hardware with the 4K graphics and such.

REN AERO

Dear
gavrastapar,

Ensure your xbox is placed in a ventilated area.Clean up dusts.

It is generic as internal fan runs at higher speeds to compensate heat dissipation.

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https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-x-cooling-fans

https://www.windowscentral.com/best-xbox-one-cooling-systems

https://www.amazon.com/Xbox-One-Cooling-External-Controller-X/dp/B07B7KTKBR

FYI i am not recommending the product.Please read reviews.

Happy gaming

Arminator

NBA 19k and Assassins Creed Origin are
listed on this page as being Xbox One X enhanced.

This means, that these enhanced games demand more processing power on the Xbox One X compared to other (older, non Xbox One X enhanced) games.

More processing power creates more heat that has to be cooled by the console's fan. The Xbox One X tries to do that with a fairly "intelligent" fan control, where the console tries to run as silently as possible, but intermittently the console has to turn
up the fan in short bursts to dissipate the heat caused by the higher processing power.

While the Xbox One X has an improved cooling system thanks to the vapor chamber that makes the console run quieter compared to the "older" Xbox One generation, you need to be aware, that the console can't break the laws of physics, thermodynamics and aerodynamics.
So you will never have a "silent" console in that form factor. For a completely silent 4K system, you would have to have several passive cooling elements that are as big as the whole console itself. So an active (noise producing) fan is still necessary to
get a console that still fits into a regular TV shelf.

The more processing power a game demands, the more heat the chips produce, and the faster the fan has to spin to generate enough air flow to cool the console.

Under "normal" gaming conditions, where you have the game sound turned up to regular room volume, you should only hear the console if you specifically listen for the fan.

And of course, if you mute the sound completely, you will hear the higher speed fan bursts that happen intermittently when running Xbox One X enhanced games.

Whenever you run non-enhanced games, you'll hear that the console does not do these faster fan bursts that cause the console to become louder.

xbox one x cooling fan speed up with noise!!!