PS5 vs. Xbox Series X Airflow Testing: Cooling Design Efficiency & Flow Paths

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This video compares the PlayStation 5 vs. Xbox Series X airflow & cooler design using Schlieren photography, which allows us to visualize the air density gradient around the consoles. Sponsor: Linode Hosting - get $100 credit with GN (https://geni.us/UaKrUmF) Please consider supporting this type of unique testing work by grabbing a toolkit, mouse mat, bar runner, or shirt from our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ - thanks to our Patreon backers and store customers for making it possible to buy testing equipment like this! Watch our PlayStation 5 thermal testing from previously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmggkW6usmQ Xbox Series X thermals got done today and is being edited/rendered/QC'd, then will go up. Watch our original RTX 3080 FE Schlieren photography video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVaGRtX80gI Schlieren photography is useful for visualizing air patterns and movement when the air density has a gradient -- or a change in density -- surrounding a product. This isn't a perfect testing method and doesn't tell us thermal performance (we use thermocouples for that, and the Series X thermals will be uploaded in a few days), but it does tell us how the air exits the consoles, how obstructed it might be, and what directions it takes. This also allows us to the opportunity to closer analyze the console's internal heatsink design: Even though we can't see the heatsink with this imaging, we can see how the air exits the device and at what angle, and speed, and al

Published 2021-02-11 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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