The cooling for the updated 6nm chip has also been redesigned on these new Xbox Series X models. There’s no longer a vapor chamber, and Microsoft is using a more traditional copper heat pipe design instead. Evans found that the exhaust temperature and noise of these new Xbox Series X models hasn’t changed from the original, though.

Over the past several weeks I’ve stumbled upon a newfound appreciation for one of the finest gamepads ever made. That would be the Xbox Elite Series 2 Core wireless controller. It’s like the Big Boy Xbox Elite Series 2 … minus some stuff. But I’ll get to that. More importantly, it’s currently discounted at Amazon.

We're finally getting a new Xbox Series X wrap themed after Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, with some new Xbox controller options as well.