Anyone here re-apply thermal paste to Xbox One X??

lettuce · 11 Jun 2018 at 19:01

As title really, my Xbox One X consoles fan is fairly loud on some games and seen post where people have opened up the Xbox and seen the mess Microsoft has made and reapplied thermal paste.

My question is, whats the best type to use normal stuff like Arctic Silver or liquid metal stuff?

Nodiggidy123 · 11 Jun 2018 at 19:35

Why would you do anything to them when they are still covered by warranty? Send it back for replacement if your not happy

terley · 11 Jun 2018 at 20:06

Wouldn't want to touch it.. As above said it should still be under warranty.. The one X uses a vapour chamber with liquid cooling.. wouldn't want to touch that.

lettuce · 12 Jun 2018 at 00:48

Ive gone through 3 consoles now (thank god for amazons return policy) and there all loud, if just the poor application of the paste and pads in manufacturing.....

terley · 12 Jun 2018 at 00:56

3 consoles? dude what are you doing with them.. Mine is almost silent and has been since i bought it.

ricky1981 · 12 Jun 2018 at 02:07

My XB1X is quiet as a mouse and rarely feels more than warm to the touch. Been tempted to open up my PS4 Pro as that gets both loud and hot.

spook2575 · 12 Jun 2018 at 03:53

Is it a scorpio or normal edition console? Mine runs pretty quiet.

McBain · 12 Jun 2018 at 08:12

Mine is loud as **** in certain games. Far Cry 5 for example it sounds like a jet plane taking off.

lettuce · 12 Jun 2018 at 08:16

I'm not sure I guess you guy must be lucky, some games are worst than others. State of decay 2 after you been playing for say half an hour or so and go to the community screen (where it shows the members in your group) the fan on my revs up something stupid and it doesn't even make sense why it would do it on that screen. Another one if Elite Dangerous when your hovering in a space station to land yet, Far Cry 5 after playing for 40 minutes or so gets loud yet Sea Of Thieves I don't hear the fan at all

Talasour · 12 Jun 2018 at 08:20

If it's covered by the warranty mate I wouldn't touch it, let the seller deal with it.

McBain · 12 Jun 2018 at 08:26

The annoying thing about the noise for me is it will go up and down instead of a constant fan noise. I might send it to MS actually, it's getting worse.

Annoyingly I can't seem to register my console either, the form on the MS site says 'invalid phone number'

N0ddie · 12 Jun 2018 at 08:57

People do realize that however good the cooling solution (particularly on a small form factor PC or console) the thing will get hot enough for the fans to ramp up?

Armageus · 12 Jun 2018 at 09:02

N0ddie said:
People do realize that however good the cooling solution (particularly on a small form factor PC or console) the thing will get hot enough for the fans to ramp up?

Yes but having repasted my PS4, there is a huge difference in how often it needs to ramp up (and to what "level").
I think on the PS4 there are 4 fan speeds - before pasting mine was mostly on the 3rd speed, rising to the 4th speed under heavy load. After replacing it idles on the lowest speed, rises to 2nd level when playing, and occasionally ramps to the 3rd speed.

The thermal paste in the picture above isn't going to help as there is too much of it that has dried and hardened around the core. Only need a tiny amount and ideally pre-spread over the core to ensure it stays thin.

N0ddie · 12 Jun 2018 at 09:04

Armageus said:
I think on the PS4 there are 4 fan speeds

I'm not believing that. My PS4 Pro has one speed. Jet engine ******* loud!!!

McBain · 12 Jun 2018 at 09:21

N0ddie said:
People do realize that however good the cooling solution (particularly on a small form factor PC or console) the thing will get hot enough for the fans to ramp up?

Yes but it's to what level.... if others are saying theirs is whisper quiet and mine sounds like an F1 car driving past, something isn't right.

I can handle fan noise, I sit next to my gaming PC and although not loud it's noticeable. The difference there is it's a constant sound pretty much, this whirring from the X is irritating.

hardkore · 12 Jun 2018 at 10:09

I've posted this a million times and will do once more....

Each One X has a unique power delivery system to achieve its higher speeds. Some chips require more volts, others less. The ones that need more will run hotter and louder but thats the way the cookie crumbles. There's nothing wrong with it although i do sympathise with you.

RedStarRiot · 12 Jun 2018 at 11:24

Maybe return to Microsoft instead since you have been so unlucky with replacement consoles?

Mine is super quiet, mainly as MS have nothing to play on it

Joking aside, never really heard mine ramp up. Amazing built quality on this console. Feels very premium

malachi · 12 Jun 2018 at 12:37

Mine is quiet and it the Scorpio Edition I had since release.

spook2575 · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:05

After all the delidding talk in the CPU section, got me thinking if anyone delidded a x1x or ps4pro to deal with the temps/fan noise

Armageus · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:07

spook2575 said:
After all the delidding talk in the CPU section, got me thinking if anyone delidded a x1x or ps4pro to deal with the temps/fan noise

There's no IHS to remove... they already are a bare core with shim around the edge to prevent crushing from the Heatsink