The X360 PSU [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

CosmicMonkey

10-17-2005, 05:50 PM

Big, isn't it.

http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/psu/xbox_360-power_supply.jpg

dementia_

10-17-2005, 05:52 PM

Dwarfs even the Gamecube's

ProgrammingAce

10-17-2005, 05:54 PM

I could be wrong, but I thought that was only for the dev kits...

njiska

10-17-2005, 06:19 PM

That's an unconfirmed photo. Currently all 360's in the wild are suppose to be Dev kits or display models. Neither of which are representative of the final product.

However on the off chance that block really is the 360 PSU i certainly won't mind. It's huge, but it's a psu and i've already built a little shelf to hold my PS2 and GC PSU, so it'll fit nicely. What would be really nice though would be if that thing has screw holes on the side so that i could, mount it on side of the cabnit.

Griking

10-17-2005, 07:24 PM

Even if it is a legit picture what's the big deal? The power has to come from somewhere's doesn't it?

s1lence

10-17-2005, 07:31 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if it was that big. Look at PC's, for the newest videocards you have to update the power supplies.

Niku-Sama

10-17-2005, 07:59 PM

yes but the powersupplies remain in the case like they very well should, theres no reason to have a wall wart any more technology has gotten so much better than that...having it on a cord or on the plug is just a sign of lazyness on the devlopers behalf

CYRiX

10-17-2005, 08:04 PM

coulda swore i posted the exact same thing Griking said in another thread around here, maybe it was on cag...

alec006

10-17-2005, 08:05 PM

Oh no not another brick microsoft i have 5 already,i dont need another one @_@

CYRiX

10-17-2005, 08:14 PM

"I wouldn't mind consider the small factor of the xbox 360 and the tremendous power is carries anyways."
there i said it.

captain nintendo

10-17-2005, 08:23 PM

I could be wrong, but I thought that was only for the dev kits...

I thought so as well , but even if that is the end PSU , I wont mind because it just sits behind my entertainment center anyhow ;)

PS2Hawk

10-17-2005, 09:28 PM

@_@

dam that is fugly, I will have hide the freakin thing if thats wat the real thing looks like.

Richter

10-18-2005, 02:31 PM

yes but the powersupplies remain in the case like they very well should, theres no reason to have a wall wart any more technology has gotten so much better than that...having it on a cord or on the plug is just a sign of lazyness on the devlopers behalfwould you rather have a larger & heavier console to house that thing?

CrimsonNugget

10-18-2005, 02:38 PM

yes but the powersupplies remain in the case like they very well should, theres no reason to have a wall wart any more technology has gotten so much better than that...having it on a cord or on the plug is just a sign of lazyness on the devlopers behalfwould you rather have a larger & heavier console to house that thing?
More failure-prone too. You'd have to open up/replace the console to fix the PSU. I'd really would rather have it on the outside.

njiska

10-18-2005, 03:09 PM

yes but the powersupplies remain in the case like they very well should, theres no reason to have a wall wart any more technology has gotten so much better than that...having it on a cord or on the plug is just a sign of lazyness on the devlopers behalfwould you rather have a larger & heavier console to house that thing?
More failure-prone too. You'd have to open up/replace the console to fix the PSU. I'd really would rather have it on the outside.

Good point. With the defunct PS2 PSU we can just swap it, but with the Xbox one, all we get is an Arc-Fault interrupter.

wberdan

10-18-2005, 03:20 PM

having a power supply external like that should help keep the audio/video circuits slightly less noisy too.

willie

Half Japanese

10-19-2005, 12:19 AM

I don't get the belly-aching over it. Personally I'd much rather have the power supply outside the unit rather than inside it. If your Gamecube gets hit by a power surge, you spend $20 and buy a replacement power adapter. If your Xbox/ps2 gets hit, unless you're tech-savvy and have a good source for parts, you either ship it off to a repair center or wait for the proper parts to come in and fix it yourself (voiding any warranty you had left in the process). Like Cap'n Ninty said up above, in my situation it's going to be behind the entertainment center anyway, so what's it matter?

NoahsMyBro

10-19-2005, 01:08 AM

My only beef with external power suppliy bricks like that is when they, as on most cheap AC Adapters, are placed on the plug. If the block is inline, like the Atari 5200 adapter, I think it's a good idea for all the reasons already mentioned.

However, when the plug itself is a huge block, we all know how it takes up multiple outlets and is a true PITA.