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Microsoft’s discless Xbox Series X goes on sale today, and while it looks slightly different on the outside thanks to a white paint job and lack of a disc drive, inside it has been redesigned. Microsoft has redesigned the motherboard on the white Xbox Series X and new 2TB models, shrunk the chip down to 6nm, and switched to a new cooling solution.

YouTuber Austin Evans spotted the changes in a teardown of the new models, and reports that the shrunken chip allows the new Xbox Series X models to run around 10 watts less than the original model at idle.

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The new Xbox Series X motherboard has been heavily redesigned.

Image: Austin Evans (YouTube)

The motherboard on the…

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