The powerful new XBox Series X ------------------------------------------ Microsoft’s hotly anticipated XBox Series X video game console will launch in November, but without its flagship game, Halo Infinite ------------------------------------------ Heat: Console generates 12 teraflops* of power and needs to be cooled down ------------------------------------------ Whisper- quiet fan: Large size allows it to spin more slowly, reducing noise ------------------------------------------ Power button ------------------------------------------ Expected price: $500- $600 ------------------------------------------ Drive: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray ------------------------------------------ Heat sink chassis: Helps remove heat from split motherboard ------------------------------------------ Expansion card: Can add 1TB of additional storage ------------------------------------------ CPU: Custom 3.8GHz AMD 8-core Zen 2, with Radeon RDNA 2 graphics architecture ------------------------------------------ Memory: 16GB high bandwidth SDRAM ------------------------------------------ Storage: 1TB solid state drive ------------------------------------------ Split mother- board: Wraps around heat sink to help keep advanced electronics cool ------------------------------------------ Vapour chamber: Collects heat from CPU and distributes it evenly ------------------------------------------ Display: Can output to various television resolutions – 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K, and 8K ------------------------------------------ 151mm ------------------------------------------ Halo Infinite: XBox exclusive, and one of Microsoft’s most prized gaming assets, delayed until 2021 due to Covid-19 lockdown slowing development ------------------------------------------ *1 teraflop = 1 trillion floating point operations per second ------------------------------------------ Sources: Microsoft, The Verge, BGR, TechRadar Picture: Microsoft/343 Industries © GRAPHIC NEWS