Game Cube vs. Xbox 360 (power supply)

[thailer]

I found this on Infendo.com and thought it was hilarious.

check out this link for the full read.

[Soham]

pretty funny actually it doesn't for xbox 360

[Xtreme $niper]

Yeah but how about we compare the sizes of the 360 power supply with the Gamecube's? I have a Gamecube (not my 360 yet, still waiting for my shipment) and I'm pretty sure the Cube's power supply is fairly large in comparison to the system itself.

[thailer]

Yeah but how about we compare the sizes of the 360 power supply with the Gamecube's? I have a Gamecube (not my 360 yet, still waiting for my shipment) and I'm pretty sure the Cube's power supply is fairly large in comparison to the system itself.

uhm, i'm looking at my gamecubes power supply right now, and it's a lot smaller than the cube. The xbox 360 power supply is almost as big as the system it supports!

[DAaaMan64]

yeah the cubes power supply isn't that big, granted it's there:( but I can't really avoid that. But at least it ain't that damn big!

[Brandon Live Veteran]

uhm, i'm looking at my gamecubes power supply right now, and it's a lot smaller than the cube. The xbox 360 power supply is almost as big as the system it supports!

You've obviously never seen an X360 or its power supply, then...

I have both systems next to me and the GameCube power supply is very large compared to the size of the system.

In fact, I'd estimate that both power supplies are about the same relative size (as a percentage of the size of the system they support).

Also, the power brick on the PS2 Mini isn't small either.

[thailer]

You've obviously never seen an X360 or its power supply, then...

I have both systems next to me and the GameCube power supply is very large compared to the size of the system.

In fact, I'd estimate that both power supplies are about the same relative size (as a percentage of the size of the system they support).

Also, the power brick on the PS2 Mini isn't small either.

If the power supply is really relative to the size of the machine, the X360 must be HUGE!!! Would you mind taking a picture of the 360 next to it's bulky power supply?

[icecaveman]

The PSU is about 1/5 of the console it's not that bad considering how easy it is to hide it

perhaps nothing you would give to yong kids or someone who can't even lift a chocolate bar but most people won't care at all.

[Smit]

Ummmm, who cares? It will be behind a the tv/table/whatever anyway.

I don't get why people keep moaning about it. You won't see it.

[Brandon Live Veteran]

Here's a shot of both systems and both powersupplys (my cable box is behind them all for comparison purposes).

If you look carefully, you can tell that the GC powersupply is about 5/6 as long as the GC itself and a little less than 1/2 the height.

If you look at the X360, you can see that its powersupply is also about 5/6 as long and about 1/2 the height.

That's why I said that, relative to the consoles they support, the PSUs are about the same (not exactly, but close enough).

Here are some more shots:

Visually, I'd estimate the volume of the X360 as being about twice that of the GC. The GC is about half as wide. It's shorter, but also taller.

Once again, here are the 2 systems compared with my Motorola HD cable box:

Edited December 3, 2005 by threedaysdwn

[Xtreme $niper]

Yes I was waiting for someone to take comparison shots like that. Thanks.

[Neo003]

WTF, 3 core running and 3.2 GHz each + 16x(not sure) dvd drive + (optinal) 20 gig hard drive + 520 Ati GPU + 512 MB onboard ram + motherboard + 3 usb port. Count the power it takes to run that machine and I would say it's nearly not enough.

[jokeripa]

That Gamecube looks like its getting 0wned by the power supply