Texture Pop Gaming's Official Xbox One Teardown

Honestly we have no idea what these things are.

Here at Texture Pop Gaming, we may not be the fastest, the most effective or the prettiest in our methods but we sure do get things done sometimes. It's been a few months since the Xbox One's release and while there has been a few other teardown videos and articles, we were left questioning their authenticity. Based on our extensive knowledge of opening things, we didn't see any reason to not give it a shot ourselves. So without further adieu, here is our official Xbox One Teardown:


Getting it open
Unlike the Xbox 360, which required popping several tabs and some precise amounts of pressure in certain spots to pry apart some of the casing, we found the Xbox One opened much easier when thrown forcefully against a wall. In our test, for example, it took exactly two throws but it could vary from system to system depending on your Xbox One's serial number.

Cooling Systems 

We weren't surprised to see Microsoft went all out with the cooling in the Xbox One. Not only is there a nice sticker that looks like almost exactly like a fan, but there is also a small speaker that emulates the sound of a one spinning. We also found some water that we assume was a block of ice used for cooling at one point.

It's still undetermined if the cooling is working as intended though, as the Xbox One passed our general gaming test with flying colors but curiously failed our "open flame" test with the console being melted to a smooth puddle.

The Guts

After losing our only Xbox One to the open flame test, we had to wait a couple weeks before a new one arrived so we could get it open again and get to what really matters in the system - the guts. Our favorite feature was that the hard drive was actually edible. There's a written warning on the delicious nugety drive that you shouldn't eat it, but should you decide to it really is delicious. To hopefully save you from the same hospital trip that we had to take, please remember that the RAM chips in the systems are in fact not edible.

Another interesting thing we found were the words "Fuck you Ben Heck" etched onto the processor.

Final Verdict 

While we still have no idea what these components actually mean for the system or how much they cost to put together we're going to predict the actual price of the Xbox One to be around $145 (not including the Kinect Sensor. We couldn't get it open; the thing is a fucking fortress).

Difficulty of the teardown was around a six out of ten - give or take an extra console and some blood loss.