From his earlier posts it is over 40°C to be very hot to the touch.
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Correct it gets too hot to the touch. So it has to be over 40C. I will try when this temp sensor comes but not sure when itll get here. It said 2 weeks from amazon prime!
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Good luck. Infrared temperature sensors are in very high demand right now. 
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It’s not for body heat. It’s for objects only.
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I found another issue that i wasnt aware of, and in device manager the 8k x is screwing with my motion rig (AMC Thanos controller). I had to unseat all those USB’s until i realized it’s the 8k x causing me the problems. One of the USB Controllers says Port Reset Failed. I cant get rid of it, ive tried almost everything. It was so bad that it caused my motion rig to jump for some reason. Either the cable i have is REALLY bad or it’s really overloading the USB controllers./
Doesn’t sound like there’ll be any issues powering via USB in regards to power draw:
I have no idea about the actual figures (but it should be pretty easy to check in for example USBDeview once the X arrives)… 
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I have a USB power meter, once my 8Kx arrives i’ll test each of the USB lines to check powerdraw
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but don’t complain if the mainboard burns 
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If that happens it’s a defect on the mainboard, not the X… 
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Well, luckily you happen to have someone on this forum with a FLIR One Pro (because I was extra frivolous with my money). I plan on using it to measure the 8K-X temperatures like I did with the 8K.
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Excellent. I see you measured 41degC with the 8K. Pimax might have pushed temperatures up just another 5degC with the 8kX, and that would probably be nothing to worry about.
I used a FLIR One or FLIR One Pro at HacDC a while back. Might be getting a FLIR One Pro my own sometime soon now…
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I’d love to see your results with that camera when you get the 8K X, specifically where the Plug sits inside the 8K X.
I have a feeling the 5k+/8k temps overall may not be different, but right where that connector is, i think the temps are much higher than just a 5C difference - at least it is on my headset.
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On the 8K it was a 10-15 C difference (in the video it was ~42 at the plug, ~30 ambient).
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8k was 10-15C difference at the connector, from what the 5k+ temp is at the connector?
Unfortunately, I never had a 5K+ so I don’t have the answer to that.
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Oh you mean at the connector on the 8k the temp is 10-15C more than elsewhere on the headset.
I think that difference will be alot more on the 8K X - at least on my headset the connector feels incredibly hot.
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just test it. from 45 degrees the human skin slowly begins to stew
Well when it’s been at it’s hottest, it hurts to the touch after 2 seconds, so its definitely over 40-45 then. I will try a FLIR One camera probably also.
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No simple thermometer at home?
Regular thermometers dont really work on objects. I already tried an IR one i had but it just says MAX on the screen.
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