Xbox 360 Heating Question?

Alright one quick question here, I've had my Elite for about 1 1/2 year but I just recently had the urge to put my hand over the fans in the back and see how long it took to start blowing hot air. Took about 30 mins of play from the HDD to start blowing semi hot air. Can anybody who has checked this themselves or heard it anyhwere tell me if this is normal or not?

Alright one quick question here, I've had my Elite for about 1 1/2 year but I just recently had the urge to put my hand over the fans in the back and see how long it took to start blowing hot air. Took about 30 mins of play from the HDD to start blowing semi hot air. Can anybody who has checked this themselves or heard it anyhwere tell me if this is normal or not?

Lord-Dalek

That's totally normal. I've got an older model which is a clone of the falcon model without the HDMI port. It heats up much faster. If you want the best cooling possible install your games to the HD and actually lay your system standing up. Laying it against a cold wall also helps.

Thanks for the answers guys, I'm just a very paranoid person

@penpusher, I did a google search many times but could not figure out how to word this right. But anyways thanks for the answer and I do appologize for wearing on your nerves.