XBox 360 - Water Cooled

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Jan 3, 2006 | 06:40 PM

Sly Raskal

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XBox 360 - Water Cooled

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An anonymous reader writes "HardOCP has done it once again. They have an article running down the process of water cooling an Xbox 360, and with surprising effectiveness and remarkable styling." From the article: "We had plans to water cool an Xbox 360 for over a year now. Little did we know that not only will this water cooling project be more fun than the original, but it may even be practical. Imagine that. With reports of heat related issues and a heat sink that can get almost too hot to touch after marathon gaming sessions, the Xbox 360 water cooling project now had a sense of purpose. We bought a retail Xbox 360 specifically for this project. The minute we got it back to the [H] labs we tore into it and, with a little help from the fine folks at Koolance, we have put together a water cooling solution that will handle anything the Xbox 360 can throw at it and literally knock your socks off." Actual implimentation with hand-holding. Hexus.net was discussing a kit to do this a few days ago.

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Jan 3, 2006 | 06:44 PM

Sly Raskal

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I don't think i'd ever go this far, but it still sounds cool nonetheless.

Jan 3, 2006 | 07:24 PM

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looks good, but sad that it's actually needed.

Jan 3, 2006 | 07:35 PM

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I wonder how long all these 360's are going to last running at such high temperatures.

Jan 3, 2006 | 07:42 PM

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I wonder how long all these 360's are going to last running at such high temperatures.

probably just after your warrenty expires so that you'll have to buy a new one from micro$oft

Jan 3, 2006 | 08:18 PM

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probably just after your warrenty expires so that you'll have to buy a new one from micro$oft

There's a chip in the 360's that is date coded a year from the time it was purchased. It tells the 360 when it can first begin "informing" the user of problems. But until then it doesn't say a word.

~Anil

Jan 4, 2006 | 07:56 AM

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I think i would buy it for the simple reason, you spend all that money on the 360 then it dies caues of the heat. No way bro ill buy that thing if its not to much money.

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Jan 4, 2006 | 10:15 AM

Yumcha

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Cool...but, agree on the unnecessary part.

Jan 4, 2006 | 07:40 PM

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No need for a water cooled solution. The 360 runs hot but nothing beyond a new PC. The failures were quoted to be less than 2% which is a normal rate for new electronics. In addition, many of the issues were attributed to failures in the power supply units (one batch from a certain supplier had the majority of the issues) which has nothing to do with a need to keep the system cool