My Quest for a cooler xbox360

Elrein · 13 Jan 2006 at 18:48

Ok call me crazy but i just got sick of seeing all that crap covering those twin deltas so i decided to let them breathe a bit and do a bit of case modding

Here are the results

Since cutting the grills the airflow has increased greatly and the air coming out is no where near as warm before the mod

Looks a bit gash for now but i do plan on cleaning it up at a later date, lets just call this a beta

TheMagicPirate · 13 Jan 2006 at 18:51

There goes your warrenty. lol.

Will that actually improve anything though?

schnipps · 13 Jan 2006 at 18:52

TheMagicPirate said:
There goes your warrenty. lol.

Will that actually improve anything though?

Yeah i thought that

You are utterly mad if you ask me but hey its your kit. You will never ever be able to sell it in the future

james.miller · 13 Jan 2006 at 18:55

judging the failure rate of these atm, that is an utterly moronic thing to do.

still, good job good job

fullfat · 13 Jan 2006 at 18:55

thats a bit untrue schnips, it would obviously be a lot cheaper.

and yes, you are mad

ElRazur · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:04

Hey praise the guy for taking courage...well done and i like it.

A-n-d-y · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:10

He,s got guts thats for sure ill give him that.

What would you do tho if the console decides to die in the near future?

JUMPURS · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:14

ahh god bless the dremmel

da_mic_1530 · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:16

you have guts man, i think you should take some data from this experiment, im sure a lot of people would be intrested in this mini project

Phat Momma Hoe · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:21

Just out of curiosity, how did you manage to attack that without getting any little bits of shell / metal inside ? Asuming you didnt totally dismantle it that is

Nismo · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:25

Christ, ever heard of resizing a pic after youve taken it off your camera? :eek:

From past experience of doing a similar thing with PC's, I came to the conclusion that it makes minimal difference with regards temperature. The only thing that might change is the fan noise being slightly quieter.

Elrein · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:25

da_mic_1530 said:
you have guts man, i think you should take some data from this experiment, im sure a lot of people would be intrested in this mini project

Good idea actually

Ill borrow a laser thermo from work next week and compare a stock box with my modded at the point of exit, im starting to think now the air is not actually cooler but there is just more of it giving me a false impression.

Even so the more that comes out i figure the more that goes in, which makes me think larger inlets

Ol!ver · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:25

Just the one question from me......

Umm, why?

Elrein · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:27

Phat Momma Hoe said:
Just out of curiosity, how did you manage to attack that without getting any little bits of shell / metal inside ? Asuming you didnt totally dismantle it that is

Sidecutters with a gentle twisting action.

And sorry about the pic size, i figured the thumb would be enough and if peeps wanted to see all its glory they would be preped for the d/l

melchy · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:33

Has the noise decreased. It may be worth doing just to quieten the 360 down a bit.

A-n-d-y · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:37

melchy said:
Has the noise decreased. It may be worth doing just to quieten the 360 down a bit.

And lose your warrenty to?

scoopex · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:38

james.miller said:
judging the failure rate of these atm, that is an utterly moronic thing to do.

still, good job good job

My xbox 360 sits onto of my sky+ box and not had one problem with it.Even looking on this very forum i have yet to see anyone who has sent their xbox 360 back.

Elrein · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:39

Havent really noticed the decrease in noise yet, seems the dvd drive constantly spinning will pretty much kill any idea of that

If it dies atleast ill get a hands on look at whats inside

Then ill go and buy another and leave it alone ! and i bet i still wont have a hard drive by then!!!!!

Firestar_3x · 13 Jan 2006 at 19:58

Sorry but this is simply moronic, if your going to invalidate your 360's warranty you might as well do something worthwhile to it, the least you could have done is remove the metal inner grill and keep the plastic one.

scoopex · 13 Jan 2006 at 20:08

Firestar_3x said:
Sorry but this is simply moronic, if your going to invalidate your 360's warranty you might as well do something worthwhile to it, the least you could have done is remove the metal inner grill and keep the plastic one.

His xbox 360 so who are we to judge.