Xbox 360 Watercooled?

snake_bite · 14 Sep 2010 at 16:16

Hello people, if this isnt the right place to post this can a mod/admin please move it.

im thinking about water cooling my xbox, does anyone know some good/cheap parts i could use, what i should use etc, will be my first water cool.

reflux · 14 Sep 2010 at 16:19

It's your first attempt at watercooling, and you want to dive right in (pun intended) with a 360? I'd seriously advise watercooling a PC first... it's a lot easier and you'll learn what you need to do with standardized parts before having to mod the hell out of all the kit to get it into a 360.

snake_bite · 14 Sep 2010 at 17:03

hey i understand where you are coming from but i got this xbox and guitar and some games for £40, its had some rrod issues, ive repasted the heat sinks, but wanted to water cool, or mod it with some bigger/better heat sinks, im not sure what is possible as the gpu/cpu looked a lot smaller than standard pc ones?

and didnt want to rick my pc getting wet, dual core amd, 8800gt etc not the best, but would be a waste, see what i mean?

SeraphX · 14 Sep 2010 at 17:06

you'd be best off following refluxes advice, water cooling a pc is hard, so a 360, would be a nightmare, are you planning on doing it in a PC case? or the standard 360 case with an external reservoir/pump?

snake_bite · 14 Sep 2010 at 17:19

erm, im not sure, most probably external, resovoir in original case or maybe buy a smaller computer case.

SeraphX · 14 Sep 2010 at 17:22

have you done any research into how this sort of thing is done? or is it just some hair brained scheme lol

water cooling an xbox 360 results on google

scrlk · 14 Sep 2010 at 17:22

I highly advise against starting WCing by using a 360. If you want a cooler 360, cut a 120mm hole in the roof and add a fan (recommending Delta's if you don't mind some noise

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snake_bite · 14 Sep 2010 at 18:10

yes lol ive read into a few things, i see some people use a big plate over the cpu and gpu and others use a small one on each, maybe if it could be air cooled, cheap but still looks good i suppose it could be an options, but i guess im still going to need some better heat sinks?

SeraphX · 14 Sep 2010 at 18:16

IMO, better cooling for the 360 could be achieved with just a couple of Fans on the Heatsinks and some decent TIM applied, arctic MX3 for instance

momo56 · 14 Sep 2010 at 18:17

you can buy a xbox 360 waterblock made by xspc for £35. Watercooling an xbox 360 is easy the tricky bit is fitting it all inside the case unless you go external in which case look at the swiftech drive radiators which incorporate a res,pump and rad all in one.

smit101 · 14 Sep 2010 at 18:21

It would be far easier to water cool a 360 if you transplanted its parts into one of the Lian Li cases designed for the 360,you'd be very limited with the standard 360 case due to lack of space.

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=261&cl_index=1&sc_index=35&ss_index=87

snake_bite · 14 Sep 2010 at 18:38

quite exspensive for a case, my plan was to make it run colder, then sell it and get the new xbox

just thought water cooling would give me a decent project too. if i customed the case, but a 80mm fan over the cpu with a hole in the case, would this make much difference?

95thrifles · 14 Sep 2010 at 18:57

If you think thats expensive for a case you can forget any dreams/aspirations of WCing, thats cheap as chips

JeffyB · 14 Sep 2010 at 23:24

Theres a great build log on xs with that exact case

Thread and more pictures on page 2.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=223941&highlight=watercooled+xbox

Looks no harder than a normal loop to me.

Nemesis379 · 15 Sep 2010 at 00:02

That doesnt look hard at all, lmao

MumboJumbo · 15 Sep 2010 at 00:19

Having done brief youtubing it appears to involve soldering so good luck with that if you've never even done a pc before.

JeffyB · 15 Sep 2010 at 00:19

It's just a single block loop in a purpose built case, no need for any modding just undo some screws and transfer the 360 gubbins. a lot simpler than most pc water loops.