Fully Internal Water-cooled Xbox 360 183
NiteStar writes "Dano2k0 created a fully internal water-cooled Xbox 360. Unlike previous water-cooled Xbox 360 mods, this one has everything inside the original Xbox 360 case, including the water reservoir and pump. Both CPU (Zern GPU block) and GPU (Koolance GPU-180-H06 block) are water-cooled, with internal Tank-o-Matic mini reservoir, 12v thermaltake pump and DD fill port on the plexi window. The case itself is also customized with a plexiglass grill and LEDs, and it's fully custom painted. The case mod will also be featured in the next edition of the Official Xbox Magazine UK."
performance? (Score:4, Interesting)
Official mag? (Score:5, Interesting)
Why would Microsoft encourage this? (Score:2, Interesting)
If I were Microsoft I'd be plain embarrassed that my flagship design for the mouth-breathing console masses was so poorly engineered that cooling the fucker has become a cottage industry.
I think the market is ready for an entrant that "just lets me play my fucking game". I doubt it will be Sony, however.
(Yeah, I quit consoles when they switched away from cartridges years ago because I couldn't stand the CD load times. And before you ask, yes I use a DVD player that lets me skip past the warnings, preview nonsense, etc.)
Re:One question: (Score:0, Interesting)
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Re:Unacceptable (Score:3, Interesting)
I used a new scientific method I call the "store test", which is basically if a store can't keep it on line, I don't really want it.
As I went through Target, Kmart, Bestbuy, Wal-mart and anywhere else with the "Three-console display" I took effort to note what was up and what was crashed.
XBox--rarely up, maybe 1/3 of the time (A very optomistic estimate, I think). Almost always had some kind of internal error--probably overheating in those display cases. Reset never helps.
PS/2--up about 1/2 the time. Now, that sounds great next to the xbox but we are talking about a system that should NEVER go down. Actually the newer displays stay up much more, I think they are using the new slim-line ps/2s. Reset sometimes helps.
GameCube--Never never never down. I have yet to see a gamecube down in a display case unless the entire case was down (probably due to the xbox catching fire inside there--dunno).
Anyway, if you want a worry-free livingroom device for the family, I doubt you can beat the gamecube. Wish it had more serious games, but whatever.
Re:Pull The 360 From The Market, Microsoft! (Score:2, Interesting)
Google around for people that have gone thru plenty of PS2s, plenty of Apple POwerbooks, or MacBooks.
I'd love to hear how you can explain how it is poorly designed...