modifying a 360 intercooler

[Twimfy]

I guess thats the best mod you can make without voiding the warranty;-)

Has anyone seen a X360 being watercooled? what about an external heatpipe?

And what about removing the X clamp? does it really works? or the X360 will RLOD anyway?

Ben Heck modified a 360 to use water cooling, however he did this when he transferred it to a laptop case for one of his amazing projects.

[oldengineer]

And what about removing the X clamp? does it really works? or the X360 will RLOD anyway?

Doesn't work for any decent length of time in my personal experience.

Once the solder (BGA) connection has been compromised the return of the RLOD is inevitable, be that in 5 minutes time or 5 months time, either way it will return.

[EvilWays]

Innovatek sells a watercooling block (fits over both the CPU and GPU) for ~90 euros, and Koolance sells a "kit" (Exos LT unit, tubing, and two low-profile waterblocks...I think their L06) for $300 or for $100 without the Exos LT.

[ASSEMbler]

I guess thats the best mod you can make without voiding the warranty;-)

Has anyone seen a X360 being watercooled? what about an external heatpipe?

And what about removing the X clamp? does it really works? or the X360 will RLOD anyway?

360 watercooling is more than the cost of the 360 now...
If you had money to throw away it would be nice.

There's certain thermaltake cpu heatsinks that will fit on the 360. With a single 120mm
it can get you temps as low as 32 degrees Celsius at load. The normal operating temp for 360 cpu/gpu is
something suicidal like 60 degrees Celsius.

[Shadowlayer]

Ben Heck modified a 360 to use water cooling, however he did this when he transferred it to a laptop case for one of his amazing projects.

Yeah I remember, but the point is a simple watercooling in a regular case.

Once the solder (BGA) connection has been compromised the return of the RLOD is inevitable, be that in 5 minutes time or 5 months time, either way it will return.

OK but what if you do it on a brand new X360? would it help at all?

360 watercooling is more than the cost of the 360 now... If you had money to throw away it would be nice.
The normal operating temp for 360 cpu/gpu is something suicidal like 60 degrees Celsius.

Well if I get a X360 that feel off a truck (read: stolen) for $50 and without warranty, spending some money on watercooling can be seen as an investment:lol:

Speaking of high temps, does anyone remembers the prescott? it ran at like 90 celsius I think, and more under heavy load.

There was this THG video of an early Athlon which literally burned itself when they removed the OEM fan.

[EvilWays]

There was this THG video of an early Athlon which literally burned itself when they removed the OEM fan.

That would be the video where the showed the Athlon Thunderbird core and Athlon Palomino core, along with Pentium 3 Tualatin (?) and Pentium 4 Williamette core. The test showed what would happen if the heatsink should fall off while the computer was running, and why the early Athlons sucked (no on-chip thermal diode). Basically, the P3 locked up but rebooted nicely, the P4 downclocked and then upclocked when the heatsink was put back on, The T-bird cooked @ ~300 degrees and the Palomino cooked @ ~200 degrees. Sadly, I had a T-bird CPU at one point...

[Shadowlayer]

You think having a Tbird was bad? try buying a katmai at launch...