Fully Internal Water-cooled Xbox 360

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."

Comments

Pull The 360 From The Market, Microsoft!

[Anonymous Coward]

The 360 isn't a little flakey...
The 360 isn't pretty flakey...
The 360 is a fucking timebomb for anyone who owns one.

Microsoft is doing nothing but digging their own grave in the console market with the fucked up 360 hardware. If you haven't been following the 360 failure mess, google around for people talking about how many 360s they have gone through. There is no other product I've ever known to be this poorly made or designed.

Re:Pull The 360 From The Market, Microsoft!

[mcai8rw2]

Given the discontent that is flying around the PS3 camp at the minute I can only see the 360 getting more and more reverent in its status. Its not at the level to beat the Wiiiiiiiiiii love out there at the minute...but hell...its fast catching up and could over take the PS3.

I suppose there is a reason.

[dilvish_the_damned]

Is this a solution looking for a problem? Maybe these are the kinds of guys who water cool thier toasters. Or maybe the XBOX sucks by design.

I bet its to get the babes. From MySpace.

Re:COOL but Illegal?

[Anonymous Coward]

Haha, hardware modding illegal! Mod chip vendors and users are illegal under the DMCA, not some shrink wrap license. Microsoft has no recourse against people sawing their xbox in two. You OWN the hardware.

What kind of country would we live in if I couldn't change a water pump on my GM vehicle because I'm not using a GM part, nor am I using a GM service center? You are an idiot for asking this question.

Ah geeze

[TheSkepticalOptimist]

Figured that with no decent games for the Xbox360, people need to find SOMETHING fun to do with them.

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'Yes, I know this is a troll, but its a Microsoft product, give me a break!"

Re:the switch

[Skadet]

*deep breath*

My PC works.

That's what I thought before I started using a Mac. Believe me, you have no idea just how broken your machine is until you use OS X for a length of time. Kind of like you'd never think your Porsche was slow until you've ridden a GSXR. Or like crazy people never think they're crazy.

Dunno why you Mac guys have so many problems running Windows, but I bet it's user error.

I wish you would, because I'd make a killing. I've used Windows since 3.1, and it worked all right for me until the advent of the Internet. I can still make it work, but instead of being productive (or posting on Slashdot), I'm spending a chunk of time running Spybot S&D, ZoneAlarm, and Lord know what else making sure I'm keeping my head above water. I've got too many other things to think about without worring over a high-maintenance "tool".

Oh yeah, Apple uses intel now too.. So in the future, just bash "Win", leave the "tel" part out of it - MacTel has the same "flaws" now.

Kind of like how BSD has the same "flaws" since it's running on Intel hardware? Nice try, Captain Logic.

Re:Oh please

[Anonymous Coward]

> In short, I don't know.

Does anyone know what exactly Microsoft is doing in the console market?

They clearly don't have the competence to compete in the market. It's like the whole Xbox/Xbox 360 mess is just a way for Microsoft to show off how much money they can waste on a pointless and unwanted product.

Outsourced design

[peterfa]

Maybe the reason why the X-Box 360 gets too hot is because Microsoft didn't design it themselves, rather, they outsourced the development to India.

Nerd Spirit

[Anonymous Coward]

This is fucking stupid.

No. Not the x360 mod.
What's stupid is the comments I'm seeing. WTF people?

Why is it needed?
God damn... it isn't "needed". Just the same as you don't need a 454 V8. Or two fucking turbochargers in a new Chevy Corvette. Or why would you want four fucking video cards making a Quad SLI?

WHY?
Because somebody wanted to fucking do it, you dimnwits. Isn't that the nerd spirit? Jesus christ!

Re:Oh please

[Anonymous Coward]

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=451435

What the fuck are you babbling about?

You suck at damage control.

Re:Oh please

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sorry to burst your fairytale fantasy, but any other console has been a small computer in disguise too. Your beloved Nintendo or Sony or whatever don't run on magic and pixie dust either, but, guess what? Use a CPU, a graphics card, RAM, etc.

But it's a bulk-sales MIPS chip, a customized graphics card (or in the case of the PS2, nothing we'd conventionally recognize as a graphics card at all), specialized RAM sometimes fundamentally different from the stuff you go and buy at a store. The difference between a pc and a console is nothing less than the difference between a computer and an embedded system. Your car's got lots of embedded processors, but it isn't a PC anymore than a Gamecube is. Just because it can run Linux doesn't make it the same as a PC.

Do you have any idea what separates the design of a dedicated console like the PS2 or XBox 360 from something like a PC with a funny casemod, or the original XBox? Do you have any idea what console design entails at all? Did you even read the post you're replying to?

Oh yes, I'm sure that _you_ could single handedly emulate every single game in existance, on a different CPU and a different graphics chip and all.

Nobody cares about Microsoft's excuses. Excuses only matter in arguments on internet message boards. In the real world, what matters is, can you deliver on the product you sell or not. Microsoft didn't deliver on backward compatibility on the XBox 360. Period. Sony delivered on backward compatibility on the PS2, Nintendo delivered on backward compatibility on the GBA and DS, Nintendo is set to deliver on GC backward compatibility with the Wii, and we'll see what Sony does with backward compatibility on the PS3. I'm not interested in buying excuses. I want to buy things that work.

Re:Unacceptable

[Deadguy2322]

Great idea. Don't buy a console for it's games, buy it based on how it performs encased in lexan! No wonder you bought a Gamecube, YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!