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

One question:

[ajlitt]

Why?

Re:One question:

[makeajazznoisehere]

Obviously, so it doesn't set the carpet on fire!

Re:One question:

[aplusjimages]

Because the 360 has heat problems. The heat problem is so bad that 3rd parties make these fan units to attach to the 360 fans

Re:One question:

[KDR_11k]

How's that ironic? The optical drive in my PC is the noisiest part as well, at least when the disc in there is copy protected.

More importantly

[steveo777]

Shouldn't someone be cooling the power supply? That's the real problem.

Official mag?

[Rob T Firefly]

[blockquote]The case mod will also be featured in the next edition of the Official Xbox Magazine UK."[/blockquote]So the "official" mag is going to advise its readers on a fancy way to scuttle their warranties?

Why not freeze it?

[reset_button]

Cool it to 4.5 Kelvins and crank out those cycles! :)

yawn... bling!

[s800]

What ever happened to real hardware hacking? A guy buys some prefab shiny bits for his XBox, big deal... I think I did the same thing with my trapper keeper in '88.

*Yawn*

[electrosoccertux]

Everything inside the case? Boring! My 360 water cooling system is inside AND outside the case. And it keeps the fishies warm

Re:COOL but Illegal?

[springbox]

No, this is not illegal, but it will most definitely void any sort of warranty you might have. Even changing the operation of the system might be against Microsoft's Terms of Service if you try to go online with it, but the idea that changing your system's case (something that you OWN) would be "illegal" is certainly a scary thought.

Fairly obvious why...

[Benanov]

Because now it also functions as a humidifier! ;)

Re:Pull The 360 From The Market, Microsoft!

[prophetic oblivion]

I find it relatively funny that so many people are complaining about the 360 being a 'ticking time-bomb', and that people continue to claim that Microsoft is 'digging their grave' with the faulty hardware. I, beg to differ. While there have been a lot of issues with the console release, there were just as many at PS2 release and no one seems to equate these two situations because Microsoft is some 'horrible evil'. I own a 360 launch console and I have yet to have any issues whatsoever, and I'm not in the minority, either. There are a lot of incidents you hear about where people's 360s are on the fritz and you don't hear about those who are working... And for good reason. Why would someone complain or post on a message board that their XBox 360 is working just fine? You've fallen into the trap of believing only what you see because there is no real need to report on the other side of it. It is just like when something awry goes on in any aspect of the world - you only hear the negative because there is little incentive to report on the positive.

All of my friends and peers that own first generation 360 consoles still have them intact and working with little to no problems whatsoever. I know you hate Microsoft, but making unsubstantiated claims and implying that all consoles are faulty is preposterous. Don't pull the 360 from the market until it is officially broken. There may be issues right now with some consoles, but they're not as widespread as it would appear.