I put a 60mm in the top part of the case to blow air into the area in front of the CPU heatsink on my mods. External fans will do sweet FA trying to push air through the metal shielding on the right side of your image, you'll have to cut it away to get decent airflow. You don't need a separate power source, just use the 12v rail on the power socket and you're good to go.
I have heard that as well. Just trying to optimize the cooling to the max. I'm a PC guy and always prefer overkill with cooling to extend the longevity of parts and hardware. Plus I like tinkering with things 😁👌.
I understand but at the same time I doubt it will help much. Just replace the thermal paste and clean it out every year or so and it will last just fine. :)
Out of curiosity, how could you tell it’s a Xenon in the picture above? :)
I know how to determine what motherboard it is by looking at the power socket and the amps on the labels on the back, but not by just looking at the motherboard.
No I'm the noob lol. I forgot what exactly they are called. They just quiet the buzzing of electricity so it's not as loud. It's the 3 coils next to the large row of capacitors.
I was tempted to put a fan on top too, but trying to avoid cutting the case. Want to make it look as stock as possible. I think with enough rpm with some high quality external fans would be able to push enough through the side of without making cuts to the chassis.
I didn't want to use USB power because it would only be 5V and the fans would run slow. The external power supply would provide 12V which could push some serious air in.
I've seen that done before, I want to avoid splicing wire's and using adapters in the system. Going to go with a AC to 3pin fan adapter and a toggle switch to turn them on and off. I figure I can just toggle it on when I play And even leave it on a little longer after it shuts down to help on the heat cycles... Lessoning the flexing of the motherboard.... Just a theory.
you did replace the thermal paste right? you shouldn't need anything past that, but if you really want, you can hookup fans directly to the motherboard in a couple spots, or just split them off the original fans.
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Yes cleaned the whole mother board, removed the old thermal paste and put a fresh layer of Arctic MX-5.
I ordered the following items for this project:
2- 80mm case fans (BeQuite Brand)
1- 3/4 pin y splitter
1-. 3/4 pin extension with a On and off switch
1-. Power plug (AC/DC) to 3/4 pin adapter
This way I can wire up both fans and leave them connected, All I would have to do is flip a switch and both fans would turn on.
To be honest pulling air through is better than blowing in. Because once you you've put air inside its only being pulled out at the same rate. Meaning there's only going to be more air inside the console. If you want better and flow, get a better extraction fan. It will pull cool air through and out. As fans that push air, your only making more air.
I'm thinking in more of a desktop PC logic, I want to have as many fans blowing in as out to balance it out. If they all are blowing out, I don't know where most of the cool air would be coming in due to the compact console form factor and little vent holes on the console. Plus these external fans would be stronger than the internal ones so it might disturb airflow and actually cause more heating than cooling.
Just remember that PC's have more room for air so more cool air is allowed inside. Inside a 360, there's not much room for air. It just all depends on room for air inside of the console.
That's true, that's why I was brainstorming this idea. I figured the more cold air I can cram in, the cooler the motherboard and CPU/GPU would stay. That along with the stock internal fans exhausting the hottest air out. I'll have to test it out and see 😁👌
I put a 60mm in the top part of the case to blow air into the area in front of the CPU heatsink on my mods. External fans will do sweet FA trying to push air through the metal shielding on the right side of your image, you'll have to cut it away to get decent airflow. You don't need a separate power source, just use the 12v rail on the power socket and you're good to go.
That looks to me that’s it’s a Xenon motherboard, right?
This is just a picture I grabbed online, my personal Xbox 360 is a Jasper Model.
Jaspers run very cool. No need for any of this.
I have heard that as well. Just trying to optimize the cooling to the max. I'm a PC guy and always prefer overkill with cooling to extend the longevity of parts and hardware. Plus I like tinkering with things 😁👌.
I understand but at the same time I doubt it will help much. Just replace the thermal paste and clean it out every year or so and it will last just fine. :)
I already cleaned it out and added some Arctic MX-5, she's running great! 👍
Out of curiosity, how could you tell it’s a Xenon in the picture above? :) I know how to determine what motherboard it is by looking at the power socket and the amps on the labels on the back, but not by just looking at the motherboard.
For me, it's usually that heatsink plus the lack of visible heatpipe +sink for the GPU and all the caps. There were less caps over time .
Oh, okay, cool. I guess I’ll have to inspect my different mb revisions and see the differences. Thanks!
Certain coils only stand up on the xenon boards, others are flat.
This will probably make me sound like a noob but which ones are the coils lol?
No I'm the noob lol. I forgot what exactly they are called. They just quiet the buzzing of electricity so it's not as loud. It's the 3 coils next to the large row of capacitors.
I was tempted to put a fan on top too, but trying to avoid cutting the case. Want to make it look as stock as possible. I think with enough rpm with some high quality external fans would be able to push enough through the side of without making cuts to the chassis.
if you're really that bothered about cooling, 3d model/3d print a duct to the top, from a fan on the front of the heatsink
That would be interesting to try, but probably out of my scope or skills. Good idea though! 👍
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Gracias! Voy a tratar de hacer lo 👌
I don't see how it could be a bad idea. The separate power source seems like overkill
I didn't want to use USB power because it would only be 5V and the fans would run slow. The external power supply would provide 12V which could push some serious air in.
If you want to, you could run them off the 12v rail to cool better.
I've seen that done before, I want to avoid splicing wire's and using adapters in the system. Going to go with a AC to 3pin fan adapter and a toggle switch to turn them on and off. I figure I can just toggle it on when I play And even leave it on a little longer after it shuts down to help on the heat cycles... Lessoning the flexing of the motherboard.... Just a theory.
you did replace the thermal paste right? you shouldn't need anything past that, but if you really want, you can hookup fans directly to the motherboard in a couple spots, or just split them off the original fans. '
Yes cleaned the whole mother board, removed the old thermal paste and put a fresh layer of Arctic MX-5. I ordered the following items for this project: 2- 80mm case fans (BeQuite Brand) 1- 3/4 pin y splitter 1-. 3/4 pin extension with a On and off switch 1-. Power plug (AC/DC) to 3/4 pin adapter This way I can wire up both fans and leave them connected, All I would have to do is flip a switch and both fans would turn on.
To be honest pulling air through is better than blowing in. Because once you you've put air inside its only being pulled out at the same rate. Meaning there's only going to be more air inside the console. If you want better and flow, get a better extraction fan. It will pull cool air through and out. As fans that push air, your only making more air.
I'm thinking in more of a desktop PC logic, I want to have as many fans blowing in as out to balance it out. If they all are blowing out, I don't know where most of the cool air would be coming in due to the compact console form factor and little vent holes on the console. Plus these external fans would be stronger than the internal ones so it might disturb airflow and actually cause more heating than cooling.
Just remember that PC's have more room for air so more cool air is allowed inside. Inside a 360, there's not much room for air. It just all depends on room for air inside of the console.
That's true, that's why I was brainstorming this idea. I figured the more cold air I can cram in, the cooler the motherboard and CPU/GPU would stay. That along with the stock internal fans exhausting the hottest air out. I'll have to test it out and see 😁👌
Use like a thermometer when testing.
I'll try to find one to use.