Xbox 360 Intercooler

[LL!]

So, as you all may know, the 360 gets increasingly hot when you play it. Sometimes it worries me. So, I see that Gamestop is offering an Intercooler by Nyko, but the reviews haven't been really good. Many people are saying it kills their system while the ones who defend it tell them that they just didn't plug it in properly.

Should I get this intercooler? Does it work? Is it a waste of 20 bucks?

[Toe]

I have had my XBOX 360 on for long periods of time and not had any problems with it. I did get mine this summer so it could be an improved model, but I do not know if you need an intercooler.

[Lint]

I don't have a intercooler, but I have a fan stand. I don't use it much, and I've had my 360 on for long periods with no problems.

[TMM]

Apparently it's ridiculously loud. I don't know if this is the one I heard did this, but yeah.

[The LBTN Express]

It all depends where you have the 360 and on what type of surface. I got mine on release and I've never felt it get really hot, it's just two foot away from a radiator as well. When it has been hot it's never been hotter than what my laptop can get to.

If you have it on a wooden or metal stand with plenty of room behind it, it should be fine. If it's on the floor on a carpet or something like that, that's when you'll need an intercooler.

If I did need to buy one though I'd probably hold out for a better one or just stick a mini fan round the back of it.

[Lint]

It all depends where you have the 360 and on what type of surface. I got mine on release and I've never felt it get really hot, it's just two foot away from a radiator as well. When it has been hot it's never been hotter than what my laptop can get to.

If you have it on a wooden or metal stand with plenty of room behind it, it should be fine. If it's on the floor on a carpet or something like that, that's when you'll need an intercooler.

If I did need to buy one though I'd probably hold out for a better one or just stick a mini fan round the back of it.

I had mine on a carpet for 6 months with no heating/cooling issues...though i did kind of take a precaution and actually set it on a magazine on the carpet

[Maxx]

At school I have mine on this wooden cabinet thing, and at home I put it on the floor ontop of its box, both produce no problems.

[The Kraig]

Only some 360s have experienced excessive heat production (like...you can see the heatwaves above it as if it were a desert road). Most of those have died, and been sent away and replaced with unfaulty ones. I'm pretty sure it was the only the first batches that had that sort of problem.

And there are two types of disk drive for the 360. There's one that's pretty loud (I have that one) and one that's 'like a dream'.

This is the noisy one that I have, made by Hitachi: http://www.maxconsole.net/content_img/hitachif360.jpg.

This is the quiet one that others have, made by Samsung/Toshiba: http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/dvd/sammy-tosh.jpg.

Very easy to tell apart, so before buying your Xbox 360, try to find the Samsung kind. Check the back of the box, even ask to see the drive before you buy it. I sit right next to the 360 console, and it is a fucking annoying constant hum. But no more annoying than the random 'vrrt, vrrt' of a PS2 (which also sits right next to me). Once you get used to the noise though, you don't notice it. It also helps if you have the TV on loud, or some music loud. Which I always do anyways. (¬_¬)

I also sit my 360 on a glass table and if it were too hot, the glass would have at least melted slightly. I'm sure almost all faulty 360s have been sent back by now.

[Your Mom]

We have a loud one

[Buford Ripley]

I have a loud one too. It scared me the first time I played it because I thought it was faulty.

[Guest Kou]

Just get a laptop cooler thing if you're worried about over heating.

[Captain Kirk]

I don't think it would matter too much, if your 360 is gonna go it will. My friend only had his for 6 months, but you could probably have it, play it all the time and not have any problems for 6 years. Just your luck.

Edited December 23, 2006 by ku3002ynnoJ

[Guest muddatrucker]

I also sit my 360 on a glass table and if it were too hot, the glass would have at least melted slightly.

Edited December 23, 2006 by muddatrucker

[The Kraig]

I don't mean MELTED slightly, like in a furnace kind of melt, but there would be marking and stuff on it from being...I dunno what the word is. Melted? Smelted? Charred? Marked in some way by the heat. The glass has like a lamination around it as well, which would melt pretty easily.

My point was, the current 360s do not get very hot. No less than a PC tower, or other consoles. So really shouldn't need any sort of cooler. Just don't block the holes in the casing and it should be fine.

[Guest Kou]

PS3s get three times hotter then 360s anyways. If I can remember trivial numbers like that offhand.