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[Pyroknight]

I agree with scooby

[bleugh]

ok, but being in the electronics industry, i certainly wouldnt be too happy selling devices with those kind of temps inside them, at room temperature.

just imagine a hot day, or if you decide to have the heating on a fair bit, an extra 20 degrees above ambient room temperature would start screwing up some of the less tolerant bits on the mobo, notably the hard drive for a start

40 degrees ambient, added to the heat generated by the hard drive itself makes for at least 80-90 degrees, that'll fry it sooner rather than later.

CPU temperatures of mis sixties is, admittidley little cause for concern, silicon juctions will start to fail at half that again, the CPU may last (say) 4 years instead of 10 due to accellerated deteoriation (electron migration / tunneling)

if everyone says its ok, then fine, its ok, thats what MS have allowed the xboxes to do,
anyone any returns stats on these things?, going by their records of software development I wouldnt be too surprised if this wasnt a partial oversight

[exiled350]

yank the heatsink and lap it, then use artic silver thermal paste. with the fan at 12V mine doesnt break 43°c after several hours of use.

[brahm2]

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What are the average temperatures for the xbox cpu and motherboard? CPU temp should range from about 40º-65ºC (104º-149ºF) Motherboard temp should range from about 33º-49ºC (90º-120ºF)

You're fine.. don't worry..

The best cooling solution for you is to get it out of that console cabinet or whatever you have it in. Put it on the rug in front of your tv

[SeQr]

Well, it's in a more open space now, and it's already 10 degrees down to about 51, 51 after one hour of Unreal Chamionship, but still getting a 12v fan with LED's so I have the nicest looking xbox at the LAN party soon.

[A.Z.BEST]

I get 53-54 C on my 1.1 with standard 70mm fan. With 12V mod CPU reaches 46-48 C, MCPX is at 34C (wow), but... With 12V mod I can fucking hear my Xbox, when I'm in another room. I tried 2 original 70mm fans, and I tell you; that 12V mod is sick and not worth a.... . Get better 80mm fan.

[Larick]

QUOTE (bleugh @ Sep 27 2003, 12:55 AM)

just imagine a hot day, or if you decide to have the heating on a fair bit, an extra 20 degrees above ambient room temperature would start screwing up some of the less tolerant bits on the mobo, notably the hard drive for a start

If your ambient temp is 25, and your in a room 20 degree's higher than that (45oC) That's pretty damned hot, and the last thing I would be doing is sitting down in front of a television playing X-Box.  

Although I agree that cooler is better, there is a noise vs cooling factor (unless your using peltier plates, or some kinda liquid cooling solution etc) and really, in two or three years, the next incarnation of X-Box will be out, and we the only things these ones will be doing is sitting in a closet or functioning as part of a cluster server.  

If you have the money, invest in cooling, if you don't, don't worry about it, your component life may be shortened, but will you really be using your X-Box in 3 years? Will you even be using it in 2 years? Consoles are becoming more and more like PCs lifecycle wise.. Remeber how long Intellivision lasted?  

[benjellos]

What is a good temp range for my Xbox cpu?

How accurate is the reading in Evox?

[fastbuickgn]

I'M not to sure about the ideal temp,but i would suggest taking the heat sink off and putting some good compound under it.

[x-boxer65]

I was just wondering what the recomened range in temp is for a hard drive and CPU.

I am running a 7200 seagate what would be the recomened fan speed.

[lookformeb]