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[nyxzimus7000]

Just wondering a couple of things,
1. What is the fluxuation in temp for the cpu and gpu?  And what is the optimal operating temp
2. what is the melting point for the solder they use in the 360?
3.what is the life span for the laser and motor?

Also is it bad to have too much cooling? because I put my own cooling system on it and it consists of 4 whisper fans so my console blows out Zero hot air. just feels like a fan is blowing on my hand, no heat what so ever.


This post has been edited by nyxzimus7000: Mar 13 2008, 05:02 AM

[ppajko]

My gpu temp is 42c to 44c peak.

Mods done:
shroud divider
12v
cpu fan
exhaust metal plate cut out and case plastic.

Anyone else running air, share your temps!

[scuba156]

1. not quite sure, i think around 50C but room temp takes a part in that.

2. alot higher than the heat the xbox 360 can produce.

3. any where between a day and 10 years.

having cool air coming out of your console is ok if you have good mods done as the air will not get a chance to heat up. i would only be worried if the air is cool on a stock 360 after a few hours.

[jopotus]

my temps are: gpu 40c-45c cpu 35c-38c

whispers @9v
etented fan shroud over gpu and cpu heatsink
exhaust metal grill cut out

[brandogg]

I believe the melting point of lead free solder is somewhere around 420 degrees Fahrenheit. Your case would probably start to melt at this point.

[nyxzimus7000]

QUOTE(scuba156 @ Mar 13 2008, 10:01 AM)

1. not quite sure, i think around 50C but room temp takes a part in that.

2. alot higher than the heat the xbox 360 can produce.

3. any where between a day and 10 years.

having cool air coming out of your console is ok if you have good mods done as the air will not get a chance to heat up. i would only be worried if the air is cool on a stock 360 after a few hours.

"3. any where between a day and 10 years." lol scuba so true.

[ppajko]

Anyone else would like to share their cooling mods and temps from air cooling ?

[Wilhelm_I]

QUOTE(ppajko @ Mar 14 2008, 03:59 PM)

Anyone else would like to share their cooling mods and temps from air cooling ?

I might do a proper temperature analysis later but after my setup I was quite surprised how much I could decrease the temperature of the heatsink
I recently got a transparent case and led kits.
However I cut a hole into the front right above my xcm-fan which I modified a bit so that it is closer to the hole
I put heatsinks on all chips that get any hot/installed thick thermalpads
I also replaced the case fan with a talismoon whisperfan which I 12Volted
I also did the fanshroud mod and an improved version of the airflow divider(just closed the remaining holes with tape) and I put tape on all the places where the fanshroud is open(over the whole gpu heatsink and cpu heatsink around the case fan and the part where the fan shroud doesnt completely touch the mainboard)
When I was done with all the stuff I touched my cpu heatsink after hosting a clanmatch of cod4 and it was as cold as it is when you turn the 360 on(room themperature)
So I took my termometer and fixed the sensor with tape at the lower copper part of the cpu heatsink.
Then I waited for a bit and played a few rounds of cod and after some time it was around 29°C most of the time it was rather 28°C though
This surprised me quite a lot as I remembered the thing to become bruning hot with the usual setup. So I plugged out all the fans to check out how fast the temperature of the heatsink rises because I feared to have used too much/few thermal compound...
However the thing became burning hot within less than a minute so I quickly turned it off
I will check the other temperatures as well when I find the time cause actually I am quite busy...

Here is a little picture:
(IMG:http://pics.foruni.de/save/p_1205509784.jpg)

*EDIT*
I also cut the exhaust grill out and the air thats coming out of my 360 feels very hot

This post has been edited by Wilhelm_I: Mar 14 2008, 06:06 PM

[nyxzimus7000]

Thats pretty cool Wilhelm_I exatct same way one my cases look exactly to the T. i even have wood laminate floors and white walls with my xbox sitting on the floor  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif).

[ppajko]

I would not worry as much on the CPU since it is the GPU that has this heat problem. I get 42 to 44c on the GPU.
CPU I get around 25c to 28c.

[scuba156]

CPU is also a problem too, unless you have a falcon.

testing temperatures from the heatsink isnt a 100% way to test the temps.

willhelm - if you have delta fans, i would suggest you use them instead of the talismoon, they move much more air, even at 7V

[Wilhelm_I]

QUOTE(scuba156 @ Mar 14 2008, 11:14 PM)

CPU is also a problem too, unless you have a falcon.

testing temperatures from the heatsink isnt a 100% way to test the temps.

willhelm - if you have delta fans, i would suggest you use them instead of the talismoon, they move much more air, even at 7V

Thanks for the advice, if the temperature of the GPU is too high I will try the original fans otherwise I will just leave it this way as it looks really good with the leds and I think they are a bit more quiet as well...
I 12Volted the fans of my friends xbox as well and I noticed it moved more air but this was after I did mine already however his is louder than mine...