Post by: nyxzimus7000 on March 12, 2008, 09:50:00 PM
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
Post by: ppajko on March 13, 2008, 10:27:00 AM
Mods done:
shroud divider
12v
cpu fan
exhaust metal plate cut out and case plastic.
Anyone else running air, share your temps!
Post by: scuba156 on March 13, 2008, 12:01:00 PM
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.
Post by: jopotus on March 13, 2008, 12:13:00 PM
whispers @9v
etented fan shroud over gpu and cpu heatsink
exhaust metal grill cut out
Post by: brandogg on March 13, 2008, 01:52:00 PM
Post by: nyxzimus7000 on March 13, 2008, 06:09:00 PM
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.
Post by: ppajko on March 14, 2008, 08:59:00 AM
Post by: Wilhelm_I on March 14, 2008, 11:02:00 AM
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
Post by: nyxzimus7000 on March 14, 2008, 12:37:00 PM
Post by: ppajko on March 14, 2008, 02:31:00 PM
CPU I get around 25c to 28c.
Post by: scuba156 on March 14, 2008, 04:14:00 PM
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
Post by: Wilhelm_I on March 14, 2008, 04:21:00 PM
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...