Xbox 360 gets liquid cooling system

Itsme · 01-01-2006, 08:57 PM

Xbox 360 gets liquid cooling system
Posted by Stuart Miles

02 January 2006 - With some gamers still venting concerns over the running temperature of the Xbox 360, one company is hoping that its approach to solve the problem will be adopted by gamers across the globe.

The answer? Liquid cooling of course. CoolIT Systems has announced that it will be showing the worlds first liquid-cooled Xbox 360 in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show this week.

To provide gaming consumers with a high performance option, CoolIT Systems has designed a retrofit product that will transform the stock forced air cooling system with a state-of-the-art liquid-chilled system.

“Whether it’s a PC or gaming console, the avid gamer is constantly raising the bar for performance," said Geoff Lyon, CEO of CoolIT.

The Microsoft Xbox 360 has been the topic of much discussion since its release on Nov. 22, 2005 with many headlines being about problems related to the excessive thermal output of Microsoft’s latest gaming console product.

Pocket-lint will be attending the show in America from the 5–8 January 2006 with news updates from the show across the 4 days.

Hoser · 01-01-2006, 10:08 PM

This was on www.slashdot.com a couple days ago.

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl...id=211&tid=222

gear02 · 01-01-2006, 11:09 PM

I think that's "Phantom"-like, if you know what I mean

hotdog · 01-08-2006, 11:42 PM

This liquid cooling system would totally void whe warranty, non? I don't know that I'd want to void the warranty on a console that cost me just under half a G.

zero2dash · 01-09-2006, 08:55 AM

Since the initial "bad batches" of launch systems that were sold...there haven't been any newsworthy items about overheating/faulty systems, so, it's safe to assume that this was nothing more than problems with the initial run of systems.

01-01-2006, 08:57 PM	#1
Itsme Vice Admiral Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,813	Xbox 360 gets liquid cooling system Xbox 360 gets liquid cooling system Posted by Stuart Miles 02 January 2006 - With some gamers still venting concerns over the running temperature of the Xbox 360, one company is hoping that its approach to solve the problem will be adopted by gamers across the globe. The answer? Liquid cooling of course. CoolIT Systems has announced that it will be showing the worlds first liquid-cooled Xbox 360 in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. To provide gaming consumers with a high performance option, CoolIT Systems has designed a retrofit product that will transform the stock forced air cooling system with a state-of-the-art liquid-chilled system. “Whether it’s a PC or gaming console, the avid gamer is constantly raising the bar for performance," said Geoff Lyon, CEO of CoolIT. The Microsoft Xbox 360 has been the topic of much discussion since its release on Nov. 22, 2005 with many headlines being about problems related to the excessive thermal output of Microsoft’s latest gaming console product. Pocket-lint will be attending the show in America from the 5–8 January 2006 with news updates from the show across the 4 days.

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01-01-2006, 10:08 PM	#2
Hoser Commander Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, NE, United States Posts: 1,275	This was on www.slashdot.com a couple days ago. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl...id=211&tid=222

01-01-2006, 11:09 PM	#3
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	I think that's "Phantom"-like, if you know what I mean

01-08-2006, 11:42 PM	#4
hotdog Ensign Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6	This liquid cooling system would totally void whe warranty, non? I don't know that I'd want to void the warranty on a console that cost me just under half a G.

01-09-2006, 08:55 AM	#5
zero2dash Commander Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fenton, MO - but I wish I was at the beach. ANY beach. Posts: 1,367	Since the initial "bad batches" of launch systems that were sold...there haven't been any newsworthy items about overheating/faulty systems, so, it's safe to assume that this was nothing more than problems with the initial run of systems.

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