Water Cooled Xbox 360 to Solve Red Ring of Death

New Xbox 360 chassis launched

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Lian Li, a Taiwanese manufacturer of PC casing, has announced the release of the PC-XB01, a new chassis for the Xbox 360 that could - it claims - solve Red Ring of Death problems.

Let's look more closely: the chassis is designed to 'alleviate' over-heating problems, as well as reduce noise from disc drives. The technical specs that will enable the PC-XB01 to do this run as follows - “The PC-XB01 is 160 x 250 x 415mm (W, D, H), giving lots of space for copious cool airflow. The 120mm (1500RPM) rear fan draws off the heat from inside the case effectively and silently, while the ODD region is encased in stylized foam to reduce noise experienced from spinning disks in standard units.”

The chassis also features holes for water pipes to provide added cooling should you desire to use them.

Lian Li also tells us, “The stylish exterior gives your product a sense of class and will fit in with almost any living room environment.” SPOnG's not quite convinced we'd go as far as “stylish”. It's all right, if you want your living-room to look a bit post-industrial...

In any case, if the PCXB01 does what Lian Li claims, it could well prevent RROD errors for its users. That can't be a bad thing, can it? Well, it could, actually. As you might expect, some DIY is required, which automatically invalidates your warranty. So, it might reduce the chance of overheating, but should anything else go wrong, you're up the brown creek without corporate support. Might be best to wait until your warranty's expired...

To be frank, it's really just a PC chasis that's been tweaked though.
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Comments

SuperSaiyan4 14 Aug 2008 11:06
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What rrod problems??? All 360's now don't have this issue, old news off rrod issues *yawn*.
Twoozle 14 Aug 2008 11:15
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SuperSaiyan4 wrote:
What rrod problems??? All 360's now don't have this issue, old news off rrod issues *yawn*.


All 360's don't have RROD?

Hilarious, really really really brilliant satire. I fall more in love with your whack(y) snese of humor every single minute of every day.

You should go into showbizniz.


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mrAnthony 14 Aug 2008 11:46
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yeah he's a regular tony clifton
schnide 14 Aug 2008 11:49
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SPOnG wrote:
To be frank, it's really just a PC chasis that's been tweaked though


To be frank, the 360 is really just a PC that's been tweaked in a console chasis.
deleted 14 Aug 2008 18:45
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To be Fred a PC is a tweaked PC in a PC chassis
headcasephil 15 Aug 2008 05:27
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SuperSaiyan4 wrote:
What rrod problems??? All 360's now don't have this issue, old news off rrod issues *yawn*.

why am i replying to you i do not no but hay get the f**k off your 360 cloud as i am on my 17 360 i think there is a little problem hay i keep 2 360 just in case stop being a prick and grow up. and before you say 360 better than ps3 thay both got problems they both got good
djdoubt03 15 Aug 2008 06:13
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phil cort Wrote: i am on my 17 360 i


dude time to maybe buy a ps3?

schnide 15 Aug 2008 10:39
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haritori wrote:
To be Fred a PC is a tweaked PC in a PC chassis


Damn you and your seductive subversion!
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