xbox 360 nyko intercooler review

[pchan3k]

Hi ya'll,
Finally got the time to post up a review of this thing. This little intercooler thing does help with the heat with 3 strong little fans that are a snap to attach (no tools needed and no cracking open your precious xbox 360). There is also a switch in the back just for the fans to turn on and off whenever you feel like you need it. You are better getting it off of ebay or something because retail price for this was like $30 (bestbuy? I think). Now the bad news. A lot of people have complain about the noise but it doesn't seem to bad after you've had it on for a bit and you can just turn up your tv a little bit if it bugs you that much. I have my xbox 360 under the tv/entertainment center cabinet that's pretty open air (no cabinet doors) and it does get hella hot where I'm at (California during the summer in a two-story house with no A/C), so it does help. I don't think the noise is that big of a deal, you would have to have a tiny 13 inch tv for the intercooler to be noiser than the tv, but then why are you playing your xbox360 on a 13inch tv anyway. I would recommend this device for those in hot climates, ease of installation, a on/off switch when you don't need it and the noise isn't that big a deal. Just shop around you could probably get it for $10-15 without shipping cost. Hope this review helps, Kusanagi out. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Johnny]

I bought one of these as well. Works fantastically well with only a very small amount of heat on the console after a few hours play (usually takes about half an hour without it on for it to heat up a lot).
The noise is terrible though. The 360 on it's own isn't too noisy (at least when it's not being compared to the PS3) but the racket this thing creates is really annoying as, like you said, I need to turn my TV way up just to hear it.
In the end though, if it keeps my 360 alive for longer I'm happy with it.

Just one word of warning, there have been reports lately (think I read it on Kotaku) of these fans burning themselves out and catching fire. Nyko are apparently replacing any 360s destroyed as a result but it's worth keeping in mind.

[ape2020]

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johnny said:
Just one word of warning, there have been reports lately (think I read it on Kotaku) of these fans burning themselves out and catching fire. Nyko are apparently replacing any 360s destroyed as a result but it's worth keeping in mind.

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Yup MS is not too happy with it here is one opinion on it and rumors it actually shortens the life of your 360:

Xbox 360 Nyko Intercooler (http://www.gwn.com/articles/article.php/id/813/)

Heck while not needed they plan on a PS3 version as well.

-chimp1010

[indigo0086]

I wouldn't buy a potato gun from nyko