Otaku Chat “How Can I Make My XBOX 360 Quieter?” by John Booty John Booty 16 months ago on 01/15/12 Equipped: Sparkledonkey's Gallbladder Sweetums said: Yeah! This is super true. I have the PSU stashed under the cabinet (there's still airflow and it's a hardwood floor, not plush carpet) and the 360 is in behind a set of thin closed cabinet doors. But the sound reflects out of the back of the cabinet, which I left completely open for airflow purposes. I suppose I could put something sound-dampening inside the cabinet. But I don't know too much about that. I know there's that Dynamat stuff for car audio but it's like twelve million dollars a square foot. PS: Malkiah said: It's almost entirely the fan itself, not vibrations from the cheap particleboard cabinet. It's basically that high-pitched "whine" that cheap computer fans make. I'm pretty familiar with it from years of PC hardware. The 360 is designed so fucking retardedly. Instead of one nice big quiet fan on the side, it's two 70mm fans. Smaller fans always make more annoying, high-pitched noise. I found out it does use a standard 3-pin PC fan power connector, but there aren't a lot of DUAL 70MM FANS out thurrrrr so unless you do some serious case modding you can't use a standard PC fan.  tranoid no ki 16 months ago on 01/15/12 Equipped: Embarassing Yaoi Fanfiction by LostDecoy named "The Adventures of Junun and Dio"  WWNSX 16 months ago on 01/15/12 Equipped: Bar of Soap named "1st Rule of OB Club:You Do Not Talk About OB Club!" They're discontinued now so it's hard as hell to find these which is a shame i think but I'm mentioning this for you're aware of it
Honestly your best bet would have been to buy a Lian Li xbox360 mod case when they came out. Because this sounds quite as fuck for me. http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=5598 Video from that thread http://youtu.be/BfJ7XCZLydI may want to check this out as well XBOX 360 Whisper Fan Replacement http://youtu.be/gonYRviSDNg Standard PC fans used to be 80mm before the 360 came out and newegg does sell single 70mm ones but I'm sure it's impossible to fit those square fans in there without a lot of modding or if there is some wiggle room in there maybe zip tying it in place would help  Rexall 16 months ago on 01/16/12 Equipped: Totoro Plushie named "when i think of you...ooooh..." Straight Baby Thighs said: I have that fan, it's LOUD..and contributes to RROD John Booty 16 months ago on 01/16/12 Equipped: Sparkledonkey's Gallbladder WWNSX said: Yeah I don't really want to spend more than a few bucks on this. $150 for an XBox case... hahaha. Ooooookay! I think I'll try cleaning the inside of the 360 and soundproofing the cabinet a bit.  Put A Bird On It! 16 months ago on 01/16/12 Equipped: N00dz of Sephiroth named "(meow)" Install Linux.  Skewdles 16 months ago on 01/16/12 Equipped: Toothbrush named "Finn, Jake & The Jiggler's Toothbrush Dance" Jizanthipus said: Problem solved! | Geek dating and social networking for awesome people.OtakuBooty is where smart, funny, sexy nerds meet. Creating an account is free. Full membership is $4/month or $15/year. Cheap! Press People. Need material? Cover OB for your site, blog, podcast, magazine, or what-have-you. More info » Want Your Stuff Reviewed By OB? Just send us your press releases and requests to review your products. |
