Xbox 360: Watercooling!

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teraflop122
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Post by teraflop122 »

Are you talking about heatpipes? If so, then I'm not surprised. Many CPU heatsinks have heatpipes built in these days.
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Post by omegabullit »

Teraflop got it, the 360 uses heatpipes. As far as I know part of the heatpipe comes in contact with the processors much like a normal heatsink would, except there is a channel within the heatsink that holds some liquid. When this liquid hits the part in contact with the processor, it cools the processor and is turned into a gas form, which travels along a thin tube. While going through the tube it condenses again so that the process can repeat.
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Wow, there's not much stuff in the Xbox 360! That motherboard is fairly simple...

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Post by Unidentified Assilant »

Portable X-Box 360 Ben?

I'll tell you what... I'll supply you an old Atari Lynx Belt designed to carry D-Cell batteries... :D
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Post by teraflop122 »

But...but...but that would be a perversion of the laws of nature AND physics!!!
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