Building a Sleeper Watercooled Xbox 360

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

its funny as a child I had writen down plans for a PC like this ! With all the consoles hidden inside and such. Later I even build custom brackets for the PCIE covers with the output for each console

[@dishy09]

19:23 "yes! yes! LESGO-" one of the funniest cuts I've seen from you Tommy

[@TommyHoughton]

I loved that one

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

okay now add a PS3 and Wii into this Case and you will have won the internet

[@TommyHoughton]

That could be really cool! I’ll write it down

[@Lurch-Bot]

You'd be surprised how many PC builders don't know how to drill out rivets. Neat project although a massive air cooler would be more my style. You do have the room for it. As for the urine colored coolant, no words. Was gonna say something about the rad mounting but you got that figured out. With tubes down, you don't have to worry about air in the lines.

[@TommyHoughton]

Good to know! Thanks for your comment

[@iXx4L]

"aye nice pc what inside of it" "xbox 360"

[@Kxx20]

Xbox: "Our console s are special, they are only work with the origina-" Random guy in the youtube:

[@CrociG]

Couple of tips. if you flip the board where the cpu would be on top, you might have been able to not need to route any of the aio cables. And the radiator might possibly been on the side panel on the back where you could've made a vent! Still love the project and it peeked my intrest!

[@TommyHoughton]

I really appreciate that! Optimising the design is something I'm looking into a bit more now as I plan to redo the original watercooling video in December, but with a lot more refinement and RGH modding too. A bit of an anniversary video haha. Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@justgo007]

One of the best, I really like what you have done, amazing Keep it up brother

[@TommyHoughton]

Thanks, Will do!

[@Jzxsot._.]

great video you should do something like this with newer xbox like one i feel like would work good would be the xbox one s it has a decent sized mobo in it

[@luisfonseca811]

Imagine if you could have a fan that had an RGB Xbox symbol when the fans turned on or just in general RGB symbol! That would be epic!

[@TommyHoughton]

That would be an awesome addition for sure

[@fionahoughton241]

The fluorescent liquid reminds me of how the Dr makes modifications to his TARDIS on Dr Who! Looks supercool, Tommy! Thanks for another great video! 😀

[@TommyHoughton]

Thanks Auntie!

[@mybsite5697]

The Jenk is what makes this sweet AF. 360 done right thanks to a bit of AliE lol.

[@ijustwanttobehappy8605]

this getting really cool

[@FrogyXbox]

loved this

[@TommyHoughton]

Thanks for watching this one! The positive feedback has been really nice. Cheers

[@mitchsterling3266]

The Winner 360. Job well done!. It's beautiful. Build me one next!

[@ucirello]

The green liquid is what goes into Rick interdimensional gun... Right?

[@TommyHoughton]

100% Glad someone finally made that reference

[@OlaftheGreat]

Hey if you're still reading comments on this video, what kind of waterblock and mounting brackets are you using here? I've been thinking about doing a similar project for ages now.

[@TommyHoughton]

I’m sorry but I don’t actually know, I purchased it all from a bundle that was sold locally. To find something similar, I’d try Amazon, Aliexpress or such to find them with the keywords you mentioned.

[@OlaftheGreat]

@@TommyHoughton Well in any case thanks for taking the time to answer me. Not everyone would

[@TommyHoughton]

@@OlaftheGreat no worries, best of luck finding the components! I stumbled upon them by chance when googling.

[@CameronModding]

If your e model has a corona motherboard and not Winchester you can rgh it and get temperatures from the built in sensors directly!

[@TommyHoughton]

Unfortunately it is a Winchester board. I plan on getting an older model preferably using corona to redo this project with the added benefits of rgh and such, and even better custom watercooling too. It’s going to be exciting! (ETA December) Cheers!

[@piotrbijak3545]

​​@@TommyHoughtonI am subscribing to see the update in december lol (edit, saw what looks to be a front panel for the slim so I'm hopeful)

[@TommyHoughton]

@@piotrbijak3545 I've got the slim console sitting in storage ready for then! My November project might get a bit busy, but the console video will be made at the quality I want, even if it takes a little longer. I want to release it on the anniversary of the original video haha. My plan is to take apart the console, 3D scan the circuit board and make a custom waterblock and enclosure for it. Should be a full on project. I'll be trying to shrink it down too. Cheers!

[@Easykillsbogus1]

Hey tommy where do i buy this water cooled system from ? 😊

[@TommyHoughton]

@@Easykillsbogus1 hey, sorry but I bought the watercooling stuff locally, however I’ve found one or two similar aliexpress listings in the past. The only thing I can recommend is having a good look there. *the console and pc case were also local but can be found just about anywhere Cheers!

[@pooooo52]

Front part has Great xbox logo . When u look at it. There x and a Box. Where u put the temp display at. Look like xbox logo.

[@cppctek]

This is cool af ❤ great work brother ❤

[@jakepower7797]

Just subbed do you have a link for the watercooling mount ,and if possible any of the wayercooling kit thanks 👍

[@TommyHoughton]

Your best bet would be to search AliExpress and/or Amazon, I purchased this kit from a local seller; I believe they combined a variety of parts, unless they ordered it custom from China. I spent some time trying to find another one but was unable to. I hope you find it. Cheers

[@jakepower7797]

Appreciate the help. Thanks a mill

[@TheTrueFundy]

xbox turned to pc ,sick

[@codered2014]

thats really cool, do one next but with an original ps3 that has linux and maybe it could be a full pc haha

[@pooooo52]

When someone built 360 in pc. He put metal casing from 360 in it for molting it in the pc case

[@3ofSpades]

Ok, you played one video game. And it’s crysis 3. Good choice, that’s the kind of thing I was talking about last time. If you do revisit this, I would like to see more than one video game being played for 1 minute at the end, but beggars can’t be choosers, I guess. This is a Frankenstein’s monster Xbox 360 with Mountain Dew tanks for cooling, not just any old piece of metal with green and blue on it. Personally, I would like to see a test of how long you could keep this console on during a game before it freezes. That’s about the only serious issue I ever had with the Xbox 360, so I’m interested in how much water cooling would affect this. That thermometer on the case was also a good idea. Might want to look into that and gameplay some more.

[@TommyHoughton]

I’ll do a dedicated short on the runtime of the console, It seems to be performing better with the radiator tubes at the bottom. I did have a bunch of game footage, but was unsure how much to include. I’ll keep you updated!

[@3ofSpades]

Uh, more than a minute dog. If you’re needing to make your KZbin money, then you could easily make a 10 minute video where you play 5 super demanding games with 2 minute sections each. This isn’t a hard task. I could think of that in 2 seconds. I’m not the one who has the crazy console here, I’m just watching you do anything except play video games on a video game console. I feel like I’m Dr. Evil telling you that you just don’t get it. This isn’t a candy bar wrapper you’re supposed to throw away when you’re done with it. If you have a bunch of game footage, maybe you can use it to make $2 more from the ads. I mean, if you want to get a cheap capture card so you don’t have to record your tv on your phone, they sell them at your local Walmarts or Best Buy for $20. I guess that’s probably more like your local micro center or tesco for 20 pounds if you’re in Europe. Same difference.

[@TommyHoughton]

I think that would be an excellent follow up video, I'll start ordering some of the recommended games. I'll try get, GTA V, perhaps Far Cry 3, battlefield, and Skyrim (or Halo 3 *or COD). I've got one of those cheap hdmi to usb capture cards that is tested and working with the console, I'll definitely be using it next time. Sorry for not understanding and showing more gameplay, I kept telling myself it was a build video, and I was worried that if I had too much game footage, it might get boring. Stupid on my end. I appreciate your opinion! I have a big video I'm working on currently, but once it's complete, (or I need to take a break from it) I'll get straight onto the "Stress Testing Video," I'll keep you updated. Thanks again. *edit found a good deal for a bundle of games that I'll get ASAP including: Mass effect, Elder Scrolls IV, Skyrim, Far Cry 3, Battlefield 3, COD BO, COD MW 2 and Borderlands.

[@3ofSpades]

@@TommyHoughton Sounds like gaming time alright. I might recommend playing Halo 4, Titanfall, and Metal Gear Solid V if you can find them. Those games are some real graphical showpieces from the end of the gen, and really pushed some crazy upper limits. Especially MGSV, that Xbox 360 port was crazy.

[@Denisstrix]

its only a problem with the pipes up when u use AIO watercooler yours is costum your pump is directly connectet to the reservour so no porblems

[@TommyHoughton]

Good to know, thanks!

[@AlieNateInc]

This looks sick. Although the somewhat crooked motherboard is bugging my ocd😂

[@DIOS_PRIMERO]

Pretty cool mod

[@TommyHoughton]

thanks! I’ll be redoing it this December 😄. Cheers

[@CollinSpelbring]

Working on a project like this, but the Xbox is powered off a PC power supply I love doing stuff like this

[@demonprincess5634]

pretty cool

[@patriciawielk9931]

What happened to all of the Xbox 360 back ports and front ports there should be four USB ports two on the back and two on the front and you’re missing the Kinect sensor back port

[@TommyHoughton]

I believe they’re all there, I just don’t have access to them. That’s the main flaw with this design. I plan on remaking the first project in December with as few flaws and as many improvements as possible. We’ll see how it goes. Cheers

[@kevinlusdanar8316]

Install rgh 3.0 into it and boom youre getting a beast 360 console

[@KatLitic]

Is that a home build printer?

[@TommyHoughton]

Unfortunately not, I buy all of my printers used and slowly upgrade them over time. While I don’t remember which printer I used in the video, If it’s the “broken printer,” I have a series on my channel on how I took it from broken to upgraded and printing well. Cheers, Tommy

[@tez1seven]

Nice man 👍

[@TommyHoughton]

Thanks!

[@chris3dp]

Great jod! Bro

[@TommyHoughton]

Thanks Chris! I really appreciate it!

[@jacobptree]

should of modded it

[@TommyHoughton]

Can’t on this model, but I plan to on a different one in the future.

[@Hougx26]

Do you intend to do a watercoling on a PS4 Pro??

[@TommyHoughton]

Not at this current stage. Perhaps sometime in the future though.

[@mitchsterling3266]

A lot of people don't realize that when you get rid of HDMI and stop using it, your console starts getting 120 frames per second.

[@TommyHoughton]

What do you mean? Is this because of the limitations of the HDMI version that the console uses, so when it’s not connected to a display it technically runs at a higher fps? Or am I misunderstanding. Thanks for your comments!

[@mitchsterling3266]

@@TommyHoughton the Xbox 360 was engineered without HDMI. Non of the early consoles had it yet. It was invented to run on the rgb/audio cable with a tv from that same period, so most games like GTA IV COD WAW, etc. 2006, etc. They will display a faster picture and more content if you don't use HDMI.

[@TommyHoughton]

That’s great to know, thanks for explaining!

[@mitchsterling3266]

To get the best experience you need the original 20gb HDD with a premium chip set console from 2006 that is non HDMI and run the game directly off the CD to see things you have never seen before. The problem is that these original machines, hard drives and disks are passing away rapidly, so if you don't have all of that, you will have some missing game content but you should natively run on the rgb cables. The original 2006 20 GB HDD with it's sibling consoles unlocks original Xbox games and additional in game textures, models, and animations for certain 360 titles. I figured this out recently.

[@mitchsterling3266]

@@TommyHoughton Back in the day, fps was based on different brands of CD. People would wait outside for stores to open on black Friday to get stacks of CDS to burn games on. The idea was, the nicer the CD , your disk player didn't work as hard, the better load times made of for fps, not the CPU or GPU temperature. I was hardcore hotswapper back in the day and I drank a lot of mnt dew. The entire websites I used to chat on with my friends got completely taken down. But I urge you to try burning your own games for the 360. It can be a lot of fun.

[@raresoupninja]

Why not cut the Xbox power cable splice the ATX psub12v rail power the Xbox with the atx and use a non momentary switch to turn on and off the PSU might wanna add a ceramic resistor in line but ya get rig of the power brick

[@TommyHoughton]

I was considering using the atx, but I knew the current setup would work without issue, so I didn’t want to try something new on a short timeframe.

[@h1r0uwuu]

The xbox might get mad since iirc with original psu the xbox takes 5v for standby and only tells the psu to give 12v with the power enable pin when it needs to turn on.

[@raresoupninja]

@@h1r0uwuu both e and s can run off atx psu 12v rails its been a hot minut since i built my water cooled 360 in a pc tower but its easy peezy if i figured it out 10 years ago when i had no idea about electronics lol but the e and s models for sure can run off atx no issues

[@h1r0uwuu]

Ok this one is much better than the previous one. Really not much I can criticize this time, maybe the temps still being inaccurate and you calling rgh a softmod (it is actually a hardmod since you need to solder stuff). Except that all I can say is get a different motherboard revision so you can actually take accurate temp readings and you can probably relocate the eject button to the top of the case so you can eject manually instead of having to do it thru the dashboard.

[@TommyHoughton]

Yeah, monitoring coolant temp wasn't what I wanted originally, but having some "indication" was a must in my opinion. You're right about rgh, I'll make note of that for next time. I really want to do this project again with a slim model or such, as it gives me a chance to either do internal watercooling, or ditch the disk drive to install games locally on the HDD and make the console as this as possible, similar to DIY Perks' PS5 watercooled build. Thanks for your comments!

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

okay why not use the original pc powersupply instead of the xbox powersupply ?

[@laptopaccount-q4q]

maybe cs it might not be compatible

[@TommyHoughton]

I was considering it, but I knew the previous power supply would work well and require no altering. It would have been nice to use though, but beyond my ability.

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

@@TommyHoughton would be more "sleeper" I run a bunch of my consoles from a modified old pc powersupply on my bench

[@sykoteddy]

Funny, at least your old graphics card had fans, which means it was probably way more powerful than those I found recently, which only had hatsinks. Btw, are you sure you didn't hurt yourself the way you ripped all those components out? It surprices me you didn't use any plastic straps at all, I thought that would be the final solution for the power socket in the back. Truthfully I'm a lot more hard on myself to make it look good and to make it perfect, so sad enough many times I just don't finish it because of that. So I guess it's good with someone like you who are a lot more "it looks awful but it works". Hope you don't get offended dude. EDIT: I didn't realize it was meant to be a sleeper / not so inviting when I wrote the comment.

[@TommyHoughton]

No worries at all, I appreciate your comment!

[@choice_mop1]

Can it run windows

[@TommyHoughton]

no :( Thanks for watching!

[@123100ozzy]

time to get it modded and add an ssd

[@TommyHoughton]

That’s the plan for later this year. Gonna be exciting. Cheers

[@Hougx26]

make a video about overclocking fps in gta 5 or another game

[@TommyHoughton]

I’m planning on doing a video on testing gameplay on a bunch of games, hopefully that can be released soon. I won’t be doing any overclocking or anything, just playing and measuring temps.

[@Hougx26]

@@TommyHoughton I understand, but I think it's good to see a comparison with and without overclocking

[@TommyHoughton]

@@Hougx26 I’ll look into it and see what I can do :)

[@TheMusicTheorists]

please turn a Wii into a Laptop!

[@TommyHoughton]

That's a cool idea, I'll look into it!

[@laptopaccount-q4q]

2ND

[@TommyHoughton]

Preciate it!

[@laptopaccount-q4q]

THE ELETRIC LEGAND ACTUALLY ANSWERED@@TommyHoughton

[@leoashcroft602]

rar

[@PSGSKITTLES]

Will deff be doing this will alllllllll my extra parts🫶 do you have a discord?

[@TommyHoughton]

Good luck! I don’t have a discord; It’s not in the plans currently. Cheers