Baggashite Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) I was doing HDD swaps on the OG, and noticed the GPU cooler was getting quite hot, so I decided to draw up and print a shroud to keep the chips cool while I worked on the boxes,and came up with this: It made quite a difference to the temperatures, especially the GPU. It was only a temporary measure, to cool the GPU while I had the box apart, and when I tried to fit the drives back in, neither would fit, so I decided to have a go at making a shroud that would fit with the drives installed... Nightmare! Those things are really close to everything. I printed a few designs, to try to get one to fit perfectly, and I finally managed a couple of designs that allowed both drives to fit perfectly, but it meant losing the ramp to the GPU cooler. This was the first one: This one meant there was a little bit of cutting involved on the DVD cradle, so I designed another, which I won't post, because neither of them worked worth a shite. The one in the picture dropped the CPU temp by about 1 degree at idle, while the GPU temp stayed the same. The gpu cooling would have been much better if I didn't have to lose the ramp in order to fit the DVD drive, so I'll probably make one for my DVD drive-less box, but what an absolute waste of time! Although the original one did work well Edited March 28, 2021 by Baggashite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Baggashite said: It made quite a difference to the temperatures, especially the GPU. The GPU is actuality the mother board temp, the temp senor (U6F1) is in-between the MCPX chip and the clock cap. But I like the idea and it might be useful for a slim build. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggashite Posted March 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 9 hours ago, SS_Dave said: The GPU is actuality the mother board temp, the temp senor (U6F1) is in-between the MCPX chip and the clock cap. But I like the idea and it might be useful for a slim build. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. For some bizarre reason, I assumed 'GPU temperature' was referring to the GPU temperature... What a strange thing to call it. In that case I have no idea what difference it made to the actual GPU temperature, but the GPU cooler was much cooler. I think I'm going to have to try this again, with temperature probes attached to the coolers, as I'm starting to question my own sanity now, because it should definitely have made a noticeable difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 2% fan? that efficiency is insane my slimbox CPU has a little shroud made from a cheez-its box.. *shrug* the temperature drop was good though so I can't complain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoTeamScotch Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 That's pretty clever. I usually use plastic cards or some janky solution like that when I have mine all disassembled and powered on. Can I buy one from you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xicat487 Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Even if it was a failure I would still like the STL files to play with. I always thought this was a interesting Idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nier Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 @Baggashite The first shroud that you took a picture of and posted would actually work for me. Could you share the 3D print design with us please? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggashite Posted April 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) On 4/4/2021 at 10:52 AM, GoTeamScotch said: That's pretty clever. I usually use plastic cards or some janky solution like that when I have mine all disassembled and powered on. Can I buy one from you? My printers are flat out printing things at the moment, but I've attached the .stl for the print in the first picture. It should print fine without supports. I'd use PETG or ABS, but PLA would probably be OK, so long as your box isn't too hot. I might have a bash at a full redesign. I'm just waiting for some thermistors to arrive, so I can test the actual temps of the sinks, and see how effective the designs are. Edit to add... This one will not work with the HDD or DVD drive installed. cooler-shroud-upright.stl Edited April 5, 2021 by Baggashite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booooo7 Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 The first one would also work for me but I have a 1.1 and the GPU has a fan, would a shroud be out of the question or just make it taller? I guess I'll have to remove the fan and test if the shroud lowers the temps. Got two temp displays coming so I'll be able to install a probe to both the CPU and GPU and get an accurate reading. Thanks Baggashite, I was looking to install some kind of better heat sink but the shroud idea might be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 What's labeled in many replacement dashboards as the GPU temperature is NOT. The Xbox's GPU has no temperature sensor on it. The temperature displayed is that of the ambient air temp inside the case near the ADM1032 dual-temp sensor located at location U6F1 on the motherboard near the nVidia MCPX chip. This chip also connects to the CPU's thermal diode to process the output for monitoring the CPU's temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booooo7 Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 11 hours ago, KaosEngineer said: What's labeled in many replacement dashboards as the GPU temperature is NOT. The Xbox's GPU has no temperature sensor on it. The temperature displayed is that of the ambient air temp inside the case near the ADM1032 dual-temp sensor located at location U6F1 on the motherboard near the nVidia MCPX chip. This chip also connects to the CPU's thermal diode to process the output for monitoring the CPU's temperature. That's good to know, I'll be installing individual temperature probes to both the CPU and GPU to make sure of any temp changes from current state and after shroud install. I'm going to apply some kryonaut to both as well to maximize results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 Its interesting to see what benefits are acheived. I always thought the original set up could do with improvement. Its not as bad as the Phat 360 cooling which is just shite, but push the OG on a hot day and it still gets warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 This combined with a Noctua fan mod and you'd have a nice efficient cooling system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakmanultra Posted October 23, 2023 Report Share Posted October 23, 2023 Does anyone have this stl file anymore? This is exactly what I need for my crystal 1.6 build. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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