equitypetey is a hypocrite

OK some of you may be aware that when i started on romulation i was a 360 hater (mainlybecause of fan boys and idiots), i couldn't stand anyone even mentioning the 360. i thought it was a badly designed over hyped piece of poop.
i always would argue that the ps3 is better and i do still believe that the ps3 does have more potential.

but.........

i have a 360 now

OK i know what your thinking "HYPOCRITE" but I'm not really, OK i bashed the xbox a bit but i still do think it is a badly designed piece of poop. and if i had my way I'd have a gaming PC but i don't have the money.

so here is how i ended up with a 360..
i am a moder, all consoles and the like, i mod so it looks good or plays backups or both. i wanted to build a new gaming PC, a really good one to play next gen games. the problem i have no money and the parts i want came to more then i could every afford....
i wanted to be able to play bioshock, assassins creed and more then i thought OK they are on 360 as well.
while i was in my hour of confusion my brother had been buying the RROD 360's off eBay, fixing them and selling them. so i thought "ah what the hell it will do me till i can afford my computer" and i went on eBay and bought a RROD 360 for £55 .
so i got this hunk of poop through my door and set to work.
firstly i did the X-clamp mod YAY i now have a working 360 for next to nothing then i thought OK i want to flash it so i did.... YAY i have a 360 that plays backups.
I'm a moder remember so i was not happy that it still was badly made and over heats so i put the upgraded fans in the back so now it moves more air, quieter and looks nice. then i cut the mesh from the back this allowed the air an easier flow and made it surprisingly quieter.
then i did the air flow mod, meaning i made it so that the air gets sucked through the heatsinks not over or around them and i blocked up any holes so suction is at its maximum.
then i thought what the hell lets mod it further so i took a drill and a saw to my case and after i bit of work bolted a PC fan on the top. now i have a 360 that stays cool.

its up on those spacers becuase if your not aware the ram sits underneath the motherboard so it just lets it stay a bit cooler.

 

Hey man, that's pretty awesome, if I ever get a 360 I'll remember to send it to you for modding, great job!

Okay, I probably won't ever get a 360

 

HYPROCRITE!

Kidding, nice going with the fan there. You should have got the Black Elite 360, looks way cooler. But I assume you just bought the core system, as it's a ripoff to buy the one with 20GB, and I don't think there's a Black Elite core..

 

Great job man, nice modding.

 

I like the fans and all but oh my.....you sawed off the gratings...

 

yeah it gives the fans easyer airflow as it doesn't need to push the air through the holes it also makes it quieter.
my 360 is basicly silent. i hated the sound of those fans that where in it before, all that WWWOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOHHHHH(sound of a noisey fan) drove me nuts.

now i have my free month on gold YES i am and i've decided i'm no longer going to build a gaming pc i'll build a media centre pc insted.

 

i know thats why i thought they sucked and didn't want one but its because of there stupidity that i got one for very cheap.
what gets me is why don't they look to the modding comunity. like the fans in the back, they are loud fans that move a small amount of air and the after market fans spin less but move more air. why not put better fans in, in the first place.
the answer to the question is cost but they have lost more money having to replace red lighters then if they just changed the way the make it. also they could have put better paste on the cpu and gpu and they could just bolt the heatsinks down rather then the x-clamp which is the cause of rrod problem.
also they made it so it can stand on its side so its verticle which is stupid again because the biggest intake of air comes for the bottom. also they shold of relesed a warning to not put it in a cabinate as it needs air flow around it.

 

Don't xbox live detect chipped and modded 360's?

 

I don't dare go on with mine and I don't know how mine was done, I'd be vigilant no matter what mod though...
equitpetey should most definately make sure his is safe first.

 

No it doesn't.

 

they have detected old flashes but mine is flashed with ixtreme 1.4 which is the most recent one and is still currently undetectible on live. i currently am playing on live with backups and i have not been banned but one day when microsoft can detect it then i will be banned but it won't happen for a while as the way they detected it before was that the flashed 360's drives ran at different speeds but the new firmware hides it.

 

what do you mean. if a new one comes out then yes if your 360 is already blocked it will make no differance

 

Yes it does. In Japan(Sony tries to block out all negative press about it. remember how they tried to block out the explding laptop batteries scandal?) 30% of PS3's were warping/melting disks(bluray disks ,DVDs, ps2 disks but especialy when used as a DVD palyer).

 

Thanks.

Anyways,and also, nice mod. But still, get a gaming PC. Spending money on a console that you later have to modify ain't worth it. but a 55 buck 360 is also ok, I guess.

 

nah not going to get a gaming PC now, well not for a while anyway, its not really worth it as the games i want are all on the console i have and i don't have the money for the PC i want to build. in time i will make a gaming PC but I'm happy at the moment.
also if i had the PC i would not be able to game online as i only really play "backups" and PC servers are a little bit more intelligent then xbox live.

just to add since i did the mod I've been putting my hand around the back to feel how hot the air is and its only just warm, its not even got hot yet even when (I've just completed halo3 don't have a go at me i actually liked it) I've been playing halo for 5 hours strait.

 

Halo 3 is awesome, I agree about multiplayer it's awesome! But multiplayer levels aren't big enough...