Original Xbox Nexus 70mm Silent Fan Review + Installation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2018
- IMPORTANT: this fan does not move as much air as the stock fan at the same speeds. I highly recommend increasing the fan speed to at least 60%. It is still pretty quiet at this speed.
This fan can be used as a drop-in replacement of the original Xbox fan and it does not require any modifications to the Xbox's case (like 80mm fans do). This video is an early review and installation guide. This video focuses on noise comparison and installation.
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I just busted my OG Xbox out of storage and installed one of these Nexus fans. Wow! What a difference!
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Turn up the fan speed just a little bit if you have a softmodded Xbox it'll overheat if you don't
I got this fan installed and put the fan speed at x3 instead of the default x1 fan speed in evox system settings.
I also removed all the metal except the upper bit to fasten the fan to.
Now it is quiet and it is also a few more degrees cooler.
59c stock
54c with new thermal paste (mx2)
46c after new fan :)
I'm getting 46c on my 1.0 Xbox, so I wonder what the temperature will be like once I swap the fan out.
Nice video, I hear using zip ties will fix the loose problem. Thanks
How much air is the silent fan moving and what are temps of GPU and CPU with new fan
They are FANtastic
Just ordered one of these from Amazon. It's coming to the UK from the US as I didn't see any over here... Thanks for the tip...
That black case is awesome. Haven't found an Xbox like that.
It's a Japanese Xbox called Skeleton Black edition I also have one
Great video. Costing me £12.50 each (I bought 2) inc. shipping from US to UK
The blue LEDs, awesome. Got a vid on that? (ill look around for it)
two and a half years later, how is your fan holding up? how often do you run it and for how long?
I've used a beQuiet Pure wings 80 mm in my OGXbox, which fits perfectly since you can easly clip the unneeded screw holders for it.
Dope, just what I was looking for.
Great video, a really nice upgrade for original Xbox. I would like to buy one here in the UK, but only place I can find it is Amazon but via the Global store, so you have to pay shipping & import fees on top making it £12 odd, which is a bit pricey for a small fan, anywhere have actual UK stock of it?
Damn, I need this...my modded Xbox at 10% fan speed is already too loud for me by now :X. I used to not mind it back in the day but nowadays my PC is basically silent and makes less noise when playing gfx-heavy games than my Xbox on 10%. Great video!
@John 4 months in, how is it?
So I did this mod, did you have to change any settings for the fan on a different dashboard? I just dropped it in and left it alone. Just wondering in case of overheating.
good info, but some bad angles to film from. Overall it was good and helpful. thank you
Definitely worth the update 👌
My fan don't clip down with the clips on the side. How did you get yours so snugged?
What is the temp difference? It doesn't sound like it moves as much air and being in a exhaust only config you need that pull. I have tried the Noctua and nope, no good, but recently tried a old AVC fan off a anthlon 64 heatsink and got better results with not much of a difference in noise.
Great find! With this fan, my OG Xbox is even quieter than my PS3 Slim/Superslim consoles!!
Is your nexus fan still working fine?
@@bomb447 Yes. It's a great find!
Can I ask you some advice please
You can fit 80mm fans if you're up to a little cutting and carving with a Dremel tool. 80mm fan mods are a must for my modded XBOX's.
Also, I cut away the shielding from the case to improve the fan flow by reducing obstruction. It helps with suppressing the fan noise as well.
i guess it's not that quiet it also runs much slower an takes less air flow... how hot does the console with the new fan get?
Great video
now this is a mod worth doing :D thanks bro.
Hello,
is it only the rear fan you changed in this video, which is responsible for this Noise? Or others Maybe like The dvd Drive?....greetings
There is only 1 fan in the xbox unless it's a version 1.0 xbox that will also have a fan on the gpu heatsink.
If you want your fan to be even less noisy, remove the sticker on its center,fill the hole with oil,then put the sticker back. This will reduce friction even more and it will be less noisy
These fans don't have the typical hole in the center where the sticker sits. I've removed the sticker in an attempt to shorten the wires.
I have a Xbox Crystal limited edition from 2002 and the motherboard is completely different from standard versions. I had to cut some plastic from the Nexus' fan case, I had to bent a piece of the radiator and I had to modify the fan's plug (2-pin vs 3-pin). So sometimes it is not so easy.
They all the same inside jackass only the plastic is special
@@at-cj2iy Get lost.
@@MrLawstorant he is right tho. They’re all the same inside except for the motherboard design and an extra fan on the heat sink of 1.0 revisions.
You said "upgraded" but then self-corrected to "aftermarket." While I do agree that aftermarket is not always an upgrade, if performance or experience is improved, it is the definition of an upgrade. I have 4 boxes that I did TSOP/RAM/SSD on that will be getting this.
Will the fanspeed stay at the settings i choose when in game?
I use evolutionX softmod.
unrealdevon sorta what I'm asking... I wanna fit a speed controller
They will until it goes over the temp it is set for then it increases speed automatically.
You have to use nkpatcher to set the fan speed in the softmodded bios I believe
Thank you
You ever do the fan speed test for cooling? You mentioned in another comment testing 60% vs the stock fan for cooling. Do you leave it at the stock fan curve or lock it to a fan speed?
I played through Halo 1 for several hours over the course of a week or two and I tried leaving it at stock speeds once or twice but it got noticeably warm so I switched it back to 60% to be safe and left it there. It still sounds a little quieter than stock fans at normal speeds. For me, it's still worth the mod. I have XBMC set to auto control the fan speed depending on temps, so games run it at 60% while XBMC runs at less than 10 usually (whisper quiet while watching movies). On a stock Xbox with a stock CPU, it could probably stand to be set to lower than 60% but the CPU upgrade makes it put out more heat so 60% locked is safer from what I've found.
By the way, in about 2 weeks I'll have another smoke Xbox and a few weeks after that I'll have a 1.4ghz motherboard, so I'll be able to cover this topic again later.
Awesome, thanks! Mine is still stock, cleaned it out and repasted the cpu/gpu last night, the fan is a little quieter but going to swap it with this fan. Will soft mod the Xbox next week since the HDD is sounding rough and I finally want to get around to soft modding and swapping HDD’s. Will see how stock speeds do, but will up the speeds if it gets too warm.
Dillon Sykes That's odd. I ended up swapping for this fan and have had no issues with heat. Is your xbox modded/softmodded? If so check the fan speed set in that. Mine is running at whatever is stock and it never goes over 56C from gaming (usually in upper 30's to mid 40's at idle). That is also running games off of a modern WD Blue. I assume the DVD drive and an older hdd would be a little hotter, but not enough to overheat. So either something is wrong with that particular fan you got or there is some other issue (software if modded, blocked airflow when you reassembled, need to reapply your thermal paste again, etc.).
How did you run games with a custom fan speed? The Xbox BIOS forces the fan to run at 20% for games and it can only be changed whilst inside XBMC or another dashboard.
I wish 70x25mm fans were more available, loads of older mATX PC cases are literally just the width of the ATX power supply, which means many of the exhaust fans are strange sizes, one of them being 70mm. I can get the cases for half the price of just this fan.
I have the same component cable... I wish I didn't sell my microsoftHD pack it looked better I did realize that until I had sold it
How much modifications would have to be done to run a 80mm fan? Really interested to know if its worth buying a bigger fan that does the same job?
Its not worth it
Its dumb as shit
Get a 70mm fan
@@at-cj2iy second this. I’ve done both. Never do the 80mm mod.
No problem with having 3 wires on the Nexus then?
Are they just 70x10? I modded my 360 to realise the fans were like 80x15's which is a sack. Looking to mod an original xbox now.
I don't care about loudness but do you reckon its possible to fit high rpm fan with a speed controller? Or will the mother board be like "nah you can't tell me what to do"...
Edit: didn't know you could test the speed with your dash
Doing that on a console it fuckin stupid
Is the nexus still working good for you? Thinking of getting a few.
bomb447 I’d like to know as well.
It works good iv had mine for 2 yeara still works
How do I change the fence speed of the Xbox I done it up 100% Inde de a-și bord Bat in Gameplay it slows down making my Xbox overheated
You have to be modded, hard or soft. I'm softmodded with Rocky5 and used his nkpatcher settings app to change the minimum fan speed. It works in game and in dash.
The real question is how are the temperatures like is the fan moving a sufficient amount of air to keep the gpu and cpu cool
I actually specifically avoided talking about temps because the Xbox I installed it into had a 1ghz CPU upgrade done to it, so my temps and fan settings would have been different than most people's. I do want to revisit this in a future video because it does indeed run hotter at stock fan speeds. This is why I usually recommend that people bump up fan speeds in their BIOS when using these or other aftermarket fans. I set mine to 70% during games (still pretty quiet) and "auto" when in XBMC (basically silent).
@@GoTeamScotch if i just want to upgrade a stock unmodded xbox would it still be an upgrade right out of the box?
Can someone help me find that fan in the EU.
I thought the music was aquatic mine from sa2 for a sec
When I put this fan in the caddy doesn't seem to fit, it was stupid o'clock so will try again without HDD!
It's ok it fits. DVD ROM caddy hitting fan header! Temps 65 degrees. Is dash temps more accurate against xbmc?
@@EXITMUSIC2011 change thermal paste
What speed should I have the fan at?, also what should the temperature be sitting at?.
Dont change shit leave it at normal settings
Long as you change thermal paste on xbox youll be fine
Really very silent fan. I don’ have it, but maybe it possible try to remove stock fan from his fix box and place silent fan in it for better fixation inside the xbox.
Can I see your Xbox mods? Like what have you all done?
Here's an album with most of the special cases I've done: imgur.com/a/0wYxqOR
@@GoTeamScotch I took a look, how did you manage to edit the boot screen?
The Fan on the original XBOX Sounds like a Fighter Jet.
No mention about the temperature results 😣
Sorry. This was done intentionally because the motherboard I was using had the CPU swapped out with an upgraded one and I thought my results wouldn't be indicative of stock motherboards.
I can say that temps at stock fan speeds are worse. The fan doesn't move the same volume of air at lower RPMs. I've used this fan on stock Xboxes and found that generally you should set it to about 50% fan speed to achieve comfortable temperatures. I set mine to Auto while in XBMC and 50% while in games.
To anyone bitching about high temps
Change the fuckin thermal paste on cpu & gpu
Installed this fan, now my temps are rising. CPU around 150+ MB around 115
Change thermal paste on cpu & gpu
This video is a bit on the old side of things and I had intended on doing a follow-up that I never got around to doing. Silent fans tend to not move as much air as the stock Xbox fan. As a result, in order to keep temperatures under control it is wise to increase your fan speed. I usually have it set to 70% while running games and then while in XBMC, I let it handle fan speed automatically. The method to accomplish this varies depending on which BIOS you have.
@@at-cj2iy did that about a year ago, coy temp was always around 120 with the og fan. Using a 1.6 Xbox
@@GoTeamScotch I’d appreciate a video on this I have noticed my temps are high as well!
Why are some many people bothered by fan noise now days? I miss the Turbine sound my old tower used to make.
Should disregard the arrows on that fan. The original fan sucks air in and blows across the CPU / GPU and out the sides. You will have better temps if you turn the other way also the sound will be slightly less.
Nice smoke box by the way. Cheers!
Fan should blow out not in your hard drive will overheat if it blows in
Not to mention how fast the dust would build up as well.
Your xbox... thomson dvd drive...smh