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You'll know you bought a quality product as soon as you open the box. I was thinking of buying this months and months before I did. It's great to feel satisfied. Triple fan cut in and flush with my cabinet directly behind my F-14 exhaust of my Xbox One X with downward airflow. Second triple fan built in to a cut out I made on a shelf about 8 above the Xbox again with airflow facing down. Yea it's against thermal dynamics but with the CFM this has I'm not worried about it. It's efficient enough for sure. The temperature probe and simplicity of the control module is great. At 85 it simply kicks on to the speed I chose and cuts out when it hits 83. Of course those numbers suits me and seems fine. So so worth the money. Fan sound ranges from quiet to noticeable. I play with a headset on and the hum is a small inconvenience to know my Xbox isn't overheating. It fits well with our furniture setup.
Bought other blasters before but works only with specific grain of abrasives. Should have bought this first as this is economic and works with almost all the abrasives including Black Diamond abrasive It fits well with our furniture setup. It fits perfectly in our space.
Xbox One is a fantastic gaming system, but man, does that little black box get hot! Especially after 12-16 hours in Fallout 4. Yes, the XB1 has a large internal fan, but it's lethargic: it draws a small volume of fresh air and pushes out an equally small volume of hot air out the top. Some say this is enough: 'That's way they designed it!' I know, I've read all those articles (and so have you, I'm guessing). But you're reading this review now because, like me, you've come to realize that 'design myth' is just that: a myth. I'm being polite here; you may have another word for it. Put simply: That box is too damn hot. And heat is killer for high-end electronics.
My solution is simple and relatively inexpensive (especially considering the cost of a new XB1). It's also two-pronged:
PART ONE: This fan. Place it on top of the exhaust vent to help pull hot air up and out. (Use a deflector to redirect air flow if your XB1 is in a cramped location like a bookcase.) Fan can use one of the two USB slots on back of XB1.
PART TWO: (and this is important) A side vent fan of some sort. Blowing in. Another 120mm sitting on the outside? Maybe. It's so quiet, I may try that. The fan I chose however was the DOBE integrated side-vent fan. Available on Amazon. (There are several fans of identical design which makes me think there's one manufacturer and many distributors - I chose DOBE because their ad was almost in English). Snap out the old vent/dust cover (use a thin butter knife and throw out the plastic pry included) and then snap in the fan unit. It's a good fit and utilizes the side USB port (I didn't even know it was there). The design gives you back two USB ports to compensate but I haven't tried them (I've read there may be data transfer issues vis-''-vis external HDDs but that's beyond the cooling focus here).
The two fan approach works quite nicely for me: At the end of a 12-hour Fallout 4 session recently, I lifted the top fan off and put my hand right on the exhaust vent and could barely discern the heat. What a difference!
DOWNSIDE? Only from the integrated side-vent fan: A slight fan-hum is audibly discernable even on the low setting. I think I can live with it though given the results. The AC Infinity fan on the other hand is whisper quiet. When the DOBE stops working I may just buy a second 120mm and stick it along the side vent and see how that works. Hope that helps all you XB1 gamers out there have a cool summer! It fits well with our furniture setup. It fits perfectly in our space.
