Talismoon Whisper Max fan is so good, it will make the Xbox 360 feel COLD, yes COLD!

[Zeus]

We've seen quite a few reviews which praise the original Talismoon Whisper fan for the Xbox 360, but few have surfaced regarding the follow-up product - the WHISPER MAX for Xbox 360. TW DeCeND of TXB has posted up a review of it notes that those who "are looking for a dependable, sensible, and affordable option that promises to keep the 360 cool and delivers. This is IT." After a few weeks of testing with the Whisper MAX, he found that with the NITRO mode on the fan, the Xbox 360 gets only slightly above room temperature and if his hand is moist after playing, the 360 actually feels COLD.

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OPERATION:

After a few weeks, I can say that my 360 exhaust while on NITRO mode is only slightly above room temperature, luke warm at best, and if my hand is moist from playing it actually feels COLD! The top of the xbox is often cool to the touch, somtimes faintly warm, compared to before it would feel quite warm at times. The lights on the back make a cool glow on the wall behind the xbox. The switch is easy to access(it sticks out of one the of the vent holes). And whenever I watch a movie I'll leave it on 5v for the noise factor. At 12v the fans are slightly louder than the DVD drive is on full speed, so you wont notice alot of difference while playing games. The LEDs that come in it are blue but the package contains Green and Red that are easy to change.

NOTE: I also own a Antec Laptop Cooling Pad and I have my 360 laying horizontally on it for complete air circulation on all sides of the xbox, I'm not sure how much this aided in the cooling, but both before and after impressions of the Talismoon fan were taken while using the Cooling Pad. So regardless of the pad, the Talismoon fans definately make a huge difference all by themselves.

You can see demonstrations of the finished product HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2X77rnnXNY&feature=related

Here is a video of the switch binding up and the fans momentarily losing power, just so everyone knows what I was trying to describe earlier(this guy doesnt have the external button to the switch installed so he has to use a tool to turn it on):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6XEsXSYYYg&feature=related

SCORE:
Ease of installation 7/10 (Nitro switch needed slight adjustment)
Looks: 10/10 (Can't go wrong when you can choose the color you want)
Cooling Ability: 9/10 (Stunning cooling ability, but because I didnt have a way to measure temperature I could not give it a perfect score)
Noise Level: 7/10 (12v mode is really loud, slightly louder than the DVD drive, but because you can switch it to silent mode at the touch of a button, its hard to argue with that kind of innovation)

CONCLUSION:

Ok sure, if you keep your xbox well ventalated with the temperature in your house a constant 73 degrees and dont play for longer than a couple hours at a time, then sure you probably don't need this fan.

But lets face it, not everyone can keep their console well ventalated because most of the time they get stuffed in an entertainment center shelf, and not everyone can keep their house 73 degrees because its getting hotter and hotter each year, and most of us who consider ourselves hardcore gamers, 2 hours isn't even close to good gaming session. So for those people, I offer the Talismoon Whisper Max Fan in the higheset regards towards a reliable, effective, and sexy looking cooling solution.


News Source: <A href="http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=591968" target="_Blank">TeamXbox.com</a>

[poisonousjuice]

"NOTE: I also own a Antec Laptop Cooling Pad and I have my 360 laying horizontally on it for complete air circulation on all sides of the xbox, I'm not sure how much this aided in the cooling"

way to jack up the whole review.

[pezjono]

I own one myself (Whisper Max w/ Nitro switch).
It really is a solid product. It certainly is not "cold" air blowing out (but then again, I don't really get sweaty hands like the reviewer mentioned). Only downside to it is the price and the fact you have to manually swap out the LEDs if you feel like changing colors.

After getting RROD once, I did the xclamp replacement with these fans and the 360 is rock solid. I even left it on for 24 hours once to get 1000/1000 for Timeshift (ya, I'm an achievement whore sometimes :p )

[naruto]

For what its worth, the review stated that he had it on the pad before and after the fan replacement so it was always part of the operating environment.

Too bad I don't trust the 360 enough to void the warranty, nor do I really like the banning policy. If I had the chance, I would put in new fans like those and probably take out the DVD drive and put it in a HDDVD drive's case to operate it externally... to match the style and line it with dynamat. :) One day the 360 will be reliable enough... or cheap enough for me to be willing to do that.

[alkalinetrio]

I used the original talismoon fans with the 12v mod on my launch console. It's the loudest thing ever, to the point it's unbearable.... BUT it feels like ice - even after hours of playing

[wiggim]

nitro mode is ridiculously loud. it don't prevent 3rlod by itself either.

[arnold101]

I used the original talismoon fans with the 12v mod on my launch console. It's the loudest thing ever, to the point it's unbearable.... BUT it feels like ice - even after hours of playing

in august? no. impossible, i've the 12v fan too

[xdanx]

Did anyone got ban on xbox live for using nitro mode?

[pezjono]

Did anyone got ban on xbox live for using nitro mode?

Nope, I have switched it on and off many of times while logged onto LIVE. Not banned.

[Fr0sTy]

Did anyone got ban on xbox live for using nitro mode?

i have the fan, use nitro every now and then. let this please be the last time.... THIS FAN OR ANY FAN MOD WILL NOT GET YOU BANNED!!! only devices with firmware such as the motherboard, or disc drive.

[xdanx]

Nope, I have switched it on and off many of times while logged onto LIVE. Not banned.

Someone told me that microsoft can detect the amount of power the xbox consumes and ban consoles assuming it's a modchip. How long have you had your fans? Sometimes they don't ban right away

[Cue]

I own one myself (Whisper Max w/ Nitro switch).
It really is a solid product. It certainly is not "cold" air blowing out (but then again, I don't really get sweaty hands like the reviewer mentioned). Only downside to it is the price and the fact you have to manually swap out the LEDs if you feel like changing colors.

After getting RROD once, I did the xclamp replacement with these fans and the 360 is rock solid. I even left it on for 24 hours once to get 1000/1000 for Timeshift (ya, I'm an achievement whore sometimes :p )

:eek: four letter "word" in that post worthy of a ban.
I kid, I kid.

[kronikdaddy]

Until recently the only mod chip was Maximus' 79 passkey(All others like globe360 don't count since only idiots used them) So i don't think they are scanning for mods, The FW mod on the drive itself does not use any more or less power leaving the only reason for voltage scanning being fan/led mods.

M$ has no reason to ban you for putting all the fans you want in your 360, The only thing you lose is your warranty. I could be wrong, If someone shows my where in the T&C it says you can't add fans/leds/change cases/paint the case etc i will however eat my shoes.

M$ had issues with their ban methods and some innocents got banned starting this rumor, There have been NO mass bans for almost a year.
I'm pretty sure M$ has been refining their methods and the new dash will let them introduce whatever code they want onto the console, We know they have messed with the boot code for the HDD install option so they could have done anything.

Most likely is they don't really scan for anything via hardware and look for the MANY differences in pressed and recordable disks still leaving fan mods totally safe.

[cory149]

Well, considering their whole basis for banning is keeping live integrity (cheaters and game modders out now! :D) I don't see why they would start banning for just any old thing.

Got a whisper max myself, can't say it's much quieter than the original (especially on turbo) but I do know that if I crank it up to high speed for a minute before shutting off the box I don't get any troublesome popping/snapping noises from the thing in the 10 minutes after I shut it off. Oh, I also modded my dvd drive so it's running at 8x, both the original and the max fans (on slow speed) are louder.

[pezjono]

Someone told me that microsoft can detect the amount of power the xbox consumes and ban consoles assuming it's a modchip. How long have you had your fans? Sometimes they don't ban right away

Since the Whisper Max first came out. What is it, a little more than a month now?

[Buddhainuk]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm


I got this and it looked like a good product and it looked like it was working well but after 20mins one of the fans burned out :(

thing is never had the chance to ghane it becuase of persanol problems.

[chyottone]

This is OLD.
Since the Whisper Max first came out. What is it, a little more than a month now?Heh, try January (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEAAyuEuFkNFQzIHhH.php). It will lower temps of your 360 like the older Talismoon models did, but it will not make it run ice cold. Maybe a little cooler (depends how hot the system runs to begin with), but cold or even ice cold? Yeah right, that's like saying that you can achieve better results with fans (air) than people with water cooling mods. :rolleyes:

[onyxx]

i have the fan, use nitro every now and then. let this please be the last time.... THIS FAN OR ANY FAN MOD WILL NOT GET YOU BANNED!!! only devices with firmware such as the motherboard, or disc drive.

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=93714

[pezjono]

This is OLD.
Heh, try January (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEAAyuEuFkNFQzIHhH.php). It will lower temps of your 360 like the older Talismoon models did, but it will not make it run ice cold. Maybe a little cooler (depends how hot the system runs to begin with), but cold or even ice cold? Yeah right, that's like saying that you can achieve better results with fans (air) than people with water cooling mods. :rolleyes:

My bad! I got mine over a month ago and have used it on and off since. No bannings. I still think that other story is full of sh!t.

It's always the "My friend got banned for doing this..." No hard evidence, no nothing.