Are those 3rd-party fans for game consoles really needed?

[froggyboy604]

I see a lot of these 3rd party console cooler fan accessories, but I sort of think they are a waste of 20-30 bucks since a regular fan you use to cool yourself during the summer cost about $20 - 30 dollars and you can use it to blow air directly on your console if your console was actually over heating.

Plus, I never experience a over heating issue with my PS2 or Xbox 360 yet, and I play it for hours each day.

The added noise probably would not be very nice to listen to either.

I guest if you put your consoles in a hot, poor air circulation room or on carpet then a fan might help.

Do you guys own 3rd-party fans for your consoles?

 

[Justin]

Well it depends on length of gameplay, if you play all day, you need an extra cooler..

 

[Shaymin]

It also depends on if you are picky. I'd never buy one of these, waste of money.

 

[Zenrer]

Well it depends on length of gameplay, if you play all day, you need an extra cooler..

Doesn't matter how long I play my Xbox, it stays cool, so technically that really is not true :great:

 

[Shaymin]

Well it depends on length of gameplay, if you play all day, you need an extra cooler..

Doesn't matter how long I play my Xbox, it stays cool, so technically that really is not true :great:

As does mine, I think it depends on the chip, I have a jasper chip now which keeps my xbox cool but the old 360s used to get really hot after a couple of hours.

 

[froggyboy604]

I have a Jasper chip on my Xbox 360 as well. I keep my console on top of a table in a cool room, so it gets plenty of air circulation.

I also live in Canada, so it is cold for most of the year.

 

[Raymond]

NO! You never want to do that!!! Never EVER put a fan next to your console, The point of that fan is to take the heat out not in! A regular fan would put it into the system hence making it all over heat and sooner or later RROD OR YLOD 🙂. Therefor never do that, ooh and never put next to a window.

 

[USHost247]

NO! You never want to do that!!! Never EVER put a fan next to your console, The point of that fan is to take the heat out not in! A regular fan would put it into the system hence making it all over heat and sooner or later RROD OR YLOD 🙂. Therefor never do that, ooh and never put next to a window.

Also, some 3rd party fans will void your Microsoft warranty. Just a heads up, never used one myself.

 

[Justin]

Well it depends on length of gameplay, if you play all day, you need an extra cooler..

Doesn't matter how long I play my Xbox, it stays cool, so technically that really is not true :great:

Some games make them overheat. I read online that older games do sometimes.

Also, fans do die or after a while don't work as fast or function correctly 😛

 

[NBK*Twitch]

I only think they are needed for the sony slim products.