Have been thinking of replacing the loud fan for a while. http://www.nexustek.nl/NXS-nexus80mmrealsilentcasefan.htm Would one of these do the trick? I've heard that a 12v mod is needed for replacement fans. Any ideas?
Any 80mm fan works with some modding, you dont need to do the 12v mod, its only needed if you want to run the fan at 100% all the time , but you can achieve the same thing with a modded xbox by tweaking the bios. http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/stealth-case.php or http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/80mm-fan.php just ignore the "Using "12v fan mod" method:" section as taping the ground wire to the side of the case is not ideal,rather run a molex to fan converter from the hdd power.
Bust out a handy-dandy dremel and mod the HDD tray and 80mm fan to fit. Test everything to make sure it fits before strapping the fan to the case (like I didn't do and thus had to sand down the DVD tray, too). I don't think think the 12v mod is necessary unless you want it to be louder. The 80mm fan at standard speed will move more air. Best mod ever. My $20 Xbox media player went from being the noisiest thing in my room to quieter than my slim 360.
If you have a v1.0 xbox, I recommend replacing the GPU fan with a better heatsink . This was the only model with 2 fans, GPU and case.
