Watercooled Wii Console is a Work of Art
Watercooled Wii Console is a Work of Art
Posted 04/06/2011 at 9:56am
| by Paul Lilly
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Let's forget for a moment that watercooling a Nintendo Wii console is about as useful as putting racing tires on a Pinto. After seeing what one looks like (a watercooled Wii, not a Pinto), we don't care. The final result is a thing of beauty that makes for a great conversation piece, even if it won't make Super Mario Galaxy load any faster.
Bit-Tech.net forum member "Angel OD" posted a multi-post worklog of how he got from point A (a stock Wii console) to point B (a tricked out Wii with watercooling), so if you have the time, money, and nerve, you can try to make your own. It took a lot of modding and machine work, but as far as water cooled consoles go, we have to give the nod to Angel OD for putting together one of the 'coolest' that we've ever seen.
You can follow the worklog here, or jump straight to pics of the finished mod here and here.
Image Credit: Bit-Tech forum member "Angel OD"
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toponsmar
September 22, 2011 at 2:05am
The watercooling console is a very good idea to cooling hardware.
And I also find some pretty nice liquid cooling system for pc.
http://www.topons.com/electronics-categories/computer-accessories/processor-cooling-case-fans.html
nealtse
April 11, 2011 at 7:28am
Why watercool a console that can't even put out HD? This isn't Xbox 1st revision. Don't get me wrong, he did a good job, it just feels like a waste :/
iceman08
April 07, 2011 at 4:57am
you all should also look into the xbox 360 laptops and ps3 laptops. that guy was insanely awesome
fallout330
April 06, 2011 at 6:46pm
It can do Netflix Lytesson...thats mainly what I used it for. This water cooling setup may help for those long hours of movie viewing on Netflix!
RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS
April 06, 2011 at 2:59pm
Will Nintendo send the Department of Homeland Security after this guy for modding their console? Oh, no--that's Sony. My bad!
Lytesson
April 06, 2011 at 1:28pm
too bad the Wii can't do anything usefull.. including video games
Props to this dude tho.. looks sick
Neufeldt2002
April 06, 2011 at 12:23pm
Giving credit where credit is due, that Wii actually looks good. If they all came like that, I might actually buy one.
iceman08
April 06, 2011 at 11:17am
I'll play goldeneye or ocarina of time on this. I'd even have this proudly displayed on my home entertainment center
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