flibberdipper

Ah yes. AI the new hotness. I will not be using that feature.

Good thermal paste will help for sure, but where yours is a Jasper they're one of the most bulletproof revisions that's been made to the 360 hardware so thankfully you don't need to worry a hell of a lot.
 
As for what the best GPU cooler is, the best one is the second revision one that has that random ass appendage sticking off it (so NOT the shitty Xenon/Kronos/Jasper V2 one). The better CPU cooler is the denser heatpiped one, but on a Jasper (and even Falcon) the plain jane aluminum one is just fine.
 
I've got a weird warranty console that will be an interesting test of time. It was one of the pre-HDMI models that someone RMAd in 2008 and they kinda just threw whatever the fuck they had at it. At its heart it should be a Falcon like any other Opus, and really any 360 produced/serviced in '08, but the heatsinks are Zephyr (so the heatpipe GPU and CPU coolers), and it still has the Zephyr/Opus power plug, even though if memory serves that should also be the 14.2A PSU like a Falcon.

Good thermal paste will help for sure, but where yours is a Jasper they're one of the most bulletproof revisions that's been made to the 360 hardware so thankfully you don't need to worry a hell of a lot.
 
As for what the best GPU cooler is, the best one is the second revision one that has that random ass appendage sticking off it (so NOT the shitty Xenon/Kronos/Jasper V2 one). The better CPU cooler is the denser heatpiped one, but on a Jasper (and even Falcon) the plain jane aluminum one is just fine.
 
I've got a weird warranty console that will be an interesting test of time. It was one of the pre-HDMI models that someone RMAd in 2008 and they kinda just threw whatever the fuck they had at it. At its heart it should be a Falcon like any other Opus, and really any 360 produced/serviced in '08, but the heatsinks are Zephyr (so the heatpipe GPU and CPU coolers), and it still has the Zephyr/Opus power plug, even though if memory serves that should also be the 14.2A PSU like a Falcon.

I did this just recently with a Pavilion A6137C and cooling is for sure the biggest hurdle. In my case, the case itself isn't all that wide so my GTX 970 100ME almost completely cuts it in half (which as you could imagine is not great for airflow), and then paired with the frankly awful design of the heatsink (the fins are parallel to the edge of the card instead of perpendicular so the middle half of the heatsink doesn't do a damn thing)... not a fun time. And unfortunately flipping the PSU fan to be an intake did absolutely nothing to help it, if anything it actually hurt a bit (it dropped about 3-5w across the board since I have it temp limited to 72C). And where the 970 has a dumbass heatsink design, the side panel fan didn't really help a whole hell of a lot either, though it did make the CPU a little happier.
 
I do plan to continue making it more silly though, and I think my next two steps will be getting a Thermalright SI-100 which is more for noise than anything (the stock cooler has no issues keeping up with the 6700K), and the major step is going to be upgrading the GPU where I'll also be getting a blower model instead. Probably something like a 5700XT since it would be neat to have an AMD GPU for the first time in YEARS.

You never know, maybe all this time later the OP is still on the fence.
 
I will never understand how in the hell people not only initially reply to a thread this old, but then more people continue to reply (ignoring people like us kinda being smartasses).

There's a couple patches you need to install manually if you're using good ol SP1 builds, but after that you can just run Windows Update as per usual.
 
These are the updates you need to install, and you need to install them in this order.
KB3102810
Windows Update Agent 7.6
KB3020369
KB3172605

There's a couple patches you need to install manually if you're using good ol SP1 builds, but after that you can just run Windows Update as per usual.
 
These are the updates you need to install, and you need to install them in this order.
KB3102810
Windows Update Agent 7.6
KB3020369
KB3172605

Keychron K8 Pro, Gateron G Yellow Pro 3.0s, and a Glorious keycap set. Overall really love the keyboard and the sound/feel I've got going, but the south-facing LED thing kinda sucks when it comes to these keycaps that I otherwise really love. I have the backlight all the way up and there's so little light coming through that they may as well be solid caps (the dark shot is actually harder to see IRL). Unfortunately finding a nice set that doesn't have some gaudy ass gamer font is insanely difficult and this was the only option I seem to recall finding that ticked all of the boxes, minus having a south-LED friendly design.

Keychron K8 Pro, Gateron G Yellow Pro 3.0s, and a Glorious keycap set. Overall really love the keyboard and the sound/feel I've got going, but the south-facing LED thing kinda sucks when it comes to these keycaps that I otherwise really love. I have the backlight all the way up and there's so little light coming through that they may as well be solid caps (the dark shot is actually harder to see IRL). Unfortunately finding a nice set that doesn't have some gaudy ass gamer font is insanely difficult and this was the only option I seem to recall finding that ticked all of the boxes, minus having a south-LED friendly design.

Keychron K8 Pro, Gateron G Yellow Pro 3.0s, and a Glorious keycap set. Overall really love the keyboard and the sound/feel I've got going, but the south-facing LED thing kinda sucks when it comes to these keycaps that I otherwise really love. I have the backlight all the way up and there's so little light coming through that they may as well be solid caps (the dark shot is actually harder to see IRL). Unfortunately finding a nice set that doesn't have some gaudy ass gamer font is insanely difficult and this was the only option I seem to recall finding that ticked all of the boxes, minus having a south-LED friendly design.

This is some wild parasocial rambling. You may want to evaluate why you are so invested with the opinions of one random dude on the internet that you’ve written a short story to ask him about it. 

That’s not front panel usb, that’s front panel serial.

your motherboard is not going to have a header for that one
 
i don’t think you need it plugged in unless you genuinely intend to use a serial port in 2024

Kinda just sounds like you need to take it apart and put some decent thermal paste on it.

Kinda just sounds like you need to take it apart and put some decent thermal paste on it.

Kinda just sounds like you need to take it apart and put some decent thermal paste on it.

A new side panel exhaust and M.2 screws for the mighty sleeper. It's a lot quieter than it was with the 212 EVO fan, and now the SSD isn't held down by electrical tape and VHB. Really love how the Pure Wings 3's look, something about the boxy frame is just hot.

A new side panel exhaust and M.2 screws for the mighty sleeper. It's a lot quieter than it was with the 212 EVO fan, and now the SSD isn't held down by electrical tape and VHB. Really love how the Pure Wings 3's look, something about the boxy frame is just hot.

Regardless of the version of iOS or watchOS whatever device is running, no matter how you split it the iPhone 8 will be 7 years old this year. That is an absolute eternity in technology time, and realistically it's due for a replacement at this point even if it does do whatever she wants just fine. insert smartass comment about consumerism here

A new side panel exhaust and M.2 screws for the mighty sleeper. It's a lot quieter than it was with the 212 EVO fan, and now the SSD isn't held down by electrical tape and VHB. Really love how the Pure Wings 3's look, something about the boxy frame is just hot.

How would they have known? that's a post from 3 and a half years ago and they couldn't search it up because they didn't know what it was

This defo isn't replacing my normal PC even though it currently sits where my PC resides, frankly I'm not sure where it's gonna end up. It DESPERATELY needs a Pure Rock Slim 2, the 6700K sits at 95-100C... In TF2. At some point I'm sure I'll be able to afford it but that time is not now.
 
Specs: Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.2GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1866MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro, HP Pavilion a6137c case
 

Another easy step I'm surprised nobody else mentioned: just try rebooting your router. My Nighthawk R7000 used to have a thing where once a month it'd drop to 100Mbps and I'd have to reboot it to get back up to 1Gbps.

Now that my 1070 is retired, I finally got replacement fans for it. Up until now it's just had a pair of 92mm Sensflow fans strapped to it.

Another easy step I'm surprised nobody else mentioned: just try rebooting your router. My Nighthawk R7000 used to have a thing where once a month it'd drop to 100Mbps and I'd have to reboot it to get back up to 1Gbps.

Now that my 1070 is retired, I finally got replacement fans for it. Up until now it's just had a pair of 92mm Sensflow fans strapped to it.