Nyko introduces Intercooler TS for Xbox 360 and PS3

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 15th 2008 at 2:00PM }

Hopefully the days of the RRoD are behind us ... but just in case, Nyko has introduced its new Intercooler TS today. Unlike the old Intercooler, this new model has its own AC adapter and has a temperature sensor which activates when there's rapid change, rather than just being perpetually on and using the Xbox 360's power port. It retails for $25, and the original Intercooler will still be available for $20.

Nyko tells us that the Intercooler is still its top selling product -- well, technically it said it's the top selling third party product -- for the Xbox 360. Nyko has also released the Intercooler for PS3, but we're not exactly aware of overheating PS3s. The Wii version has been discontinued.

Tags: e3-2008, nyko, nyko-intercooler, nyko-intercooler-ts

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nightmare452 @ Jul 15th 2008 2:06PM

This is interesting to say the least. maybe a little to late. I have a cooler for my 360 (not from Nyko) but it just seems weird that thing on the back of a 360.

I have an original day one 360, and still to this day never had a problem with my 360, no overheating, no disk read error, not one!.

Jakka @ Jul 15th 2008 2:13PM

Same here.Mine's second-hand so I'm not sure how old it is(at least 1.5 years) but it makes my wonder if all these people on their "twentieth" 360 are just Sony Fanboys who wouldn't touch a real 360 with a 50ft pole?

MC Double Def DP @ Jul 15th 2008 2:06PM

dedicated power source? if this thing isn't too terribly noisy, i'm all about it!

but if it still piggybacks off the 360's power, no way.

Jakka @ Jul 15th 2008 2:16PM

NO! FUCK YOU! THATS A BAD COMMENT SYSTEM!

This is a response to nightmare452 kk?

hfm @ Jul 15th 2008 8:51PM

No.. the broken 360's are real.. I'm on my 4th unit, everyone I know that has one except 1 person has had to send theirs in for repair. It's been known for a long time that there was a 30+ percent failure rate.

But I still like the unit, even though it's frustrating.

Zane Daniels @ Jul 15th 2008 2:08PM

Yeeeeaaahhhh......I bet I do, the last time I put an Intercooler on my 360 it bricked in less than 2 days. Worked fine for a whole year and a half, slapped and intercooler on and I got the RROD. Never again....

Stink Snake @ Jul 15th 2008 2:08PM

"doscontinued"
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Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Jul 15th 2008 2:08PM

Its not the PS3 overheating I am worried about, its the firmwares bricking some PS3s but mostly, the Blu-Ray drive that has given trouble to a bunch of PS3 owners, myself included, with GTA4 damaging my drive but it still read CDs and DVDs, but they use a separate laser for that.

MGS4 has had the same problem on some PS3s. I'm waiting to buy a PS3 until this is fixed. I could stand all the exclusives being lost, the bad publicity, but not bad build quality. And now you had to kill hardware BC Sony, damn!

Funny how now I've stopped hearing about 360 build quality issues and you'll see lots of complaints about the PS3 on the official PS forums. : (

And the first PS1s and PS2s also had issues with their disc drive. History repeating itself.

This cooler seems unneccessary. I keep my Falcon 360 in a cabinet for long GTA4 sessions and zero problems whereas it kept freezing on my PS3 and then finally broke the damn drive.

Jacksons @ Jul 15th 2008 2:15PM

"Funny how now I've stopped hearing about 360 build quality issues and you'll see lots of complaints about the PS3 on the official PS forums. : ("

I don't know about that, but I sure see your story in damned near every post. It sucks for your loss, but we get it already.

Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Jul 15th 2008 2:20PM

Its been a while since I posted my sob story no? : 0

Yeah, I'm being annoying but damn, I've been a hardcore Sony fanboy and they've let me down with their build quality and when they fix the Blu-Ray drive problems in the new models, hardware BC will be dead..........FOREVER!!!!! : (

Vidikron (FU) @ Jul 15th 2008 2:24PM

Yeah, it's been since yesterday since you mentioned it. I mean, it sucks your PS3 died, but you keep trying to make it sound like that since yours died, and a couple other people on a forum, that there's some mass failure of PS3s... there isn't. Yet you basically bring it up every day.

Nate @ Jul 15th 2008 3:37PM

I have to agree. With the amount you post this, I'm quite inclined to suspect you're a 360 fanboy who just likes to spread fear about the PS3.

The vast vast VAST majority of PS3 users have no problems. The failure rate, even as a high estimate, is about 1%. That's pretty fantastic.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/136054/sony_claims_ps3_failure_rate_of_less_than_1_percent.html

So... if you're one of the very small percentage of people who got screwed, I'm sorry. But you talk about it like it's a common problem, and it's not. At all. So stop characterizing it as happening to "a bunch" of PS3 users.

Rahabib @ Jul 15th 2008 2:08PM

PS3s over heat. I hear people talk about it on the Playstation forums. It much more rare luckily. I personally haven't had any issues with over heating.

Nate @ Jul 15th 2008 3:09PM

PS3's pretty much never overheat unless you run them under a wool blanket.

Mr.ESC @ Jul 15th 2008 2:09PM

Fun fact: Niko intercooler increases the chance of RROD's.

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 15th 2008 2:10PM

I've also heard that, and I wouldn't call it a "fun" fact.

:P

theturtle363 @ Jul 15th 2008 2:15PM

I have a fun fact too! There is an underground church in Poland carved from Salt!

Duke @ Jul 15th 2008 2:20PM

I hooked one up a long time ago and it showed a rrod - unplugged it and the console was happy again. Tried this a few times in a row and then dropped it back at the store.

theturtle363 @ Jul 15th 2008 2:21PM

Dwight D Eisenhower wore 4 watches at all times, even to sleep

Roto13 @ Jul 17th 2008 1:46AM

Tis true. They also cause little burn marks on your 360, which void your warranty.

Jagzi11a @ Jul 15th 2008 2:10PM

how dare it leech the hot air that the 360 work hard to make. freeloder i till you

Chase @ Jul 15th 2008 2:16PM

Have you not read about how the Intercooler increases the risk of RROD?

I would avoid Intercooler.

J.Goodwin @ Jul 15th 2008 2:32PM

Let alone the increased RROD risk, how about the "lighting your fucking console on fire" risk?

Orionsaint @ Jul 15th 2008 2:36PM

Just buy a mini-refrigerator and put the 360 in there.

Nate @ Jul 15th 2008 3:14PM

Haha... PS3 intercooler... Man I hope no one buys that crap. PS3s are rock solid stable. Mine's been running Folding@Home 24/7 for over a year, that's over 9,000 hours in all kinds of conditions (up to 90 degrees ambient temperature) maxing out the CPU and Memory. No failures, not even a hiccup.

I do hope the new inter-coolers with a separate AC adapter help keep 360's more stable. It's not right for anyone to have their console bricked.