I got a series X (barely) used from a friend and was kinda shocked how warm my room got when playing. I had a cooling fan for my series S and wanted one for this. Read some reviews and websites and settled on this one. SO GLAD I DID. The temp reader is accurate and when I plugged it in after playing CFB25 for about an hour it was reading at 114°F! After 26 minutes the temp dropped all the way to 90°F where it stays when under load/gaming. That's incredible IMO and I'm very happy. I'm pairing this with another backplate cooling fan that shows up tomorrow so I can see if I can get the temps down closer to 80°F. If I can drop the temp 35°F for $50 I will say that it is money well spent without a doubt. Even just using this fan, I'm more than pleased and it is an absolute necessity. If you're thinking of getting a fan, get this one. You will not be disappointed. Afterthought: Tons of reviews on here say it's loud when on the fastest speed, but it's not. And if you have headphones on or even just a little volume on the TV or monitor while gaming, you will not hear it at all. I sit 3ft from it and cannot hear it at all while gaming. I'm a laptop gamer (due to work travel 3 weeks a month) and this is silent compared to laptop cooling. It's even quieter than my fan for my old series S and works 5 times better. My only "complaint" is that it stays running unless you unplug it entirely. Not that it's an issue, just annoying that it doesn't have a sleep or off setting. Not a huge enough issue that it deserves a star rating drop as the pros far outweigh the cons It has an auto function where it increases fan speed as temps rise or manual mode with three settings of slow, medium, fast. I keep it on fast at all times. I keep the RGB off entirely, never been a big bright light person. Photos are: 74°F while in menu, 90°F after 15 minutes playing PGA Tour 2K23 (it stays here no matter how long I play. Sometimes gets to 91° but will fluctuate between 90° & 91° every ten minutes or so). Read more
It works great. My Xbox was absolutely overheating and you can feel a considerable difference in temp when you touch the shell as the fans on. The auto feature works great, you can hear the Xbox kick into overdrive and the fan does the same, then they both kinda calm down. It might take a second or two to get used to but after that it’s great. It attaches super easy, and the included screens are great for the back intake holes. I liked that bc cats lol. It also came with pop-out rubber plugs for all the ports which is cool. Don’t know how necessary that is but it’s included. It is not silent. You do hear a slight noise but it does not sound like a normal house fan. Same type of sound but not as heavy if that makes sense. So it’s not bad at all. If you have a desk fan or 3d printed fan it’s just like those. It’s like white noise. Great part is it will NOT KICK ON FOR VIDEOS. Watch your usual shows when you go to bed without a problem, it will shut off since it’s not heating up. Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, all that. Perfect for wanting a fan while you play but not for bedtime watching. The LED screen is insanely bright so maybe snip some electrical tape over the little peel screen it comes with and we’re snoozin. I would deduct a half star for that but Amazon won’t let me do halves so I won’t let my laziness drag it down. Overall I would absolutely recommend this fan. If you are looking for an absolutely silent fan, I would recommend ice packs in zip locks or something similar. Read more
Works well. Matches the look and fits the XboxX perfectly. More airflow is always better. Gets a little noisy on high setting but that's ok. The point is to keep temps down in the unit. You can use it in auto mode where it will spool up higher as temps increase or use the manual low-med-high settings. Read more
I gave the "G-Story Cooling Fan for Xbox Series X" 4 stars because the RGB lights stopped working 3 days after it was installed. I bought the G-STORY Cooling Fan for Xbox Series X with Automatic Fan Speed on March 31st, installed it on April 3rd, and the RGB light stopped working on April 6th. I only played my Series X twice after the installation of the cooling fan and for a couple of hours, no more than 3 hours each time. Installation of the fan was super easy, it clips right onto the exhaust vent of the Series X. The rubber plugs that are provided for the ports and disc drive were easy to pull apart and press into the openings of the system. The rubber plugs create a good seal to prevent air from being pulled in from around the openings of the ports and disc drive and prevent dust from getting into those areas which might affect the longevity of the system. The fan runs off of a USB cable that plugs into the back of the console and the LCD display will continue to display the consoles temp, even after the console is turned off. The fan will continue to run, even after the console is turned off, until the temp of the console is brought down to less than 95 degrees. The fan will keep the system running at a cool 95 degrees continuously. Before, my console would run at about 110-120 degrees. In short, the fan works and keeps your console cool, but the RGB light module stopped working after a few uses. I will continue to use it because it still does its main job of keeping my console cool. I do consider this to be a good product, it does what it is supposed to do. Read more
