x-clamp replacement BEFORE rrod worth it?

[alphredo]

whats the concesus in doing an x-clamp replacement before getting rrod , i mean if i was going too crack a 360 open too flash it the warranty is gone anyway so can replacing the x-clamps before getting rrod do more harm than good?

[best4less]

Me I don't like fixing things that aren't broke
Because there is always a chance of breaking it

[alphredo]

yeh i guess it may never get rrod but u never know, the clamp fix may prevent it happening at all.

[Ljay]

If its the original old mobo then perhaps but the new mobo's have a smaller CPU & GPU, hence less power consumption= less heat= less chance of solder crack/pcb warp. They also have different heatsinks now

[ozchips]

i hate rrod , trouble is the overheating is only one many things that can cause it
I would not bother with the xclamp , be a bit like going to the hospital and getting a cast on your leg , just in case you happen to break it
would not hurt though if you really wanted to do it
I would lean more towards doing it if you lived in a pretty hot climate as well

[Woodstock]

just buy ext fan plugs into your USB for power ..sits on back .. sucks out the heat ... little bit noisy ... but helps keep it cooler