PC in 360 case??

[EliteGamer83]

yes yes I know it has been already don,e but I would love to do this. but just a few questions/problems how do you get everything to fit and not slide/move around inside, do people normally use screws for this type of project or what.. but man a PC in a 360 elite case would be so smexy. Also how would you live up the DVD dive with the door? that's really my biggest problem is seeing how I could get the cd/dvd drive to work with the existing door/button. Also ho to get the poer button to work with the 360 power button. those 2 things are my biggest concern/problem that needs to be solved.   

[Tec_]

well you can drill holes and use mother board stand offs like you ought to. to hold the mobo in place. as for the DVD you can not use one just run every thing off a flash, or you can modify a standard DVD drive in to the bracket for the Xbox one. as for the button you get

this and solder the leeds to the switch on the Xbox power board (not sure what to call that PCB)

any way you go its going to take a hefty amount of modding

[EliteGamer83]

Cool thanks bro!

Do I actually need guts of a 360? or can I just buy a 360 case online.

[Tec_]

i would think that would be up to you. it would just depend on if you can get your hands on the pcb that power lights and the power button is on

[Blazinkaos]

yea there are cases u can buy and all probably be th best way and like tec said i would get those buttons and that out of the way before u pay the mobo in and that cuz thats going to pain getting that to be done.

[Tec_]

yea there are cases u can buy and all probably be th best way and like tec said i would get those buttons and that out of the way before u pay the mobo in and that cuz thats going to pain getting that to be done.

holy crap kid did you have a stroke wile you were typing that or was that done on a phone.

the best was to tackel the mobo would be to find an atom board you like get a mini atx psu like this one

as for mounting it you can try and find a micro ATX mother board tray or a mother board tray that supports the atom board and cut it down and mod it in to the Xbox

or

mark out ware the motherboard stand off's should go inside the xbox case and mount your stand offs directly to the case

in bolth cases your going to have to have a hole in the back some ware for the I/O plate. and obveously the graphics will have to be on board

[Blazinkaos]

O my bad tec i was on my psp i didnt read it well i suppose. im not a kid so plz dnt call me that im a man that pays bills.

[PspKicks316]

O my bad tec i was on my psp i didnt read it well i suppose. im not a kid so plz dnt call me that im a man that pays bills.

You're a man with a psp? Dude. I've never seen anyone other than a kid with a psp. That's freakin' awesome. More adults should play videogames.

On topic, I started reading this and thought to myself, "Hey, that's a :censored:ing awesome idea. I should try this" until I realized that you would need to do something about the I/O panel and motherboard mounting, like Tec said. The 360 case is beast on it's own. I'd try this, but there's no possible way for someone like me to cut up the back of the case for the I/O panel and still have it looking sexy. If you do this, you're my hero.

But this DID spark some interest. I want to build a Mini ITX computer that I can keep next to my tv, with the DVI hooked up to my RCA ports so I've got a computer hooked up to my tv. Just a basic computer focused around movies/music/torrents. Oh my god. =)

If you start work on this, keep us informed. I'm really interested in how this will turn out. I'm not sure what the Atom boards are that Tec mentioned, but I was looking at some Mini ITX boards and they'd fit fine in the case apart from the I/O panel. With the Mini ITX boards, such as a Zotac GF9300, you can use almost any processor you want, including quad core ones. The motherboard I mentioned also handles up to 8gb of 800Mhz DDR2 RAM. Basically, if you can get a full Mini ITX board in there, you've got yourself a full, completely functional and powerful, computer all in your 360 case.

Just remember, though, if you can't fit a full DVD drive in the case as well, you might want to check out slim DVD drives or just pick up an external USB DVD drive. (Remember the slim drives have a different form factor for the SATA connectors so you'd need an adapter. Newegg has the adapter.)

[Blazinkaos]

You're a man with a psp? Dude. I've never seen anyone other than a kid with a psp. That's freakin' awesome. More adults should play videogames.

You serious i know a bunch of guys my ago and even in there 30s that still play games on the psp.

But umm i have a suggestion for the dvd he can just build a separate case for that and just have the plugs in the back to connect it. But you have to get long cables witch shouldnt be that bad. Like while back i saw on youtube a guy did a seperate case for DVD drive and it was pretty sick wish i saved the link to show you guys.

[loganbyers07]

Another thing to think about is your psu... How are you going to power it?

[Tec_]

Another thing to think about is your psu... How are you going to power it?

By using a mini psu like the one I liked above.


And the other guys are right there is no reason why you couldn't use a slot loading or laptop disk drive

[PspKicks316]

But umm i have a suggestion for the dvd he can just build a separate case for that and just have the plugs in the back to connect it. But you have to get long cables witch shouldnt be that bad. Like while back i saw on youtube a guy did a seperate case for DVD drive and it was pretty sick wish i saved the link to show you guys.

What's the point in that when you can just get a USB drive?

[loganbyers07]

Another cool idea would be to pick up a hd dvd drive acessory for the xbox 360. You can buy them pretty cheap on craigslist and you can have a dvd drive that looks all xbox- ish.

[Tec_]

Another cool idea would be to pick up a hd dvd drive acessory for the xbox 360. You can buy them pretty cheap on craigslist and you can have a dvd drive that looks all xbox- ish.

but not as cool as keeping it all in a 360

O my bad tec i was on my psp i didnt read it well i suppose. im not a kid so plz dnt call me that im a man that pays bills.

i supose that means you need your bifocals

its what i use instead of Dude i call people who are older than me kid

[EliteGamer83]

I was planning to put a HDD in the 360 HDD module so it would actually be the.. HDD..

[Blazinkaos]

i supose that means you need your bifocals

its what i use instead of Dude i call people who are older than me kid

Im not that old -_-.

What's the point in that when you can just get a USB drive?

That could work.

[bustinthejustin]

Loads of adults play with PSPs O_O especially some of the people like here, like Cyber, Nic0, Chives, Modded Matt, etc.


Anyway this would actually be such a cool idea. If you ever go through with it, keep us posted!

[EliteGamer83]

Yeah I have a PSP mod in progress right now so this one is on the hold tray along with my ipod mod (parts confusion with the seller).

[Blazinkaos]

Loads of adults play with PSPs O_O especially some of the people like here, like Cyber, Nic0, Chives, Modded Matt, etc.

Exactly thank you.
 
 N/E ways just keep us posted when youll start and your progress on it.