So this is my Xbox SteamBox,
After Years Of Anticipating To Build This Thing, I Have Finally Done It
Please remember this was done during final school exams, it was my first time doing this kind of mod, as in using the dremel, and everything was not planned I just winged it
3 Years
3 Days
The question is, will I stop here? Only one way to find out...
The Funny thing is, 5 years ago in my final days in elementary I modded my PSP LED Triggers, that was my first console project that also took 3 days to do. And now 5 Years later I build and did another console mod and it took 3 days as well. (Im 18 now)
So without further ado lets take a look at this bad boy...
So I was on the phone with me friend and asked him if by any chance he had a broken XBOX that I could have. My original plan was to use an XBOX 360 Case But he had an original XBOX that was modded and I hah lets take modding to the next level for this thing. Now it can run and play PC games, and all the emulators.
Inside LookPretty much all the parts here have been accumulated over that past 5 years except. I actually had 2 Dead RROD XBOX 360s that were ready to get modded when I get the parts, but I had to throw em out because of my parents nagging me to throw away my electronic parts because I had like 4 big boxes full of computer and electronic parts & wires. Yes it is messy, power supply wires what can I say.. I actually had to extend the wires since they were so shot.
SpecificationCPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1Ghz | GPU: Dell AMD HD 7470 1GB DDR3
RAM: 1x2GB DDR2 | HDD: 2.5" 750GB
Powersupply: 100W From a dead Shuttle | Built-in: WiFi, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Reciver
Running Windows 8.1
Game PerformanceIts perfect for All Emulators | Indie Games | & OLD Classic Games | Android | XBMC Media Centre | Minecraft
The only thing that should make this build perfect for what It can do is the RAM.
The 1x4GB DDR2 Stick is $100, might as well build a new box with that kind of money.
Some Modern Games can be played but again the ram is limiting it.
A video will be uploaded soon demonstrating what kind of gaming it can run.
Back Panel
The Graphics Card Does have a display port but I didn't need it so I didn't bother cutting a hole for it, will probably do it later when I get an HDMI display port cable. It was also my first time with the Dremel and I think i did a pretty good job for a beginner.
Front UI2 USB 2.0 | 1 E-SATA | Audio Jacks
The Big Eject Button is the Power button & The Small Power button is the Reset Button. No Power LED YET.
Top ViewHere you will find the intake fan with a golden fan grill. This fan pushes air in the case & the CPU and the hot air comes out from both sides and the back. I could have used an led fan but, nearby computer stores didnt have any good ones, so I went with this antec fan.
Everything is super cool, CPU Temp is Average 30°C Never goes over 35°C this is during game play too.
GPU Average 50/60°C Pretty Good and Normal
The hard drive & everything else is the same as CPU
The After MathSo I finished building it, now what?
I will spend time researching and accumulating more parts to build an actual fully functional that will run all existing current modern PC Games.
I will be using my current main gaming pc which consists of:
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.40 GHz | GPU: NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 1GB SC
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance | HDD: 2.5" 750GB
Powersupply: 450W | Built-in: WiFi
Running Windows 8.1
I hope you have enjoyed reading this post, I had to rip it off my new dead blog and modify it a bit here, text has more color on the original post that no one looks at but anyways. If you guys like this, tell me if you would like to see the next build I'm talking about with daily updated photos on a separate post
