XB'owner (Water cooled pc inside xbox one)

[TheElt]

3 hours ago, fire219 said:

The XB1 is 3.1 inches tall, and that's the outer dimensions. A full height card will not even come close to fitting when stood up (half height might with a little work). I assume OP is aware of this though, and plans to buy a PCIe extender so that they can place it horizontally.

 

Any CPU cooler that will fit in those dimensions has to be tiny. Unless you fit a high RPM fan to it, that will severely limit the choice of CPU.

 

Can't wait to see how OP can get around these obstacles.

It's roughly the same size as an original Xbox, but no domed top. A stock i5/i7 Intel HSF will fit just fine, something like an L9i would be perfect with undervolting and could support a Skylake i7 at stock speeds without being too loud.

 

The biggest obstacle is really down to choice of parts, since he's gone with an external PSU there's loads of room inside for everything. He's only limited by cooler height and GPU length, and there are loads of vents so extra fans aren't an issue.

[MorningStrummer]

7 hours ago, fire219 said:

 

Make sure it's Intel and Nvidia parts, to make it the opposite of the real XB1 (which uses a custom AMD Jaguar-based chip and a slightly tweaked HD7790).

 

It'll be especially interesting to see how powerful of a CPU you can fit and successfully cool in there. Even the stock Intel heatsink would have a hard time fitting...

You're welcome

I gon make ya wish com tru

cpu, probably X99 platform but lets not go there.

5 hours ago, TheElt said:

I'd hazard a guess at a Skylake i7 with either a 970 or a Nano/Fury X. Height isn't so much of an isse, it's more depth that's the issue

Close, not close enough though

 

4 hours ago, theninja35 said:

Even with a SFF PSU, it will be too large? If you had a small mobo and maybe some R9 Nanos, it might all fit.

some R9 nanos, would be a tight fit. initially I wanted to go with a fury x2, however we all now how possible that is.never seen it.

 

Again guys thanks for the response and keep it coming, we're at page 2 already

 

[Kobathor]

7 minutes ago, MorningStrummer said:

You're welcome

I gon make ya wish com tru

cpu, probably X99 platform but lets not go there.

Close, not close enough though

 

some R9 nanos, would be a tight fit. initially I wanted to go with a fury x2, however we all now how possible that is.never seen it.

 

Again guys thanks for the response and keep it coming, we're at page 2 already

 

Can't wait to see this build completed.

[fawncashew]

I was going to sell my XBone because it has turned out to be a pile of complete c***, maybe i wont sell it depending on your success here

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

There was another dude who built a pc in an XBONE case last year or something like that on this forum 

[iHardware Shelden]

1 hour ago, HellaflushMcSwaggins said:

There was another dude who built a pc in an XBONE case last year or something like that on this forum 

Yea I have not seen it yet TBH so I am looking forward to this, the OP seems to know what he has planned so this should be good  Still waiting on the 70s VCR computer  I've got one but in no way the skills to do a system build in it  

[MorningStrummer]

 

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Yea I have not seen it yet TBH so I am looking forward to this, the OP seems to know what he has planned so this should be good  Still waiting on the 70s VCR computer  I've got one but in no way the skills to do a system build in it  

I found this, wouldn't recommend his way though, cutting up a mobo.

http://imgur.com/gallery/MF5P4

 

 

Hello again it's Monday, everyone enjoyed their day at work/school? I sure did, had a day of  

 

Anyways as promised a little update:

so everyone sees all these plastic lines/spacers. they need to go.

 

 

So lets grab a dremel and start cutting away. (sorry for no in progress shot)

 

so that's the initial cut where I made room for the mobo and io shield, also yes those screw's are going to be the mobo stand off's.

After this I had to do a test fit with the mobo to see if I've messed up.

 

And it fits like a charm, so lets get going on the top panel.

 

that's a nice beginning however there's one more problem.

 

the entire shroud needs to be exposed without cutting in to it.

so let's hope I've got a steady hand and the right technique.

 

Seems to be going alright.

so how I managed to do this is put a screwdriver in between the panel and mesh to keep them separated and cut away little bits at a time:

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I messed up, not to bad though:

 

and mostly finished here:

 

not bad if I may say so myself. In the end there were only 2 mis cuts and you can barely see them, so mission accomplished.

so now lets get back to the bottom panel because we where not done yet.

we need to drill some more holes in order to cool this machine.

first let's see how far we want them seperated:

 

seems to be alright, lets draw some more and start the tedious work.

 

luckily I don't need to use a hand drill because that would be murder to my arm.

 

and yes that is a really old machine.

and then now the finished result

 

now I'm almost done because I decided to change it up a little bit, so some more drilling and cutting was necessary.

 

and done. at least for now.

If you are wondering about those wire's, I'll need them as a ground since I don't use a metal case on the inside.

 

now last but not least the front-panel, I really wanted to keep the touch sensing so I had to make something up for that.

So I bought some touch sensors to mount to the front ribbon cable.

 

So i got those but it doesn't work like that sadly enough. so lets get creative.

I needed to tap into the capacitive sensor so I could wire it to the ribbon cable, I had 2 options, number one solder a wire to this little pin:

 

But that thing is so tiny you would almost need a magnifying-glass in order to solder on it.

so option 2 it was, actually quite simple, drill a hole, scrape away some solder mask on the front, feed a wire through and solder it on there:

 

then all I needed to do is mount it to front ribbon cable:

 

but it still doesn't work, I need to power the thing and make it work with thew mobo.

so grab a servo wire mount it to the sensor and remember what color is what.

 

then grab a relaid and wire it up to the sensor.

 

Now the last part about the front panel, lighting up the xbox logo:

 

seems like a perfect fit to me.

 

now here is the finished result, I just glued the led that's why the tape:

 

Power to the touch sensor comes from the on-board usb 2 header, because those things have standby power. and I definitely need that.

 

 

Lets leave it at that for now, was already more than planned  

anyways next update is going to be wire harness and mobo/cpu.

 

Hope you enjoyed

[Kobathor]

Nice progress so far!

[AlienALX]

Braaaaaaid! 

[Tomic]

@MorningStrummer is that a rog mobo I see ?!

1 hour ago, MorningStrummer said:

 

 

 

 

[8uhbbhu8]

OMG Subbed

[Godlygamer23]

Let's keep this thread on topic people.

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

2 hours ago, iHardware Shelden said:

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this one is awesome nonetheless i am a  fan of this kind of build and am looking forward to seeing how this turns  out 

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

4 hours ago, HellaflushMcSwaggins said:

There was another dude who built a pc in an XBONE case last year or something like that on this forum 

FOUND IT! enjoy:

 

[Henry]

Wow this is actually a build I look forward to. Xbox One looks smexy. This looks like the perfect scenario for an R9 Nano.

[HawkinsonB]

seriously this has got to be good!

[MorningStrummer]

 

 

20 hours ago, Tomic said:

@MorningStrummer is that a rog mobo I see ?!

 

Yes sir indeed , are you also able to tell me witch one?

 

19 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Let's keep this thread on topic people.

Ó hey, it's a staff member got them attentions now  

 

11 hours ago, Henry said:

Wow this is actually a build I look forward to. Xbox One looks smexy. This looks like the perfect scenario for an R9 Nano.

The xbox one is smexy indeed, to sad they had to make it so big though.  works great for me, but still.  

[TheRandomness]

9 minutes ago, MorningStrummer said:

Yes sir indeed , are you also able to tell me witch one?

-snips-

Asus Maximus VII Impact?

 

EDIT: WOOOT 6,500^th post

[SilicateWielder]

On 2/6/2016 at 0:57 PM, MorningStrummer said:

Actually, I have thought of those small supply's however they never have a high enough wattage, even if I were to use 2 or 3, which will drive the cost up significantly since you also need to take in account the power bricks you need to power those. I'll be going with a standard psu and modify that to my likings.

uhm ho about I'll stick to "worlds most powerful XBox one"  

 

Maybe use some sort of interconnect on the back? How many watts can an LPT printer port handle? It may be ugly but it would work nicely assuming it can handle the wattage, and you can even secure the plug!

 

Or a 40-pin molex-type thing?

 

Eitherway, it would make moving the PC around easier, should you ever have to.

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, UnbrokenMotion said:

 

Maybe use some sort of interconnect on the back? How many watts can an LPT printer port handle? It may be ugly but it would work nicely assuming it can handle the wattage, and you can even secure the plug!

 

Or a 40-pin molex-type thing?

 

Eitherway, it would make moving the PC around easier, should you ever have to.

Or, you know, have an SFX PSU

[SilicateWielder]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Or, you know, have an SFX PSU

Op already said a PSU would be too big, and would be making it external. Having the interconnect would let you carry the PC without worrying about the entire thing exploding as it follows the PSU to the floor (Should you drop the PSU I mean)

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, UnbrokenMotion said:

Op already said a PSU would be too big, and would be making it external. Having the interconnect would let you carry the PC without worrying about the entire thing exploding as it follows the PSU to the floor (Should you drop the PSU I mean)

Have you seen how small SFX PSUs are?

[Scruffy90]

This is going to be awesome. I saw someone attempt this a while ago and it turned out weirdly ok. He was required to saw off part of the motherboard and he used a 7850 because anything beefier supposedly produced too much heat.

 

Good luck!

[SilicateWielder]

1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:

Have you seen how small SFX PSUs are?

Yes, I am aware. However, op may be planning to use a large GPU, or has some other plans that may make even an SFX PSU too big. I was only suggestng how OP may be able go about attaching a powersupply to the PC from the outside.

 

I never said I thought an SFX PSU would be too big in my previous post. I am merely taking into consideration what OP may be planning

[Tomic]

@MorningStrummer  gonna say maximus viii ?