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DirecTV Box Mod/ Hidden PC.

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I have a lot these around and DirecTV cable is almost dead in this point and wondering if I can build a mini PC out of this? I have seen some videos about this but I need some help finding parts.

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I think you could if you did some case modding and get rid of that circuit board. Just get all the components needed for a PC, and use some PCI-E extenders to connect the GPU, however, you would need a small CPU cooler and PSU outside the case :/

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1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Would take an assload of tinkering, but chances are, it's possible.

Yeah its done before but CPU fans are a b*tch when the last person did this before.

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14 minutes ago, UGame_ said:

I think you could if you did some case modding and get rid of that circuit board. Just get all the components needed for a PC, and use some PCI-E extenders to connect the GPU, however, you would need a small CPU cooler and PSU outside the case :/

Him.., this will not be a gaming PC for sure but what kind of Motherboard should I get.

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Depends on what you mod it to be. If you mod the case to support ATX, then you would get an ATX motherboard. I would suggest you mod the case to support Micro ATX or micro ITX because they are smaller. 

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1 minute ago, UGame_ said:

Depends on what you mod it to be. If you mod the case to support ATX, then you would get an ATX motherboard. I would suggest you mod the case to support Micro ATX or micro ITX because they are smaller. 

I have an ATX board but its too damn big so micro motherboards should work.

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Update: I finally found a way to take all the old compents out just need to find parts for this build now.

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Update: I finally found a way to take all the old compents out just need to find parts for this build now.

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I would suggest mini itx if possible. If you don't need tons of performance, they have itx boards with a CPU and heatsink pre-installed.

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