Xbox PC, OMG I want to do 1 so much.

Edward78 · December 16, 2022

So cool, so that looks like a ATX inside, there are 6 slots. So the MB is 12" wide, A mITX should have no issue in the Xbox with a GPU. Just have to get a mITX tray & 2 slots. Like the Conswole by Sliger has, be nice if I could have a metal one built for cheap already made into a PC case. I know I can't though.

steelo · December 16, 2022

Pretty sweet, but looks like it would be a royal PITA as far as retrofitting and cooling.

Edward78 · December 16, 2022

6 minutes ago, steelo said:

Pretty sweet, but looks like it would be a royal PITA as far as retrofitting and cooling.

Yes, if Protocase would build a pc case version for less than a left nut, I would really think about it. The GPU fans facing up would make since to put air in. That would mess with the ODD if you wanted one though. Cooling would seems about the same as a RVZ02, the CPU cooler has mre room in the Xbox & the gpu, looks like it would be ok.

Somerandomtechyboi · December 16, 2022

19 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

So cool, so that looks like a ATX inside, there are 6 slots. So the MB is 12" wide, A mITX should have no issue in the Xbox with a GPU. Just have to get a mITX tray & 2 slots. Like the Conswole by Sliger has, be nice if I could have a metal one built for cheap already made into a PC case. I know I can't though.

The board is one of those weird atx but not quite atx size ones where its abit slimmer than atx but still same length, i know because i have 2 broken ep45 ud3l boards and the board in that video looks to be the ddr3 version

Do those slim atx boards even still exist in current gens?

manikyath · December 16, 2022

retrofitting one type of computer in the enclosure of another (pulling it very broad) is a thing that has existed since the 80s.

every so often someone encounters some weird artifact of history where someone bought half of a new computer, and built it into the shell of an older computer to save on buying the chassis, power supply, and CRT that was obviiously included with buying an entire 80s computer.

really, as long as you can find a form of one sort of computer (e.g. a gaming desktop) that is smaller in volume than the chassis of another (e.g. an original XBOX) the chances are good that with enough skill and the right tools you can fit it in there.

really, the difficult part about it is the skill and manufacturing needed to squeeze it inside, especially when you get into really weirdly shaped stuff like rounded corners.