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Hey guys! Just a little update on everything. Just picked up an Xbox for $25 (Working no RROD :D). Took the Xbox apart and got the outer shell. Now to remeasure and re-cut some cardboard!  :lol:

 

 

Xbox 360 Outer Shell

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Gotta take the HDD out of the shell for some fans.

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Xbox 360 Internals (Actually works, fans speed up at start and are crazy loud).

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Realy cool.

But you chose the motherboard for it's wifi capabilities right?

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SSD: 1x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB, 1x Crucial M4 128GB HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB


 

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Realy cool.

But you chose the motherboard for it's wifi capabilities right?

No actually im going to put it in my sister's laptop and since its a media PC is right next to my router. so i just hook it up to my router via ethernet

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No actually im going to put it in my sister's laptop and since its a media PC is right next to my router. so i just hook it up to my router via ethernet

you are going to put a new motherbord in "laptop"

CPU: i5-3570K GPU: Sapphire R9 280X Vapor OC MOBO: Asus P8Z77-M RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 16GB. PSU: Corsair CX600M CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 rev 2 


SSD: 1x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB, 1x Crucial M4 128GB HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB


 

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you are going to put a new motherbord in "laptop"

whoops i wasnt clear the Mini PCI-E Wi-Fi Card is going in my sister's laptop 

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Can you tell me who sold you a working xbox 360 for $25? so i can make him buy a brand new one, and sell it to me for $25 XD

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Asus Rampage IV Extreme | Intel i7 3930K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 32GB (8x4GB) | MSI GTX 980 +200MHz +200MHz | Corsair HX1050i PSU


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I'm curious to see how this comes out. It's hard though to fit a powerful PC into an Xbox 360 case.

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im trying to make one out of a gamecube'

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im trying to make one out of a gamecube'

 

There aren't any motherboards small enough to fit in a gamecube.

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Paper models! Love it! Did the same thing to see how my windowed side panel will look.

Great project man, can't wait till it's done!

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Hey guys sorry for the very long wait for an update. I am on Vacation however and won't be able to post any pictures on my progress I have not abandoned this project and won't think about it. So far I have not ordered that parts considering I'm away from my house. But in a weeks time I should have everything and should get some progress before school starts for me.

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Hey guys I got a few things in the mail today <3 Oh and I didn't mention this in any post yet, I went the AMD APU side (A6-6600k)

 

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A little something for my computer (GTX 760)

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My Computer

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mITX Mobo (MSI-A75TA-E53)

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A6-6600k

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It all fits sort of I guess not the way I planed but I don't care im happy

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It fits nice and snug

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No Cuts so far but thats for tomorrow since my dremel and ram are coming tomorrow

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Well done! Hope to see more. Getting the same card. Nice Name paint mod ;)

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Are you goign to make holes in the top for the air intakes?

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Are you goign to make holes in the top for the air intakes?

Hopefully not I want to do the least amount of cutting but if I have to I will its just i dont want to completely defeat the look

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Small little update or rather larger considering I couldn't upload the full sized pictures  :P . I got the computer in as well as everything else (with an exception of the HDD which is not the HDD im gonnna use). Its not finished yet since the heatsink fan is #1 broken and #2 loud. I also forgot about the power switch (which should come in a week). I also need to make a few more cuts on the shell. I haven't even stress tested the Temps. (couldn't use real temp). Expect an update in a week's time.

 

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A long awaited update on this Xbox, its been running for a few months now and it can play some games decently too.

 

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I thought it was gona look pretty :(

Me too, but when you're building in such a small enclosure with 2 HDD's and 3 external fans, its fairly difficult. As long as it has positive air flow, which, it does, I'm perfectly okay with it.

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couldn't you put some wire mesh where the dvd drive opening is, and where your air holes are in one of the side panels (if you made it square). Then paint it all in a uniform style? other than that all i can say is it could look better but you did well with this small case, and if you feel u improve later on it, you can come back with a new shell and redo the project.

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couldn't you put some wire mesh where the dvd drive opening is, and where your air holes are in one of the side panels (if you made it square). Then paint it all in a uniform style? other than that all i can say is it could look better but you did well with this small case, and if you feel u improve later on it, you can come back with a new shell and redo the project.

Actually the air hole is for two 60mm fans on the side.

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I would have put a disk drive in it to patch up that hole but I guess size is limiting

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