Modding Xbox 360 case

[magicammo]

Hey what's up everyone I've never tried modding anything but recently I've wanted to try something new and I wanted gut an Xbox 360 and make a mini-itx PC using the Xbox 360 case. The only issue I am having it's finding a power supply I'm looking for a power supply that that EVGA hadron air Mini ITX case came with. I don't know what could or GPU I want to use yet most likely low to mid ranged tho since it's a very small enclosure. Does anyone have any tips or advice that will help me with this project

[Droidbot]

I have no idea about the PSU, you could try a SFX unit or something. Also a 1050Ti low profile could fit in there perfectly 

[magicammo]

7 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

I have no idea about the PSU, you could try a SFX unit or something. Also a 1050Ti low profile could fit in there perfectly 

I was looking at a single slot 1050 idk if they have single slot 1050ti I'll take a look and the PSU in the EVGA case I think it's called a 1U power supply im just not sure if I would have to find a way to get that one or if all 1U psu come with all the connections that I need. I may also need car to try and organize everything before actually attempting this haha

[magicammo]

11 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

I have no idea about the PSU, you could try a SFX unit or something. Also a 1050Ti low profile could fit in there perfectly 

Holy crap didn't know the low profile 1050ti was actually that small I could just take that metal bracket off and it would be all good and fit virtually anywhere in the xbox

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, magicammo said:

I was looking at a single slot 1050 idk if they have single slot 1050ti I'll take a look and the PSU in the EVGA case I think it's called a 1U power supply im just not sure if I would have to find a way to get that one or if all 1U psu come with all the connections that I need. I may also need car to try and organize everything before actually attempting this haha

1U is one server unit high, so about 1.75". Might be able to pull a used server PSU or something. SFX is around 2.5in. 

 

[VVoltor]

I think it would be really hard to fit even a SFF power supply and a GPU in there, even a half height one like the MSI 1050ti. 

Not that much space for a GPU here, even with that tiny PSU

 

Quite a few people have modded a PC in a 360 case though, you can probably find plenty of examples online.

 

[Droidbot]

4 minutes ago, VVoltor said:

I think it would be really hard to fit even a SFF power supply and a GPU in there, even a half height one like the MSI 1050ti. 

Not that much space for a GPU here, even with that tiny PSU

 

Quite a few people have modded a PC in a 360 case though, you can probably find plenty of examples online.

 

with the 1050Ti's low power draw, you could go and mount it over a SSD or something in the case with a riser and use a picoPSU + external power brick to power the whole show

[magicammo]

3 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

with the 1050Ti's low power draw, you could go and mount it over a SSD or something in the case with a riser and use a picoPSU + external power brick to power the whole show

Picopsu? How does that work exactly? 

[Droidbot]

Just now, magicammo said:

Picopsu? How does that work exactly? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57tPQoEFKU

[magicammo]

15 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57tPQoEFKU

Dude you rock this will be the most expensive part of the whole build but well worth it considering I will be able to fit the GPU in there with no problems