xbox one rebuild?

[Cameron_99]

so my xbox one just sits in my bedroom and get used occasionally for netflix or something. i dont game on it because i just prefer my pc BUT i do have some games for it that i enjoy (like GTA V). I was talking with a friend of mine and he joked that i should just tear the xbox apart and "rebuild" it into a tower case big enough to support 2 mobos. I think itll look janky as hell, but with some case modification, i dont see why this isnt doable. i would just need to make some power cord and display cable holes and find a way to make the power on button accessible (though the controller should still be able to turn it on) and make sure air flow is still proper and it should work. Iv never torn down a game console before so there may be something im not realizing. anyone ever attempt something like this before? a lot of my pc games i use a controller for anyway so i always have one near me and i could just plug into an hdmi switch to change input sources. what do yall think?

[Cameron_99]

i should add that i know a lot of xbox games support play anywhere, this is more of "i thought of it now i wanna try it" kind of project. not a need to kind lol.

[Jaminahat]

I cant see why it wouldn't work, i'm glad you have the balls/money to do it

[Cameron_99]

Just now, Jaminahat said:

I cant see why it wouldn't work, i'm glad you have the balls/money to do it

i think ill grab a busted xbox and tear it up and see what im dealing with. i like this idea more and more lol. i could do a huge wall mounted system as well......my wife is gonna kill me lol

[Jaminahat]

Just now, Cameron_99 said:

i think ill grab a busted xbox and tear it up and see what im dealing with. i like this idea more and more lol. i could do a huge wall mounted system as well......my wife is gonna kill me lol

Have a quick search on youtube, im sure someone has teared one apart before, at least you know roughly what you're working with, GL

[♠FlamieMeister♠]

I was trying a while back to do it in a dreamcast, and while it would work, it would take a lot of effort, so I ended up not doing it. Hope it works out for you!

[Cameron_99]

gracias guys. ill report back here with any updates should i decide to do this or not. i think itll be a fun project.

[Jaminahat]

23 hours ago, Cameron_99 said:

gracias guys. ill report back here with any updates should i decide to do this or not. i think itll be a fun project.

I look forward to seeing a final project...

[Cameron_99]

22 minutes ago, Jaminahat said:

I look forward to seeing a final project...

So this just transformed into something a bit bigger lol. My case wont fit the xbox mobo and thats fine. My wife has a friend who's boyfirend is a carpenter. hes coming over this weekend to look at my desk and talk about modifying it with a glass top and boxing in the under panel (much like LTTs pc desk case mod video) then ill do all wire routing and air flow stuff. this route will allow the xbox, pc, and ps4 into one housing. totally unnecessary, but should be cool as hell.

[Jaminahat]

4 minutes ago, Cameron_99 said:

So this just transformed into something a bit bigger lol. My case wont fit the xbox mobo and thats fine. My wife has a friend who's boyfirend is a carpenter. hes coming over this weekend to look at my desk and talk about modifying it with a glass top and boxing in the under panel (much like LTTs pc desk case mod video) then ill do all wire routing and air flow stuff. this route will allow the xbox, pc, and ps4 into one housing. totally unnecessary, but should be cool as hell.

This sounds like one hell of a fun project. Make sure to take photos and create a build log. I'd love to see the progress!

[Hugsy Malone]

Love it, please do 

[Cameron_99]

looks like this project is going to be a bust lol. a friend came out and looked at my desk and deemed far beyond his capabilities to handle. the xbox also just got put behine my tower hooked up a small hdmi switch so i can play on my monitors. oh well, it was a fun idea while it lasted lol