DIY console

[elfishz]

Here was my plan for a DIY console:

 

Peripherals and OS:

Xbox OS

Xbox USB connected controller

HDMI connected monitor

 

Console Parts:

500GB HDD

8GB Memory

Core I3 7350K

GTX 1060( extension connected to slot)

Micro ATX (or ATX) motherboard

One of those cases you lay on its side (optical drive "installlable") For example take HP 8200 case and lay it on a side.

Optical Drive

 

Thats pretty much it. Any Comments?

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can't just run the xbox OS

 

 

[elfishz]

Then I'll buy some old used Xbox for cheap and use the HDD in it as a boot drive. Or just use it as my primary drive.

[3 Lions]

Just now, elfishz said:

Then I'll buy some old used Xbox for cheap and use the HDD in it as a boot drive. Or just use it as my primary drive.

No you can't do that either. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, elfishz said:

Then I'll buy some old used Xbox for cheap and use the HDD in it as a boot drive. Or just use it as my primary drive.

You can't boot into the OS. There is no way to run the xbox os on a normal desktop.

[AshleyAshes]

Just now, elfishz said:

Then I'll buy some old used Xbox for cheap and use the HDD in it as a boot drive. Or just use it as my primary drive.

Uhh... I don't think you understand how any of that works...

[elfishz]

Could PS4 work?

 

[3 Lions]

Just now, elfishz said:

Could PS4 work?

 

No 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, elfishz said:

Could PS4 work?

 

nope.

 

You can't run any console os on a desktop.

[AshleyAshes]

2 minutes ago, elfishz said:

Could PS4 work?

 

Just... Wow.

[elfishz]

Ok then this can be done.

 

[AshleyAshes]

Just now, elfishz said:

Ok then this can be done.

No, no it can't.

[asus killer]

you can do it, just install windows OS instead of xbox OS on it 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Even if you could get a console's OS to boot on your PC, it won't work on the fact that you won't have any compatible drivers and none exist because why would an Xbox One or PS4 need a GTX 1060 driver?

[AshleyAshes]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Even if you could get a console's OS to boot on your PC, it won't work on the fact that you won't have any compatible drivers and none exist because why would an Xbox One or PS4 need a GTX 1060 driver?

Drivers are the LEAST of your problems.  A PC is, a PC, as in it is an IBM PC and it functions in a very specific way.  There's even a tremendious ammount of legacy elements to he IBM PC that will lwt you run MS DOS on your modern modern Ryzen system, no problem.  The Xbox or PS4, while using many of the core components seen in PC, like x86 CPUs and related GPUs, are NOT IBM PC and are only built as a platform that is exclusively  one type of video game consoles.  There are critical elements that are different from either platform and you would need signifigant re-development efforts to port an OS to another platform.

[Drak3]

1 hour ago, elfishz said:

Ok then this can be done.

 

Yes, but you'll have to use:

 

Windows

• Kodi
• Steam Big Picture

 

Linux

1. Android X86
   1. 10ft UI launcher
   2. Custom configured controller (if the launcher doesn't work out of the box with controllers)
2. Ubuntu/Debian/other distro
   1. 10ft UI program, such as Kodi
   2. Steam Big Picture
   3. Custom controller setup
3. SteamOS

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, AshleyAshes said:

Drivers are the LEAST of your problems.  A PC is, a PC, as in it is an IBM PC and it functions in a very specific way.  There's even a tremendious ammount of legacy elements to he IBM PC that will lwt you run MS DOS on your modern modern Ryzen system, no problem.  The Xbox or PS4, while using many of the core components seen in PC, like x86 CPUs and related GPUs, are NOT IBM PC and are only built as a platform that is exclusively  one type of video game consoles.  There are critical elements that are different from either platform and you would need signifigant re-development efforts to port an OS to another platform.

The only thing I would find that would not make them compatible with "IBM PCs" is that they don't use the same firmware standard, so any system calls to firmware related functions will break if you try to install it as is. And even then, you could have something that traps the firmware calls and translate them into something else.

 

And I think PCs stopped being "IBM PCs" a while ago. Case in point: as of Haswell, Intel no longer requires supporting the A20M# gate which was a requirement from the IBM AT platform and on.