I was thinking of using my Xbox 360 hardware, the Box, as sort of like a case for my gaming PC. I plan on preserving its hardware, circuit board, hard drive and such, but I was curious if this is even possible?
Like, can I take out the circuit board, install fresh PC components that I picked up, install it into the box once everything is out. Using this as a normal PC. I also understand about the Fans, power consumption, and you know… Just wondering on your thoughts if I should do this, if it’s a good idea or what.
Thanks!
Yes and no.
You could find a way to get normal components that might work with the main board connected up through soldering them where they need to go, but it’s doubtful any modern day components would work with the main board in the first place.
It’s all proprietary hardware except for the disk and hard drives, and even those that can be easily swapped in have very specific requirements.
It would be easier to simply use the case and build a miniPC into it that fits, not using any existing components other than the drives. It’s also been done before so there are likely to be some guides on how to do it yourself.
That’s kind of what I meant lol, sorry. Using the Case as a base for all my components, but as you said with the disk tray and HDD, I can probably get away with keeping as I’m planning on backing up my games/movies.
Using a the Case as a Base starter is much easier, hope that’s what you meant lol.
You could probably fit something inside the chassis, but why? It doesn’t have standard mounting hardware for any ATX form factor, you’ll need to source a slim PSU, and at the end of the day, without a ton of effort to make the build work, and additional thought put into the cooling (etc) you’re going to destroy a working console for a pretty average result with a lot of trade-offs.
TL;DR, bad idea. You can do better.
That is a very cool idea. You’ll have to keep us updated if you decide to go through with it.
It’s not impossible but it’s work. There are plenty examples to find. Just look up Xbox 360 Sleepers.
