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Most of the conversions from the Xbox case to a PC I have seem look like
complete ass. I did see one where the dude did some brushed
aluminum case with glowing scripted lettering that was very cool, but I
can't find the pic anymore. Besides, I am not looking for some
gawdey, glowing monster. I want a quiet, (if not silent), Xbox
that will do multiple things for me, in one neat package.
Oh yeah and i want people to be impressed, but not see it from outside 2 blocks away.
I also want to call it Xbox180 and make people think I am cool and forward thinking. I will get on Digg.com and people will envy me and send me flowers and gold bullion cubes and girls will fly from Asia just to see me and to masterb.....wait...
I think I got off on a tangent there.
Anyhow, on to the creation process.
Here is the first time I inserted the Xbox motherboard into the Antec case. Tons of room. This should be easy right?
Wrong.
That case got full really fast.
Lets start with the power supply.
J B Weld should be a major sponsor for this project because it definitely helped me out in a lot of difficult spots. (My dad used to use it to fix really important parts on our old car when I was young. He used it to fix CV joints and real mechanical things. Heck all I use it for is to hold plastic to metal. No wonder it works so well for me.)
I JB Welded a old empty drive bay door cover to the side of the Antec and used super heavy duty plastic Velcro to attach the power supply to the plastic. Now if I need to replace it, it's as simple as undoing velcro.
I extended the power supply wires since the board was going to be oriented within the case differently then MS intended. Everything in this project was soldered.
The PS was mounted, and the power plug peeked out the back perfectly after doing some dremmel work to the mini pci cover.
Next up...we need a way to get a cat5 cable into the case neatly.
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