XP-Box idea

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:33 am

i guess if you wanted an "XP box" You could buy a gutted xbox case and put your pc in it......it's been done several times. And a good thing is, since the xbox has a dvd and a harddrive, you might be able to use the trays(those black things that put the dvd and hard drive above the motherboard. Also if you can find xbox controller ports, you could mod them to plug into two usb ports and then make usb adapters to plug into the xbox ports....sure the cost would go up buy maybe 20 bucks, but it would look cool. PS: The xbox to USB adapter is really easy to make, strip the usb coard and connect the colors to the controler port wires...just remember " Yellow sux, so make it go to dust!"

or in an understandable way, I mean "The yellow wire isnt needed, it can just go die!"

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:42 pm

this thread is from MAY. Why did you bring it back, megabacon?

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:55 pm

I didnt bring it up....megabacon did............Sorry tho.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:47 pm

Sorry, Harshboy, I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to mr. bring-dead-threads-back-up (megabacon). I'll edit my post.

chozen wun · Post by **chozen wun** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:22 am

CPU: $85.00
Motherboard: $46.00
Hard-drive: 80GB $56.00, 250GB $130.00
RAM: 512MB $37.49
Video card: 8MB $15.00, 256MB 79.00
DVD/CD Burners: $49.00
Outside case: $31.99
Cooling Fan: $11.99

i can get a cpu and a mobo for only 80 bucks alone (celeron 2.8ghz) or for the same price cpu and mobo (sempron 2800+ i think.) so that s rip off. the hd is so much cheaper too and the case - you can get one for around 18 bucks for a plain beige one. your better off buying a old computer from a store for around 300 bucks. try a company named PowerSpec. good computers, really cheap prices.

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:18 am

xbox case and pc guts are the 1337 coolness

i doneifided that, with an me6000 you cant use the black trays but i did it without them, pics soon

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:32 pm

i have some xbox cases laying around so just for fun i built a computer in it (i have like an unlimited supply of parts...lol) What i did was take 2 tops and cut the sides off one and hinge it to the other one.......then i put the mobo in and just continued with the other parts. It's got a dvd drive, 384 MB ram, 1 ghz....pretty good........it's also got a composite video out on the mobo so it's hooked up to the TV, it runs Windows 98 SE but i'm going to install XP Home on it soon when i get time........so yeah, sorry if i boared you.....

sniper_spike · Post by **sniper_spike** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:21 pm

chozen wun wrote:
CPU: $85.00
Motherboard: $46.00
Hard-drive: 80GB $56.00, 250GB $130.00
RAM: 512MB $37.49
Video card: 8MB $15.00, 256MB 79.00
DVD/CD Burners: $49.00
Outside case: $31.99
Cooling Fan: $11.99
i can get a cpu and a mobo for only 80 bucks alone (celeron 2.8ghz) or for the same price cpu and mobo (sempron 2800+ i think.) so that s rip off. the hd is so much cheaper too and the case - you can get one for around 18 bucks for a plain beige one. your better off buying a old computer from a store for around 300 bucks. try a company named PowerSpec. good computers, really cheap prices.

It must be... Bump old threads day!!!

SpongeBuell wrote:whoa, I think this is national "bring up an old post day or something" (with gamelver bringing up the top 10 systems thread, and this guy that came on to AtariAge)

Anyway, we now have a Genesis forum, so I'm gonna move this

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:51 pm

any pics of your compy xbox?

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:54 pm

dude this is old.......and who are you talking to?

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:44 pm

to you. pm him if you need the pics, paul. don't bring up really old threads.

I'm gonna lock this, but if you ever decide to continue your project, Thornwillow, just PM me, Black 6, or gannon and one of use will unlock it for you.

If anyone is building one of these, just start a new thread.