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Stuffing a PS3 and an Xbox 360 Into a PC Case
An anonymous reader writes "A man identifying himself as 'Timofiend' has posted a detailed walkthrough of how he built an impressive case mod that fits both a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 into a mid-tower computer case. He used one of the newer Slim 360 models hooked up to an ATX power supply, and one of the bulkier old PS3 units, with its standard power supply as well. After arranging the internal boards, persuading the two optical drives to fit and loading up on fans to prevent overheating, he wound up with a very cool (and functional!) blend of gaming platforms."
Requires two supplies, no switch box for video output just multiple video outputs.
It's a cool trick but I don't see the point. Proving you can dissassemble-reassemble a game system?
Why?
Well I wouldn't do it, but if its something he enjoys doing then why not?
Is it supposed to make this article stand out? In which case, I didn't get how this story is so special, compared to most others.
Building a regular gaming PC would be cheaper and produce a better gaming experience.
Meh, I'm in the unimpressed camp, it's hardly of benheck's level with no water/custom cooling, board mods or anything special at all really. He may as well have thrown both consoles in a cardboard box (a partucularly ugly one) and stuffed the cables through holes in the side. Not to piss on anyones bonfire or anything, I'm sure he got a lot out of it personally. I see a lot of mods and that's not a good example for a front page submission.
I've got some photographs, I'd like to show them to you. Though you don't know the girls You'll recognise the view..
I've seen custom scratch mods that would rock this one into insignificance. This guy's done a fair job certainly.. Pretty neat and clean work. Honestly though, even I could do a better job. I'm not a modding guru, but I know what I'm talking about.
If stuff like this is what slashdot has started accepting, I'm sorry but we're gonna lose the few intelligent readers that're still left.
There's a good chance this was approved by mistake. I find it hard to believe that this was done on purpose.
Geekism is your _only_ God!
Completely agreed... also, what's it achieved that just... you know... putting an XBox 360 in an ugly case wouldn't?
I personally think this is a bit lame. I think the idea is pretty cool (and I don't blame the guy for doing it, do what you love to do!) but the execution seemed to fall short. If it required one power supply and at least had some sort of switch for the video, it would have been a lot cooler. But fitting 2 power supplies and requiring 2 monitors (or to manually switch when switching systems) is kind of lame.
Scroll down to the pictures, you will see about the shittiest soldering job ever
I know that I'm going to get modded down for this, but this isn't news worthy at all.
This is a total hackjob that required no real knowledge of electronics or real craftsmanship to accomplish.
I really think that everyone on the Internet has gone soft. We used to drive excellence through insults, and when an insult came along, everybody else insulted the person until they either left or got better at what they did. The Internet used to breed excellence and anything short was seen as a waste of bandwidth. Now someone just chops together two video game units and gets all sorts of attention on the front page of Slashdot.
Get off my lawn! I don't want to see this garbage on the front page of Slashdot!
Sig: I stole this sig.
Stuffing a broken game system into a garbage dumpster.
And he used a capture card, so you'd get the PS1's output in same screen as the computer.
http://www.afrotechmods.com/psxpc1.htm
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...he took some electronics out of one box, and put it in another? Brilliant!
Next up, some inventive slashdotter takes two cans of ready made soup and makes...SOUP!!!
I've been of the opinion since the PlayStation 2/DreamCast/original XBox era game consoles should have standard notebook optical drives in them since it's the most likely part to fail. We could use tool-less removal systems like most 1U servers have to swap them.
Not only would this make salvaging a system after the most likely component failure possible it would make cool hacks easier to pull off. Do you have any idea the pain it is to try to keep an original XBox working with optical disk still in play?
Now to convince Nintendo they don't have to change the shape of their 5v delivery Jack with every portable unit, maybe even adopt a USB plug.
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Damn fine job on the case mod. Nice to see an article on slashdot that gets back to geek basics too.
Frankly not all of us here have the l33t sk1llz to make the world's best case mod evar. I count myself among those lacking the skills. So I actually do find it informative and interesting to see what can be done with mere uncoordinated and ill-equipped mortal level of skills.
I really think that everyone on the Internet has gone soft. We used to drive excellence through insults, and when an insult came along, everybody else insulted the person until they either left or got better at what they did.
No, we used to troll and insult because it's fun to cut others down when you can't see the effects of nastiness and also much lower risk than doing it in person, where one risks a real-time punch in the face.
The Internet used to breed excellence and anything short was seen as a waste of bandwidth.
I think you have rose-tinted spectacles so thick that you can't actually see anything through them. Were you actually on the internet... well... ever?
Get off my lawn! I don't want to see this garbage on the front page of Slashdot!
Slashdot always has been a random mix of things from the amazingly excellent and high tech to random small hack jobs. I find the spectrum interesting because while the amazing stuff remains as amazing as ever, I'm far more likely to be able to do one of those small random hack jobs myself.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
A gaming PC wouldn't let you play Xbox 360-exclusive games, PS3-exclusive games, or modes that are often cut from PC versions of cross-platform games such as split-screen co-op or other local multiplayer.
game consoles should have standard notebook optical drives in them since it's the most likely part to fail
A standard notebook optical drive in a game console would make it easier to emulate the optical drive and play infringing copies of games.
Now to convince Nintendo they don't have to change the shape of their 5v delivery Jack with every portable unit
The original DS used a GBA SP jack. Is it that they change the shape of the connector when they change the voltage or current that the adapter is rated to deliver? Or that they make each connector smaller on the motherboard (like proprietary-B to mini-B to micro-B in the USB world)?
I thought the whole point of buying a console instead of buying a PC to put next to the TV was that the console would have a more attractive case than a typical full-size tower.
it doesn't appear he did anything to accommodate EMI separation between the two motherboards? Did I miss that part?
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Besides, I just noticed your user number. You get off MY lawn sonny.
Neat pic... neat pic... neat pic... SOLDER APOCALYPSE... neat pic...
Thereby turning a perfectly good game platform into a crappy console.
To me, 1Xbox 360 + 1PS/3 PC + HD6870 + 8gig RAM
Two long-in-the-tooth-and-not-expected-to-be-upgraded-for-some-time consoles are not as good for games as my PC.
Have you seen what Deus Ex HR looks like on a PC compared to the other platforms? It's like day and night.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Well, most missions in Deus Ex do play at night :) :D
I just love the guys awful chin, he can open cans with that one, that would be awesome the chin/canopener augment
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Take the plunge buy an actual PC.
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
but still cool to an extent. Now you have a gimped double computer.system.
Good luck getting service now, buddy.
The question is: why is that on Slashdot? It's a fucking case mod.
Where's that firehose link so we can mod that shit down?
21" monitors seem to be fairly standard for desktops these days, yes.
Thank you. That takes care of two players, but not necessarily four.
Most decent-sized HDTVs have a VGA input.
I've talked to a few Redbox customers in August 2011, and many of them appear to still use a CRT SDTV as the primary living room TV. Most people don't know that VGA to SDTV cables exist.
Hooking up a PC to a big telly is a piece of cake.
But the public doesn't know this. I've done a lot of asking around on Slashdot about a PC using a TV as a monitor. It appears a lot of people disagree with you that it's a piece of cake (see 1 2 3 4 5). And one still has to buy or build a gaming PC for the TV room whose case has a decent spouse acceptance factor, such as the roughly Xbox 360-sized Acer Aspire X1 (AMD CPU, NVIDIA integrated graphics). A typical tower PC case like the one seen in the article lacks this factor.
But if you want to make it that big and ugly, even I could accomplish the same exact thing (without sketches). Putting it all into a smaller form factor or more attractive case would make this somewhat notable. Or throw a real computer into the mix. As it is, you could do just as well by taking the two consoles, strapping them together, and calling it one hybrid machine. Good effort, and nice write up, I guess.
This is a hacked account, for which the owner can not be held responsible.
Yeah, I noticed that. At least he had the good taste to grow a little chin spinach to try to hide it.
You are welcome on my lawn.
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