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."

Comments

What's the news?

[cachimaster]

It's a cool trick but I don't see the point. Proving you can dissassemble-reassemble a game system?

Re:What's the news?

[Eraesr]

I don't understand these sorts of replies. You may think it's a waste of time, but this guy clearly enjoys fiddling around with electronics, using his hands to craft something unique and using his head to make sure everything works out. Some people like to do all their home-improvement themselves, designing and building their own bathroom or kitchen. Some people like gardening. Some people like to get greasy with the inner bits of cars, Some people spend hours on end playing video games. Why does someone's hobby suddenly need to have a point or be validated against some kind of level of usefulness when it involves computer parts, electronics and little LED lights?

Re:What's the news?

[slackbheep]

While I will not berate someone for their stamp collection, I would advise them not to submit a Slashdot story about the AMAZING new binder they'd made to hold them, which is simply two ordinary binders taped together.

Re:What's the news?

[RDW]

I don't understand these sorts of replies. You may think it's a waste of time, but this guy clearly enjoys fiddling around with electronics, using his hands to craft something unique and using his head to make sure everything works out.

I guess it's because, historically, this sort of approach doesn't always end well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCBvu_kijo

Re:What's the news?

[Gripp]

I think had he managed to get one disc tray, one power button, one power supply, etc. and got it to recognize which system it should pump AV out of people would have been impressed. at this point he may as well have taped the two systems together and stuffed them into a new case.

Re:What's the news?

[Killjoy_NL]

He acting like a geek, which used to be praised here on this site.

Falls a bit short in execution.

[flimflammer]

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.

Complete and utter garbage

[ModernGeek]

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!

Re:Complete and utter garbage

[drinkypoo]

Agreed, this looks like dogshit, and it's something people seem to do all the time. Which is puzzling, because if you have two consoles, it would seem to be valuable to be able to turn them both on at once. And putting them both in one box makes that a questionable thing to do at best. Noise city...

Re:Complete and utter garbage

[Borland]

I know that I'm going to get modded down for this, but this isn't news worthy at all.

If I had mod points you'd only get modded down for this self-pitying sentence. Just say what you have to say dude.

Besides, failing to be a l33t engineer, this is a pretty good first try. We don't have to hug it out, but being a dick doesn't really help either old timer. People used to be the crap out of people that did these things too. Now we have an international forum for who can do cool, nerdy things better.

Re:Complete and utter garbage

[tecnico.hitos]

We used to drive excellence through insults.

No, you used to drive away poor quality jobs through insults. Don't fool yourself into thinking you are responsible for someone else's success.

Besides, when the internet was younger, it's users were far more likely to be technologically adept.

Afrotech done a PSX + PC hybrid a while back

[acoster]

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

Re:only slightly related to article,

[jimicus]

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.

I don't get it. If they do that, you might not buy a new console when the old one packs up.

In defense of a Complete and utter garbage

[serviscope_minor]

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.

Re:Uglification process succeeded

[PopeRatzo]

Completely agreed... also, what's it achieved that just... you know... putting an XBox 360 in an ugly case

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.