I Turned My Childhood Xbox into a Gaming PC! (2022)

[@benlogicfactsshapiro]

“This might look like an old beat up xbox” >Shows the most immaculate and clean xbox 360 to ever exist

[@poopkizi8883]

yes

[@UberStarFkr]

Well now its a old beat up Xbox shell

[@broughton1835]

Came here from tv to see this

[@rudebwoytroy]

especially a white one

[@yatamiata]

Mine might win

[@Purple_Masked]

It's loud, it's hot, its impractical. Nothing has changed but the performance.

[@Tuomaspoika]

I don't think the purpose of it was to dethrone the 360 in any way. Matt was just fucking around with this.

[@greydino3534]

i think the purpose of the comment was to say all he did was increase performance its still the wild child console we all loved as kids @@Tuomaspoika

[@StarGazerTom1991]

Lmao accurate! Those 360's were bastards for cooking themselves to death. And ofcourse with our trusty towels, we'd use that very heat to fix them!

[@pablosquarepants6388]

Women.

[@galaxxzy]

@@pablosquarepants6388agreed.

[@MegaDrain]

0:24 "It runs hot, It's loud, and it's not very practical" yep, sounds like the original 360 to me.

[@WARNUGGET77-ny7ei]

Loo

[@c4joshwa664]

I think installing some little rubber feet on the bottom would still keep it pretty stealthy and raise it up just a bit so the GPU can breath a bit more

[@Noodlepunk]

Maybe use a CNC machine to add more mesh tor air flow?

[@RAWAF_KSA-w5v]

LED light fixtures

[@Duggybud]

@@RAWAF_KSA-w5vfree fps, still don’t know why he didn’t add them

[@TheeAbstractHero]

@@Noodlepunk As if the average person has access to a CNC machine

[@Noodlepunk]

@@TheeAbstractHero there are places where you can send it off and get it done for you. Lol

[@marcosulu214]

Imagine playing GTAV on a pc with 512mb ram. Insane what consoles can handle.

[@THIZZLE99]

For real tho 😂

[@mr.electronx9036]

PS3 has even the half of it, 256mb ram and can run GTAV

[@mdstevens0612]

​@@mr.electronx9036 Eh... The situation is actually pretty comparable. The PS3 has 256mb RAM and the GPU has dedicated 256mb RAM. The Xbox 360 has 512mb RAM but only 10mb of eDRAM. Consequently, the Xbox has to share RAM with the GPU. Xbox is closer to internal GPU laptops, but the PS3's weird configuration is why multiplatform games often performed worse on PS3.

[@wycko0]

consoles version of the gta 5 is very different than pc version and also consoles dont run apps in the background like pc and whole power of the system is focused on running the game, and the os of the ps3 or xbox 360 is optimised a lot for running games unlike windows

[@0othatoneo0]

but the game is really optimize for these spec + they are low settings vs pc

[@RegalPixelKing]

A part 2 would be really neat. Still though, hitting 80-90+ degrees on average will definitally hurt the lifespan of your components. If there is a part 2, if you somehow magically find a way to clean up the IO and make the temps more managable then that would be cool. Still, due to the space constrants I don't think it will be possible to get good power, noise, and heat distrobution. Maybe, it could be possible to get 2 out of the 3, but not all 3.

[@arvixes8300]

For cpu it’s not gonna hurt is as much I have an 12900ks and when gaming like on battle field v it hits around 89 to 91 degrees at 5.3

[@Iinustechtips]

@@arvixes8300 how? 12900ks at 5.5 ghz on a 420mm aio barely goes past 55c while gaming and 85c in cinebench

[@korruption2802]

@@Iinustechtips you answered your own question

[@Iinustechtips]

@@korruption2802 ?

[@korruption2802]

@@Iinustechtips you have a 420 aio

[@MeisterKleisterHeisstEr]

I love compact gaming PC builds like this. Would love to see a follow up with better temps and improved case!

[@InkedGamerWolf420]

I’m shocked nobody’s commented to add more airflow to the case

[@liukang3545]

trash temps, shit airflow loooool pure garbage

[@walterlegere1403]

Drilling more holes in the outer case on the top is about the only effective option he has with the exception of somehow adding some external fans to improve cross flow but with the lack of space the system is creating convection (like heat swirls around in an oven) and it will eventually cook the CPU and will experience major thermal throttling in the GPU as well. While very cool this is just impractical due to the nature of PC components. This is why most PC cases are much larger that the parts you put in them!

[@jonnyronnyroker]

Really nice build! I think a 3D printed new shroud could maybe help the little rear fans or may modded/trimmed slightly larger fans if possible?

[@yannicg]

3d printed fan shroud, IO shield and GPU mount would definitely be really cool

[@EarlCo]

I would not have destroyed a perfectly-working one, when plenty of dead ones are available for practically free from people's closets.

[@sleepercore7725]

You use what you got. I've got one I'm gonna use to build for a sim racing pc

[@Xilent1]

So XB is better?

[@redbox74.]

yes

[@magiccity_cars_official]

yes

[@redbox74.]

@@magiccity_cars_official 🗿🤝🗿

[@amazingamazigh1538]

What is xb ?

[@magiccity_cars_official]

@@redbox74. 🍷🗿🤝🗿🍷

[@Toma-621]

I would've definitely used lower end, older parts, like an i3 10100f paired with a low profile card, as well as cutting out a few holes and adding a mesh over those holes to increase air flow. Overall though, impressive build. Made me want to try something like this with my fat ps3

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Make a video about it

[@nesyboi9421]

I'd only do it if it was broken Definitely been tempted by the idea of a pc fit into a wii, was thinking about finding an older NUC board with a 4 core 8 thread and using a graphics card over M.2, preferably one that can be powered off of it. So probably the low profile RX 6400 XT Maybe, just maybe, I can keep the components just within the NUC's included power adapter's wattage limit considering most of those things processors only consume 9 to 15 watts

[@SciPhiSam]

Had the exact same thought about the LP GPU

[@creaturedanaaaaa]

The 5600X with undervolted dropped power limits is insanely efficient could probably get better performance with less power usage.

[@twopercentgaming4630]

Man, I really want to put something in my old ps3 case as well someday.

[@TekuJames]

I'd like to see a part 2! There is room for optimization with the system, so I hope you can figure out a way to make it cleaner and run cooler!

[@bunsdarius9223]

I think a 3d printer would greatly help you on your projects. I really like your build videos!

[@Reza1984_]

The build would have definitely benefited from a vented air exhaust, as you stated in the beginning. I would've considered swapping the GPU with an FE style cooler that blows the hot air out. It will be tricky for the CPU, though. I haven't seen a consumer vented CPU cooler on the market.

[@XxAtomic646xX]

just needs to put inch legs on the xbox and cut 2 holes for the gpu fans and a dust shield. you wouldnt even see the holes being on the bottom. for cpu can use one of those itx boards that can use a laptop cpu and use laptop cooler heat pipes and blower fans

[@SchiffInsel]

The reason you never had the RROD all these years is because it was a later improved Xbox 360 model with HDMI. According to the performance specs on the back, it's a Jasper board.

[@HBProductions.]

As a DIY enthusiast, I applaud you if this was your first go at something like this bro. Just like your "3rd time's a charm" approach, this can only get better if you do improve the layout, cable management, and airflow portions of the system. I'd love to see a follow up on this for sure. I'm all for unconventional presentations on consoles and pc's.

[@JocelynDaoust]

This is useless and hinders the performance

[@HBProductions.]

@@JocelynDaoust You understand this is a DIY sleeper PC, right? not an actual console. Why would this be "useless" and how does it hinder its performance if the airflow can be improved on?

[@tyzer24]

While these Temps are high for sure, high Temps are still within spec. They'll be fine for a long time. It's not as if this will be a main pc with a lot of use. However, upgrading this unit to better the temps will be great content. Great video!

[@brendanmatthys3788]

I think a blower style fan on the CPU cooler would help a lot with temps, since that fan is just blowing air at a blank plate at the moment. The little Noctua fans will be pulling most of the weight there, so glad you included them! Great video, and solid effort on what you've achieved here

[@kellyshea92]

Wow this is actually a great idea! Why didnt I think of it for my sleeper build. Ive seen some Xbox 360's go for $5-$10 at pawnshops. No burglar would jack this. Edit: just got a idea. Instead of soldering stuff ill just bolt the console down to a desk with drewer and have the guts hang out in there with holes cut out for breaking.

[@Voxator]

Very nice build! I would try to fiddle a bit more with the CPU and GPU undervolting and maybe try toswitch the small fans from exhaust to intake (without the shroud, it might not work very well in bringing cold air where it needs to be). Builds like these were really the ideal usecases for blower style GPUs of the past.

[@rafaelalcantaralinares]

Hey Matt, excellent video, i would recommend that you use an Apu rather than a full blown GPU, that way you save space for airflow and components. Either way the main thin i woul do right now is add airflow on the top of the case, whether you use a discrete or integrated graphics.

[@computernerdinside]

Well, look at all those bunched up cables. Not hating on cable management or anything, but I'd think custom lengths would help airflow by there being less occupied space in there.

[@computernerdinside]

@@MisterKrakens when? in a full size case, I'd believe that, but space inside this project is at a premium, and the difference could easily be larger.

[@foosington]

This really enlightens the childhood in me, I think you should definitely do a follow up video of you polishing up the small things that would be fantastic!

[@ronbaer67]

360 was the end of the era of games that were whole when you bought them and didnt need a internet connection to run

[@Lunacy4]

The nintendo switch in question

[@JamesPound]

Pretty cool, but I thought it was going to be using the original hardware hacked. I would definitely be up for someone trying to turn that into a PC too.

[@DJRileyJr]

Gotta say I normally don't like the pc in an xbox 360 shell because alot of corners i feel get cut but you kept the soul of the 360 alive in yours . Great Job

[@BREEZYM6015]

Great video. Not many channels make these kinds of unique video builds. I can only imagine the look on my son's face if I gave him an XBOX 360 for his 18th birthday and he finds out it's a modern PC inside. That would be so cool. I wonder if I could find one to buy that someone has already built. A part 2 to this one would be nice.

[@PabzRoz]

I'm interested in a part 2 by the way. Would love to see you actually take your time in the bios undervolting the CPU and focus more on undervolting the GPU. As well as improving the airflow and cleaning up the exterior. This thing puts out some crazy performance for the size of an xbox 360 lmao. I love it.

[@peartreez]

oh gosh those temps LOL i woulda gone with a modern i3 or something like that, super power efficient.

[@bizbarley74]

Jesus, this video made me feel so old, and next to this kid, soooo far behind. I'll never be at this level.

[@madvinegar]

Hi, great idea and very unique project. IMHO you should make many small holes just above the CPU fan (and if possible above the GPU fans). This will help with the temps and probably keep the OEM look as the Xbox already has small holes in other parts of its chassis. However, my experience with the Ryzen 5 5600x is that, whilst it is a low tdp cpu, it 100% needs a very good cooler, otherwise it gets easily to 90 degrees celcius under load. The stock AMD cooler cannot provide adequate cooling to this CPU.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Yeah was gonna say I did the same thing to a digital Dec PC, and also ran into 90 degrees C temps, on both a Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 7 5800u. Custom fitting a 60mm 10000 RPM server fan inside and control with a potentiometer (believe me full speed sounds like a got dang jet engine) as well as using a low profile cooler pretty much made things more manageable. EDIT: and yes indeed the wraith stock cooler didn't help one iota, most likely due to the hat thing over the fan as well as the barely there clearance

[@thevideolord]

A part 2 would be awesome. I bet drilling a few holes by the GPU and that server CPU cooler would help a lot. Just need to get better cooling and airflow through the case

[@ryanmartinez1703]

One of the best sleeper builds I've ever seen. You're a legend man

[@TWINSZ1011]

Have you ever thought about taking orders to build one?

[@CharlieTheCAM]

Wow, congrats! The best console ever! I have an Xbox one s these days but I've spent several hours playing with my 360, I still have it and it plays fine. It's like giving a second life to your childhood gaming time with modern games and a modern PC. I've never seen your channel before but now I'm subscribed. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work

[@stefanotiengo171]

That's the brand new Xbox 3060

[@crustjunkie]

For the custom Xbox 360 build, you definitely gotta RGH it and make it the ultimate Xbox 360 that way you can run Homebrew, Linux, Emulators, unreleased and cancelled games, etc. It's a very simple process now with the release of RGH3.

[@wifidarthmaul]

Lmao. He made a PC into an Xbox, and now an Xbox into a PC. The circle of life complete.

[@jojmjojm3150]

A part 2 sounds amazing these kinds of videos are what got me into your channel I am so happy you are still doing them C:.

[@ahmedpranto6669]

I love how passionate you were for your project, Love your works matt

[@ESNN20]

Nice build. You can definitely drop 10c or more if you just drill some holes where the CPUs at and make sure the GPU also has ventilation. With your CPU cooler fan oriented that way, it's trying to suck in air thats blocked off so it being 90+ is not surprising. In regards to that EVGA card, the hot air is exhausted through the side fin stacks so a combination of more ventilation and small fans to help direct it out would help alot. An A2000 GPU would probably work well as its less than half the vol of that and takes only 70W or so. Definitely give a look at some of the SFF Yters, they've done some great builds in that size or even smaller. Would definitely be cool to see a part 2 where you polish and shine this up a bit!

[@maximaus988]

I've been building a custom Xbox One PC - Currently a 2200g but long term plan is a 5600 and an A2000 (To avoid needing to run a super high power flex PSU). Its interesting to see how your approach was different to mine (and much cleaner. lol) I've managed to internally have my PSU, keep regular motherboard standoffs (which I superglued to the case) but i've yet to solder the front IO (as I don't yet have a solder). Thank you for what you've done :)

[@coolpoete]

Really great job so far man love what you are doing! I remember these 360s had after market cooling stands, I know you're not trying to add more bulk but maybe even seeing how those cooling methods functioned could give you some ideas.

[@Jamuson-d6n]

back when 60GB was enough now you need 6TB for 6 games

[@carnergamer2667]

Gta 6 not gonna pass 300gb

[@ImOnMy116]

This was super fun, it was a video like this (I think a build in a gamecube) that got me interested in your channel in the first place! Loved to see this! I’d definitely be interested in a part 2! I also think some airflow holes above the cpu cooler and/or wherever the GPU is intaking air would be worth the sacrifice in aesthetics, but really this is just so cool!

[@catman3697]

I would love to do something like that to my old Xbox 360, I got the limited edition England Xbox, I was soo upset when it died, like my other two, Xbox’s were just rubbish, I’ve had every PlayStation, except 5, and they are just better machines.. with a gaming PC do you still have to run windows or can you run something else if it’s just for games?? Well done on the build, and a completely original idea!!

[@nullxen]

"bro you still have an xbox 360?" "thats a fucking gaming pc"

[@andrewlidholm5866]

Looks heat! I love seeing a sleeper/hidden strength build.

[@madmax2069]

"looks heat" you can say that again

[@spudhead169]

Wow, listening to someone talk about their "Childhood" Xbox 360 really hits home. I was very much an old adult when these things were new and it doesn't really seem that long ago either.

[@BradleyTech357]

bro turned his xbox 360 into a PS4

[@hollyc5417]

so you destroyed a working xbox 360, your childhood 360 to put in a mediocre pc on it. not like you can buy a broken one from ebay for like 10 bucks. absolute genius.

[@ScottGrammer]

That's coo. Nice work!

[@ravnOne65]

forgive me for saying this, but I don't get it. You did not turn your old Xbox into a Gaming PC. You use the cabinet from it.

[@daspec]

Kid calls an XBOX 360 his childhood's "retro" console 😂 My ATARI 2600 : Am I a joke to you? 😂

[@775_gold_pentium5]

i from ukraine and my english is very bad and i dont lnow what you say but this video is very good and very beautiful sound, what is your microphone?

[@ArmsK7]

проц сотка, видюха сотка,, с хотспот наверное вообще за сотку переваливает, БП обрубок на такой конфиг, что за извращения? корпус изуродовал, ну такое себе получилось, я сомневаюсь что кто та это повторит..

[@game_relative4]

Get Xenia On This Computer And You Can Relive Childhood Nostalgia On This Sleeper PC

[@JavenatoR13]

I’m wondering if gutting a gaming laptop would be the best approach for this. I think you’d be able to get improved thermal performance going that route and more space to work with. It’d be much more expensive but I want to do this with my OG Halo 3 360 so it’s worth it to me.

[@mrburns366]

huh? lol

[@TechnicallyJustin]

Dude.. the fact that you are referring to an xbox 360 arcade console as your child hood console is making me feel old af. It was mine too. I got one in 2009 or 2010. I was around 12. Just turned 25 and holy hell man... time flies (i know I'm young). The first game I ever had was Resident Evil 5. I played the 4th on ps2 a thousand times. The joy when I got this console.. great video man. Congrats on a cool build

[@superkamiguru6856]

"Are you a console gamer?" "Well... Yes, but actually no. In short, I am, but am not."

[@Zer0ducksgiven]

"Somehow I never got the dreaded red ring of death" That console was manufactured in 2009, by that point, the board revision they were on had entirely fixed the issue, being the most reliable models still to this day(even more so than the slim models which came later).

[@idkoolproduction]

Why don't you use low profile GPU? there will be less time wasted on breaking this case and glue🤔

[@drpotato830]

a 2009 console are a somebody's childhood, man..am i that old ?

[@sevenone666]

Bro you could sacrifice another xbox from ebay!!! Not your childhood memories

[@vipersnakegamer5081]

“It runs hot, it’s loud” Me: it’s perfect.

[@icxyy12]

"runs hot and it's loud" the definition of Xbox 360

[@Gamen4Bros]

Please undervolt it! And make a part 2 with better temps. Liquid metal delid or direct die the cpu

[@deopping]

That Xbox 360 really only came with a 60GB HDD? Man, gaming has come a long way in a (relatively) short time. I remember when games weren't purely digital and they didn't require so much space. The Xbox One I got (base model, Halo 5 edition) came with 500GB for comparison. Yet that still was barely any space for games when I played it. Nowadays I just play a pc, with a 2TB SSD, 4TB external HDD, and a main hard drive with about 1TB. I only use the SSD for games, but I don't play as many so I have plenty of room.

[@leothehuman_9476]

it's crazy that with this build you haven't lost anything, since you can emulate games at even better resolution and framerate than the original xbox.

[@CurvedSlightly]

At least now, you'll get BSODs rather than RRODs

[@annonymat]

Let's optimize the airflow: Rotate the grapics card 180° and run a pci extension cable underneeth it. now it all points up and we have an unobstructed path from top to bottomn. Install passive heat sinks on your CPU and if possible, graphics card, with the finns not blocking the airflow. Make sure your heat sinks use the full hight of the case. use shorter power cables, so they don't block the airflow. Install enough small noctua fans in order to use the full length of the console. If possible, install the same ammount on the other side, so they suck the air out, you push in from zhe bottomn. This should provide much better cooling. Maybe you can rewire the power button LEDs, so they work with the RGB protocol, now the console can give you a red ring, when it overheats and a green one, when it's cool.

[@mite_jan]

them internals are cooking , i would not call it a success

[@fido139]

There are usually "mini" versions of GPU's. I would have used one of those. You did great. Kudos. I have found that gel superglue works to hold things in place, but then I follow up with JB Weld epoxy for superb strength. I would have never gone with a Ryzen just because of current and heat dissipation. Intel is the way.

[@Hilairalol]

It's actually easy to see why you never got the Red Ring of Death. You ended up lucking out and getting a late model Jasper system. If you look at the back of the console, you can see the power port has 2 seperate guides on the very top, and missing the one in the middle found on older systems. The manufacture date is also post august 2008, which is when they came out with the Jasper motherboards. These consoles EXTREMELY rarely if not any of them got the red ring of death. That is why you were able to push it to it's limits for countless hours, and it never fail you. Just some professional input. :)

[@GarboGarage]

noticed that the exhaust for the two noctua fans is on the bottom the Xbox chassis, to greatly improve the airflow you can remove part of the metal wall that mostly obstructs and creates a solid wall that the hot air can not get through, planning on replicating this project myself and hope to greatly decrease the temps, also plan on using an am5 motherboard with a Ryzen 7700 8 core and a 4060 ti 16gb at maximum these components draw 318W combined and that's with every part I plan to put in which theoretically should work with the same power supply, these components should work with the airflow plans I have so I guess we will have to wait till I have all the parts here and then ill let you know how it goes and maybe you could potentially one up me afterwards!

[@KiceDz]

Asus ROG G21CX is the same size, i've placed RTX4070 into it, 9900K @5ghz , 32GB Ram, 4 disk drives, 1 nvme, AND a working Blu ray drive into it. :) AND RGB. AND magnetic side cover AND it uses less power.

[@REVOLTAR53]

I have done the exact same thing but with a pentium 4 3.0 ghz back in the day, when every 360 was rroded. Had to cut and put a fan on the top cover, but it worked fine. For the power supply I simply extended all the wires around 50sm and suffered massive voltage drops :D

[@Sergei-King]

Man you didn't get a 360 until 2009, feelsbadman. I had one in 2005. Clocked THOUSANNNNNNDS of hours on so many games, COD4, GTA IV, World at War, MW2, RDR, Black Ops & so many more!

[@RicardoRamosRetrocomputacao]

I've already created a classic xbox with a pc inside, including PSU and video card, but I'm waiting for the next generation of AMD processors, to see if there are any interesting options with integrated graphics, as my plan is to create a pc-xbox360 capable of emulating xbox 360. 5600G has a gpu that I consider very generous, and I hope the next generation has a nice one... In my opinion, the way forward is liquid cooling (so as not to have to tamper with the xbox's plastic case. The problem is finding a radiator that fits. You may have to build one from scratch. As for the PSU, I intend to use the original one from the console .

[@Alexifeu]

I am beyond intereseted in this please make another video of you fixing things up and making it even better :D

[@FoxyAnimater]

If you can emulate the Xbox 360 at full speed 1080p on it, then you have succeeded, otherwise you have failed. In I honest opinion, if you build a sleeper build for a computer, it has to be able to emulate the original console that you are disguising it as. In this case you have to run Xenia at full speed otherwise you have failed.

[@FBPrepping]

I just can´t get it. Dissasemblying a vintage Xbox in perfect shape just for a video? You didn´t "turned" anything to other thing, just canibalized the case. Misleading video. I don´t like it.

[@brostenen]

I believe those that were kids in the late 00's, will begin to buy up Xbox360's when they hit 30 to 40 years of age. And those that begin buying them again at the age of 50, will bitch about how expensive they become.

[@cxn_media]

Why don't you make some custom cables? The cables you've used is too long and occupied to much space around the cpu cooler and almost completely blocked the airflow.

[@quann06]

That's the Jasper 2009 edition, when they changed the CPU and GPU nanometers from the OG 2005 versions and the 07 Falcon version. They don't overheat much at all.

[@Mashupsky]

You could have taken a laptop motherboard and done that

[@MA-90s]

I looked at that DVD drive and thought should games come on USB stick along with digital? Im loving the application of SSD's and USB sticks these days. All the space saved and heat reduced from PC's to console.

[@Satori-Automotive]

I guess it could be perfect if u put a less power hungry system into it. Something like a GTX 1050ti or a RTX 3050 together with a nice fitting CPU

[@MidnightPodcastGaming]

WHAT A MAD KENT LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@torres3800]

Your Xbox has a 2009 manufacturing date. They fixed the Red Ring issue by then. It's only for 2005-2007ish models. Just FYI.

[@geuxmer2355]

I LITERALLY THOUGHT OF THIS IDEA BEFORE I FOUND THIS XD

[@rubysvnhalo]

a custom 360 case would be cool, but i hope you could keep the kinda style the og models had (or go full crazy and make the xbox 720 LOL)

[@AkizaNoir]

Such a cool idea. I respect the lengths you went through to get it to work, including cutting and soldering. Impressive!

[@Nobe_Oddy]

I know this was a year ago BUT the small noctua fan should be blowing air INTO THE CASE, the CPU COOLER FAN should be blowing air UP (so sucking it through the cooler and blowing it up) and the CPU COOLER FINS SHOULD be aligned with the Noctua fans, so they are blowing air into the fins and the big fan is sucking that air out.... BUT I'm not sure how close the 'case' plastic is to the surface of the CPU cooler fan.... if there is about a half inch then you should be fine - As far as the GPU... I think its fans are RIGHT UP AGAINST the metal case... but there is plastic on the other side of that metal... SO you can remove some of that metal to allow more air to get into the fan AND still look stock on the outside....

[@sorow9523]

Can we get updated versio someday? It would be interesting to see intel gpu with amd cpu build with this. Atleast now the 7000's is out and intel graphics cards have improved. Some smaller variation of the intel gpu could make this kinda neat, because you could route cables and such much better. Ngl even some smaller amd or nvidia gpu would be fine too, but I think that for future the intel gpu+amd cpu platform would be unique and have lots of potential towards emulation/media player. Also someway it would be great if you could only use the original ports of the xbox by extenders, headers and soldering, atleast usb 3 extenders for front and back have just usb-c port or something fancier. Just my thought that run to me when I thought ways of making this kind of modifcation. I would do it myself, but I just don't have enough resources to make it:D But I appreciate that you made this build, I used to play xbox 360 so much when I were younger. Played almost every hit title with it. Gta IV and RDR especially

[@bankruptsee]

It’s not overheating so it’s fine. Might need to replace thermal paste a year or two sooner due to temp swings and hardening faster but I wouldn’t worry about 90*

[@Notfallkaramell]

I would have ditched the GPU and chosen a CPU with a graphic unit. Less power, but should be fine for ligher gaming. Noise and heat should be more managable. I would like such a tiny PC for games I don't play on console. (Anyone wanna play Cities Skylines with a controller? Not me.) Or retro games via GOG!

[@christurnblom4825]

I give you props for attempting this but I wonder how long till you create the same problem that cause the red ring of death. If you don't come up with some seriously good, possibly expensive cooling solutions, you're going to need to drill more holes in the case and metal shroud. You can get some limited improvements from shrouding everything you can to direct airflow but, for example, the CPU & GPU fans... there's nowhere for the air to move, for the most part. More than likely though, without a little desktop CNC router, your hole-pattern will look like crap.(i'm a machinist so take my advise on that) You might be able to come up with some kind of jig system that forces the drill bit to drill uniform. If it were me, I'd just by a materiel with holes in it, paint it white if it's not already white, cut a square over the CPU & under GPU & pop in the pre-made material.. If you MUST have the sleeper look though, ordering custom heat-pipes & making custom fins for the ends is probably what you're going to need to do. If you go to an electronics recycler, you might find some heat-pipe solutions that work Apple desktops & some high-end PC & Apple laptops have long heatpipe configurations & you might be able to bend them to your needs. LET THAT THING BREATH!

[@Michaelangelokowski]

512mb of RAM? Oh how things have changed. The xbox one s had 8gb of RAM and the series x has 16gb. My PC has 32gb of ddr5. Respect to microsoft and developers for making these consoles so capable with so little. If you made a pc with double those specs, it wouldn't run a quarter as well.

[@basbas63]

Good looking build! Are you ever considering putting on the final touches you were talking about? :D Looking at 1:03 explains why the RROD never happened. Consoles after around March/April 2008 if I remember correctly no longer had those issues. Unfortunately my first 360 was from 2007.

[@lucasrem]

My last build in Xbox 360 was Ryzen 5 5600G GT 1030 onboard, Nano ATX. Keeping all the original XBOX parts, Blue Ray drive in the bay, NVMe and DDR 5. The original cooling is not that bad ! I will replace it on next gen Arc onboard now, keeping all the original parts ! just find a dead Xbox, move the old parts in it.

[@wastelandwanderer3883]

I'm not ready to put my Aorus X570 with an AMD 5 5600G and RT3050 in my XBox 360 yet! 🤭 But great build, I like it! A lot! You should take a little time to breathe sometimes though, and that would make it easier to follow as well (don't want to complain, I'm hooked 😉)

[@siimpro]

I had a overclocked APU with a AIO in my 360 Elite and it worked as a media PC for years until the DC-DC board burned with the 24pin motherboard header.I went to a few lanpartys where I used it to play CS and COD. The MB was a Asus deluxe board with Wifi/BT and it cost about 350€ when I bought it and when It failed it was already ~4 years old so I scrapped the whole unit as it was not worth rebuilding.