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the prophet of mephisto · 10-13-08

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Originally Posted by CptBlackBalls

A mod chip whould be the way I would go. You are only looking at about $70 that way but hell give it a try I will keep an eye on your project it's not a bad idea.

you obviously don't know the limitations of the xbox hardware. i'd barely be able to get any version of xp running on a modded xbox. and there's no way a haxbox would be able to play 720p content. the original's only got a sub-1 ghz processor and some 64 megs of ram - there's no way it could handle it.

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Originally Posted by YOSHIBA

i would suggest obviously m-atx but if you wanted to pump it up go BTX for sure they have all kinds of slim kits for btx too.....thats how most of the slim cases are built by dell, hp, etc. they make btx lga 775 so im sure you could throw a great cpu on it and a pci-e 90 degree bend would work well for a great gfx card

as i mentioned in my initial post, i'm going for a cheap HTPC - buying a 150$ kit for btx, spending as much each on a cpu and graphics card...that'd all make for a nice system but it's not what i want. i don't need a gaming machine - that's what my main system is for. this is just for playing movies, and since hi-def content is dependent almost solely on the cpu for processing power, i don't need a huge graphics card. a 1.6ghz dual-core atom 330 should be enough to more than handle hi-def content, and since it'll only be working on my home system i won't even need to have anti-virus on it, since anything that goes onto it will be filtered through my system.

higgins has the right idea - it's meant to be solely a movie pc.

Infinitegrim · 10-13-08

To all those unbelievers, i have proof! These videos are all 720p. When it says dropped, tehy are droppped frames because i was fast forwarding through the video

the prophet of mephisto · 10-14-08

regardless, i'm not just putting a damn modchip in - this is a computer forum, and i'm making a real computer out of it, not hacking 7-year-old software and hardware. i want something that'll last longer than a year or two.

CattleRustler · 10-14-08

just for the record, iirc, the original xbox cpu was equiv to an Intel PIII - 700mhz, not sure how much ram (64mb?) Anyway do with that info what you will.

Nice project - me likes - me watches

Infinitegrim · 10-14-08

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Originally Posted by the prophet of mephisto

regardless, i'm not just putting a damn modchip in - this is a computer forum, and i'm making a real computer out of it, not hacking 7-year-old software and hardware. i want something that'll last longer than a year or two.

dude i know, im just saying this to everyone saying the xbox is a piece of crap

legoman786 · 10-14-08

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox#Hardware

733mhz custom Pentium.

Infinitegrim · 10-14-08

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Originally Posted by legoman786

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox#Hardware

733mhz custom Pentium.

While playing that video there was 27MB of ram free

the prophet of mephisto · 10-15-08

does anyone know where to get a converter for an old laptop dvd drive (i think it's ultrabay 2000 - it's from an ibm r40 laptop) to something i can use here? because i don't want to buy a new one if i don't have to.

also, if you find good prices on a pci (NOT pci-e) riser that'd put the card away from the mobo, shoot me a link. i haven't found one for less than like 30$ or so shipped.

**coffeejunky** · 10-15-08

I'm subscribed. I too would take an Atom any day over XBOX proprietry stuff. Plus its far more fun and we get a great case/hardware mod. With a decent (ish) PCI card you could get a pretty good gaming rig too.
Props

As for a riser card

- they don't come up too often.
Leftward -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Leftward-32-Bit-...QQcmdZViewItem
Rightward -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rightward-PCI-Ri...QQcmdZViewItem
Flexi -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Flex-Ribbon-PCI-...QQcmdZViewItem

You could also consider a half-height compatible PCI GPU.

Infinitegrim · 10-15-08

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Originally Posted by the prophet of mephisto

does anyone know where to get a converter for an old laptop dvd drive (i think it's ultrabay 2000 - it's from an ibm r40 laptop) to something i can use here? because i don't want to buy a new one if i don't have to.

also, if you find good prices on a pci (NOT pci-e) riser that'd put the card away from the mobo, shoot me a link. i haven't found one for less than like 30$ or so shipped.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10573
or http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15388

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