Work in progress - making the xbox up-to-date and sleek

[nayparm]

Work in progress...
128mb Ram
VFD (SmartXX v2 chip)
SATA 1TB 2.5" HD
SATA Slot load DVD writer with custom circuit for yellow cable signals
Remote power on/off
Built in DVD dongle remote (using port 4)
USB ports
4sec boot time
Super quiet.
Super small.
Super gorgeous
Todo... component/spdif/optical/Port 3(USB)on Back.

Inspired by the OrigenAE (those cases cost a fortune)
Mine didn't fantastic quality too

[GhostlyGamer]

Would Definately be interested in one of these if you produce multiple!

[AwesomeNurd]

That's really nice!

[nayparm]

Cheers guys, obviously this ones not the finished product. I will do more day light pics of internals when I neaten cables etc

[whufclee]

Not in the market for one but I have to say that's lovely work. looks beautiful. Look forward to seeing some more pics

[cifa]

wow! look great - keep us posted - are you in the UK or elsewhere

[sealeysonic]

looks amazing...I had better start saving up lol

[nayparm]

Cheers guys.
Yeah I'm in the UK.

Couple more pics

[nayparm]

Another, a bit crap with stupidly bright flash.

[xman]

Personally I love the HTPC cases at the bottom of the pic case wise but I do love the features and effort required to put all this together. Nice work.

[GoTeamScotch]

Loving the case! It really shows what a console over a decade can do with a little engineering

Did you do the 128mb upgrade yourself?

[nayparm]

Cheers, yeah, I install the chips myself I have a few boards already done with 128mb and a stock of chips.

[Geeba]

Yeah nice work! looks really good!

If you're going that high spec why not ask N64 Freak to install some 1Ghz CPU's he seems to have this under his belt now... and run XBMC off SSD for as much as you can squeeze out of her! I know the IDE interface is the bottleneck but SSD's definitely feel 'snapper' and are cheap now!

I'm guessing the slight increase in speed from the CPU and SSD would smoooooth the old lady a little....

[nayparm]

Cheers yeah, 1ghz would be good or 1.4ghz I'd try do myself but getting the time to do anything these days is a nightmare so may give N64 freak a nudge at somepoint, as that that won't be 10min project lol.

I considered an SSD but wanted 1TB to clone my 1TB 3.5", i'm really happy with the toshiba 2.5" disk, it initializes and boots really quickly. (a 3.5" would fit in this case but It was a bit tight)
I also considered the pico dc to dc with ac to dc external psu's but couldn't justify even more cost, or even putting the xbox psu external, but I'd need to build a box with fan and getting the correct gauge wire externally may not be neat, thinner/less wires may cause issues also.

[nayparm]

Added component video and spdif (optical + coax)

[bigkidoz]

Nice work, is there a switch for switching between component and standard AVIP ?

[nayparm]

Cheers, its currently hard set to hidef. I have switches but was toying with adding vga also so not added them yet.
I was going to have just a vga connector and use it for both component and vga and just boot a vga bios to switch but decided against it. Not sure of the best vga route to go yet or if at all. I may just leave as is cos I keep thinking of more things to add/change/do lol.

[bigkidoz]

I love the large LCD, this about the only mod apart from ram upgrade that i want to do but finding compatible chips is a problem.

[lowie]

i also would but one off you im in nottingham uk so .. hope you finish project thanks

[nayparm]

Cheers lowie. Yep hopefully finish soon, need to stop thinking of things I can add I've also not had anytime to go near it really this christmas.