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Where can I buy PC built into a game console?

SoljrSoljr Registered User regular
edited January 2008 in Games and Technology
Where can I purchase a PC built into the shell of a Playstation 2?

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  • YardGnomeYardGnome Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    You... can't?

    Linux on the PS2 isn't an option?

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  • TubularLuggageTubularLuggage Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    So, are you trying to get a PC that simply uses the shell of a console instead of a traditional PC case?

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  • SoljrSoljr Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Yes.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    You'd have to make your own, really. With a Shuttle motherboard or whatever company makes the tiny ones, I think you shouldn't have much trouble cramming stuff into a PS2 as long as you don't want any expansion cards or anything. Cooling me be annoying but I'm sure some sort of cooler will end up fitting. The real question is why you'd ever bother doing it, considering that the PS2 is at best generic and at worse a cheap plastic imitation of something you could do with a bona fide computer case, which would make everything easier.

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  • redstormpopcornredstormpopcorn Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    That'll pretty much definitely be a DIY project. Shouldn't be incredibly tough though, since it comes with an HDD bay and there's probably some way to use the PS2 disc drive. Not a tremendous amount of room for airflow though, so a monster processor and damn near any non-onboard video are likely out of the question.

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  • SoljrSoljr Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Thanks for the help. I'm going to ask on custom mod forums if anybody is up to be paid for the project.

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  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Anyone here ever attempted the opposite? For a while I operated on the delusion that dismantling my Xbox and moving those innards to a PC case would be easy. How horribly wrong I was.

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  • SpikedFreakSpikedFreak Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Silvoculous wrote: »
    Anyone here ever attempted the opposite? For a while I operated on the delusion that dismantling my Xbox and moving those innards to a PC case would be easy. How horribly wrong I was.

    I remember one of the Screen Savers guys from TechTV, (Yoshi I believe) stuffed an Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, and a PC in one case. I do not remember the name of it though, so I can't look it up.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    someone put a pc in an NES using laptop parts so I don't see why not.

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  • MHYoshimitzuMHYoshimitzu Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    SpikedFreak wrote: »
    Silvoculous wrote: »
    Anyone here ever attempted the opposite? For a while I operated on the delusion that dismantling my Xbox and moving those innards to a PC case would be easy. How horribly wrong I was.

    I remember one of the Screen Savers guys from TechTV, (Yoshi I believe) stuffed an Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, and a PC in one case. I do not remember the name of it though, so I can't look it up.


    http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/xbox-ps2-gamecube-all-in-one-ultimate-gaming-mod-09280209/

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Silvoculous wrote: »
    Anyone here ever attempted the opposite? For a while I operated on the delusion that dismantling my Xbox and moving those innards to a PC case would be easy. How horribly wrong I was.

    An XBOX is engineered from day 1 to fit in that box, and only that box, and to never come out of that box, until death do the parts part. A PC on the other hand can fit into all sorts of neat things.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    MHYoshimitzu wrote: »
    SpikedFreak wrote: »
    Silvoculous wrote: »
    Anyone here ever attempted the opposite? For a while I operated on the delusion that dismantling my Xbox and moving those innards to a PC case would be easy. How horribly wrong I was.

    I remember one of the Screen Savers guys from TechTV, (Yoshi I believe) stuffed an Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, and a PC in one case. I do not remember the name of it though, so I can't look it up.


    http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/xbox-ps2-gamecube-all-in-one-ultimate-gaming-mod-09280209/

    ?

    http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/37229/Yoshis_Mods_Yoshis_Boxx.html

    Yoshi's Boxx

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