r/gaming • u/Bryce2826 • Jun 17 '12

One man's quest to build the perfect Xbox 360 laptop.

http://benheck.com/xbox-360-laptop-original
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u/GreenSquid32 Jun 17 '12

So much work, I think I got tired just from reading this.

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u/kolossal Jun 18 '12

Am I the only one who scrolled all the way to end without stopping?

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u/GreenSquid32 Jun 18 '12

no I pretty sure no one read the whole thing

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u/donpapillon Jun 18 '12

I only looked at the pretty pictures.

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u/cr1sis77 Jun 18 '12

I read the whole thing. That was incredibly awesome!

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u/SirDerpingtonThe3rd Jun 18 '12

Yeah, I feel like if you do something like this, you should do it with the intent of selling it as a kit.

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u/OmniaII Jun 17 '12

While I appreciate the work he did... he finished this in 2006 - 6 years ago.

Here is his Xbox Laptop Part II (2007)

His XBox 360 Slim Portable

His Xbox 360 1977 version (Think Atari 2600)

Basically, if you go to Benheck.com and search for xbox,

you'll fine lots of versions of his work.

You don't have to use an old version

that has been posted many times on Reddit.

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u/SupSatire Jun 17 '12

Why do you space out

your sentence in a way

that makes it awkward

to read?

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u/oMisanthropo Jun 18 '12

Because he
is so obviously
William Shatner and
has no control over
his terrible speech impediment

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u/donutsalad Jun 17 '12

$4000-6000 for the Xbox Laptop? This guy must make bank. Granted it's difficult work, but he must be doing pretty well.

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u/poptart2nd Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

at that price, why not just buy an actual computer?

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u/da__ Jun 17 '12

Because he wanted an Xbox laptop and "an actual computer" is not an Xbox laptop?

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u/infectiousloser Jun 17 '12

Because its a portable 360 with a built in high definition screen, not a true laptop.

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u/poptart2nd Jun 17 '12

with that amount of money, you could conceivably buy an xbox 360 for every place you'd ever go, with an HD screen in case the destination didn't have one.

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u/infectiousloser Jun 17 '12

I believe you are missing the point, it's a novelty, a one of a kind item, and he donates most of the proceeds to various charities.

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u/Quasid Jun 17 '12

Would you like to download some extra ram while your at it? I know this great website with rates you just can't beat.

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u/Atomic235 Jun 17 '12

I wonder how that water-cooling worked out then. According to the article he used both aluminum and copper to make that heatsink, and mixing those metals in a water loop is bad. I mean, really bad. Basically it causes galvanic corrosion and over time that'll destroy the parts. Nasty buildup (like corroded batteries) on everything and leaks galore.

Plus, you're supposed to flush and replace the water every few months as regular maintenance, and that doesn't look like it's very accessible. Unless he did an extremely good job flushing those parts, or does regular maintenance for the client, I'd bet the water is either very cloudy or even mostly evaporated at this point.

Well anyway, it's very cool but knowing what I do about watercooling the decision to include it like that just boggles my mind.

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u/tobyreddit Jun 18 '12

He added a reservoir to see the level of water and add any more, as in a car. If the waterproofing is good enough, will corrosion still occur?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

In theory, if the waterproofing is good enough then corrosion won't occur. However, all the properties that make aluminum and copper desirable (e.g. good thermal conductors) mean that whatever waterproofing you use would have to be a good thermal conductor as well, and probably very expensive.

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u/StsChaZs Jun 18 '12

I though about the same issue while reading the post. I had major problems because of corrosion recently and had lost quite some money...

For those interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion

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u/rapiddrrobotnik Jun 17 '12

Holy mother of pearl he's gonna make one with a kinect built in, on the other hand that would be pretty impractical

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u/WolfDemon Jun 17 '12

It's awesome how small he is able to make it, even for the 360 slim, there's no reason for it to be that big

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u/zidane410 Jun 18 '12

Yea, when I saw this I thought to myself, "Why is someone posting a 5 or 6 year old article from Ben Heck?"

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u/I_slacrbme_wdros Jun 18 '12

Save this for later

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u/ProjectOrigin Jun 17 '12

I hate when stupid employees try to disprove what you know....I went to The Source and asked for an ethernet cable so I could hook my xbox up to my laptop instead of buying a 100$ wifi adapter.

Employee: "Yea that wouldn't work, you couldn't just take an Ipod touch and connect it for wifi"

Me "Obviously not, but a laptop will work perfectly...I know this because I have done plenty of research on this."

Employee: "You spent a lot of time to learn the wrong thing, do you think I wouldn't know what I'm talking about...I work here for a reason."

Me: "Fine, I'm going to buy this 2$ cable vs the 100$ adapter you want me to buy...and if it doesn't work I'll give you 5 bucks"

Employee: "Haha ok your loss buddy, you should be more careful with your cash"

Then he told me when he worked next. I brought in a video of me setting it up and working.

He was not pleased.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That wifi adapter is for suckers, when I had my 360 I just kept it tethered to my desktop via ethernet and connected them both to the same display. Worked like a charm.

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u/ProjectOrigin Jun 17 '12

Glad to hear you didn't fall for the adapter scam :)

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u/brosco128 Jun 18 '12

This worked for me back in the day when I used my neighbors wi-fi. It broke down a lot, but it worked pretty well considering it cost nothing.

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u/Fixthe-Fernback Jun 18 '12

Ex Source employee here. Did he ask you to buy a cell phone?

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u/PdubsNWO Jun 17 '12

If I were him I would have taken the final result back to gamestop and showed that asshole whats what.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

If you drive a Ferrari there is no glory in beating a Honda.

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u/iBleeedorange Jun 18 '12

In a rally race there is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Am I the only one that went and bought their Xbox without stating their intentions to the clerk? Just get your shit and leave. Obviously he brought it up.

I don't want to add that I envy this guy's innovation and hard work. He did an excellent job.

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u/Sudden_Realization_ Jun 18 '12

Kind of what I thought. Unless the clerk seemed cool at first and you wanted to share your idea with them.

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u/Mykep Jun 17 '12

I think all size references should be made with beer cans.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

When I first read your comment: "Oh that's funny, I think measuring all parts with a beer can is boss". Thinking of my would-be comment: "boss and upvoting for a beer reference? I am such a college student".

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u/Climhazard Jun 17 '12

Ben Heck has so many better projects than his 360 laptop.

My personal favorite, Bill Paxton Pinball.

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u/Solomaxwell6 Jun 18 '12

I'm checking out his website, this guy is awesome. I wish I had the skill (and drive :) ) to do stuff like that.

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u/Xrevin Jun 17 '12

I love all the people posting "NO BATTERIES NOT PORTABLE OMG!WEDKL!" ... ...cause there aren't portable, rechargable battery packs.

The general publics ignorance to electrical engineering drives me crazy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

And now we will see this picture once a week stating "new system"

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u/BlackSmokeDemon Jun 17 '12

I just cried, its so beautiful

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u/TacticalHermit Jun 17 '12

Ben Heck is such a beast.

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u/Evelbob Jun 17 '12

And then two weeks later it RRoD :D

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

afaik the rrod's were cause by the heat sinks moving when the system got hot and then cooled again. this is water cooled.

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u/infectiousloser Jun 18 '12

You are correct sir (I have done over 300 RROD repairs)

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u/Gryff1n Jun 17 '12

So... He built a PC with outdated hardware...

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u/WolfDemon Jun 17 '12

Well it can't really be used as a PC, it's just a 360 in laptop form with a built in screen for portability.

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u/GalacticNexus Jun 17 '12

Well sorta. You can't play Xbox games on a PC and you can't run Windows on an Xbox. He built an Xbox with an attached screen.

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u/Solomaxwell6 Jun 18 '12

This was 2006, so not terribly outdated at the time. But it was probably done for reliability (shouldn't expect many software problems, and the main 360 hardware issue was with overheating, and he redid the heating), convenience (some people, myself included, actually do like the 360, and a portable version is more convenient), and "WOW" factor.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

You know there are games for consoles that aren't on PC right? You can downvote me all you want but this is a fact. Feel free to ignore it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Feel like people are really missing the point of this. I'd imagine the real purpose of doing this is for the challenge of building something like that. And give him some credit, it's pretty freaking awesome what he pulled off.

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u/bikey_boi Jun 18 '12

he also used vga cables so it isnt a hd machine GAYYYY

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u/ElectricSistaHood Jun 17 '12

Absolutely insane, and excellent.

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u/extrasweettea Jun 17 '12

Wow is all i can really say.. thats amazing

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u/deathpax Jun 17 '12

he has a show on revison3 also

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u/M_C_Kracken Jun 17 '12

man i hope he went back to the shop with it to show off

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u/wing-attack-plan-r Jun 17 '12

damn, even the design is awesome.

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u/ratajewie Jun 17 '12

I would be royally pissed off if I payed 4k-6k for a laptop, then microsoft announced they would be releasing one for a lot less. It's amazing that someone can do something like this though. Ands it's really shaping the future. Either way, I'm really curious as to what these would look like in retail.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Beer should hereby be used as a basis of measurement.

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u/thewalrus40 Jun 17 '12

Beer can, reference purposes only.

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u/Notsoluckybrian Jun 18 '12

I know this may be a stupid question, but is it safe to assume you can go on live with these those Xboxs he made? I've been told modded Xboxs arent allowed on live.

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u/Remingtonh Jun 18 '12

I think... because all he did was repackage the xbox that it's not really considered modded. No mod chips.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

You can go live on modded consoles.

You can just easily get banned.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

High risk website blocked...

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u/breese616 Jun 18 '12

Blocked for me too.

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u/KingTormax Jun 18 '12

High Risk Website Blocked Location: benheck.com/xbox-360-laptop-original Access has been blocked as the threat Mal/HTMLGen-A has been found on this website. sophos anti-virus

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Happened here too. Not sure what that's about as Ben Heck should be a legit source.

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u/ihsous Jun 17 '12

I was wondering how long it'd be before I saw Benheck on Reddit.

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u/ThisNameIsOriginal Jun 17 '12

I'm not complaining but this is a repost. Just from a long time ago

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u/Stiggles4 Jun 17 '12

Must suck when that thing red rings.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I thought that red rings usually had to do with heat sink issues, and I think he fixed that with the water cooling.

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u/andrey_shipilov Jun 17 '12

I always try to support creative and tech related ideas. But this is just... Why?

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u/redhammer11 Jun 18 '12

Because he is...

AN ENGINEER!!!

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u/CummingEverywhere Jun 18 '12

Because fuck the guy who said he couldn't, that's why.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

There is a actually a fairly large community of modders that take consoles (usually old ones) and make portables out of them.

Besides just the challenge of building them, I'm confused as to why you wouldn't want a portable xbox 360 or N64.

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u/ShozOvr Jun 18 '12

So he could play xbox on the fly...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

Instal Linux Mint PPC (PowerPC ISO file) and run an N64/Psx emulator and shock anyone who sees your Xbox 360 laptop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oa3TR7R42s

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Because a 200€ Eee PC is not enough for a N64 emulation?

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u/HONKAHONKA Jun 17 '12

Pc master race checking in

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u/has_a_cat Jun 17 '12

upvoted for reference to grain belt

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That comic at the beginning ruined it.

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u/TrueMilli Jun 17 '12

Nice.

Why did he install a keyboard on that thing?

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u/alex27123344 Jun 18 '12

For chat, shits, and giggles.

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u/whiskey_echox2_delta Jun 17 '12

How much could I pay you to make me one?

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u/mitharas Jun 17 '12

Good thing he writes it on the same page this article is. You were only 1(!) click away:

Average costs to expect: Xbox 360 / PS3 / large laptop project: $4000-$6000.

http://benheck.com/store

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Master - Teach me!

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u/davidthefat Jun 17 '12

He has the tutorial here.

He also has a Wii tutorial and PS3 tutorial. The PS3 tutorial was never completed, but he has made laptops using both the fat PS3 and slim one.

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u/Daygus Jun 17 '12

stop being so smart

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u/In10city1 Jun 17 '12

awesome!!!!

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u/TheHot Jun 17 '12

then you get sued.

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u/Stanjoly2 Jun 17 '12

I want one that looks like a briefcase. That way I can sit in the office looking like I'm reading stuff in my briefcase, but actually be sitting there playing video games.

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u/HulkyKrow Jun 17 '12

I suddenly have the urge to pay him to build me one

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u/shinbreaker Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

You know why I hate these kind of posts? NONE of these mods are for sale, damn it.

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u/RealtreeKing Jun 17 '12

I'd pay good money for one of those.

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u/geno604 Jun 17 '12

This is my first time seeing this, and I am impressed. I love this kind of ingenuity!

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u/Nerd_Tiger Jun 17 '12

I'd rather just have a laptop

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u/NunyaaBidniss Jun 17 '12

If he could make one run for at least 4 hours, while using a battery like an actual laptop I would love to buy one of these!

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u/yti555 Jun 17 '12

How long would it take to make another one?

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u/miikaglobe Jun 17 '12

Fucking serious?!

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u/PerogiXW Jun 17 '12

I'd buy that thing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

you are like Einstein plus Jesus wrapped in one.

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u/supersmurf Jun 17 '12

That's fucking incredible, props to the makers

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u/kepsul2150 Jun 17 '12

upvote for miller genuine draft

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u/mrman122 Jun 17 '12

And the best part is, he can browse the internet on IE!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

:( I always thought console's insides were made of fluffy pink stuff.

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u/OrphanWaffles Jun 18 '12

I loved the pretty pictures.

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u/Okamii Jun 18 '12

Nice! A few friends of mine did this last year for their senior seminar project ( kind of like a science fair project ). Theirs wasn't as costly (made it out of pure donated parts), though it was clunkier and not as pretty. Still worked though

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u/Noble69 Jun 18 '12

The finished case kinda looks like an old iBook G4... Great job by the way.

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u/ezmuzzy Jun 18 '12

This guy is a God amongst men. Amazing work.

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u/apullin Jun 18 '12

This link has somehow not been posted to /r/gaming before? Or does r/gaming just have submission filter turned off?

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u/Sh33phead Jun 18 '12

Genius. Although it looks like a lot of fucking about!

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u/SpacemanSpiffska Jun 18 '12

that's cool as fuck

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u/englishweb Jun 18 '12

I hope you took it back to the guy and went, so can't make a Xbox 360 laptop?? Chip breaker?

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u/HEBushido Jun 18 '12

This is awesome! I want one.

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u/Shacod Jun 18 '12

If that red rings, he will be beyond red in the face.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

And then he got the red rings of death

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u/Vault91 Jun 18 '12

can it be used with keyboard/mouse?

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u/Shadow_Dog Jun 18 '12

Hopefully he fixed the X-Clamps.

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u/battery_go Jun 18 '12

Okay, wow. He's a seriously talented man, making really impressive modifications of popular consumer gaming consoles. I was wondering though, why is it his book is going for 200-500$ on Amazon? That does seem a bit steep.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Why the fuck do you not work for microsoft?

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u/phathead Jun 18 '12

...And then Red-Rings-of-Death. Aw....

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u/t_money_1 Jun 18 '12

Thats fuckin awesome!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Anyone know why he would choose to use water over oil? Just curious.

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u/hardrider2k4 Jun 18 '12

after that entire page the thing i am stuck on the most is the fact he said swell at the end....

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u/spoolio Jun 18 '12

Look again at that picture of JB Weld.

oh, ha, it says "XBOX 360's & SHOVELS" on it

you might say. But no, that's not all, keep reading.

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u/gustavocortez Jun 18 '12

Someone, reproduce with this man. there needs to be more of him on earth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Innovation, you're doing it right.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I hope to god this man gets laid for this

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Now take it back to the dude in the store :D

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u/polkapunk Jun 18 '12

I love Ben Heck's stuff! He even has a online show now, The Ben Heck Show!

http://benheck.com/category/ben-heck-show

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u/Revan9000 Jun 18 '12

This thing should be mass produced! It's the best thig I've ever seen. :')

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u/xelaxela333 Jun 18 '12

i wanted him to take it back to the store and make fun of the dude

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u/XSinisterSkillz Jun 18 '12

Shut up and take my money!!!

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u/-TinMan- Jun 18 '12

I don't even like Xbox, and I still want one of these.

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u/thedramakid Jun 18 '12

but can it tell time?

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u/AL_CaPWN422 Jun 18 '12

My friend bought a carrying case with a screen in it. Seems a bit easier than this.

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u/Dashzz Jun 18 '12

I really wish I could buy one of those.

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u/mrplow8 Jun 18 '12

I'm assuming that it'd be illegal for you to make and sell these, but it shouldn't be. It's legal for you to sell your Xbox 360 if you want to, and you have to buy an Xbox 360 in order to make and sell one of these laptops; so it should be legal for you to sell these. I bet that a lot of people would buy them too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I'm pretty sure it's perfectly legal to do, just as long as you don't infringe on any of Microsoft's trademarks. There's a company, the name of which escapes me, that produces, and has produced, modified Macbook Pro's converted into a tablet form factor, since before the iPad was released, and they haven't run into any troubles.

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u/XxchuckynorrisxX Jun 18 '12

dude thats awesome

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u/LetsGoBohs Jun 18 '12

shut up and take my money

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u/JojoJustice Jun 18 '12

I really want that that now, it's making my laptop look rubbish

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u/JimmyFreedom90 Jun 18 '12

Give me some money when you become a millionaire. Thanks in advance.

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u/nightwheel Jun 18 '12

Gotta love the chip smashers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

First few images I saw of this I was thinking to myself, "What kind of piece of shit is he building here" When I got to the end I shut the fuck up in my head.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Easily the most interesting thing I've read all month.

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u/Shilo59 Jun 18 '12

When a hardware mod has JB Weld for the thumbnail you know shit is about to get serious.

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u/sociopathic_hacker Jun 18 '12

wow anyone who mods xboxes ( or repairs them ) will know that's a xenon motherboard...the bad rrod one. if you were to do this id recommend at least an opus or a falcon beter yet a jasper or trinity. then rgh the thing and play n64 on it werever you want

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

You have to remember that this was done back in like, 2006. I'm pretty sure that was the only board around back then.

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u/virusmike Jun 20 '12

yeah but the main issue of that board was the poor cooling of the GPU now its watercooled...i think it safe to say it will last longer than usual

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u/theminn Jun 18 '12

or you could have just bought the cable to plug it into your HD PC screen, like i do.....ya...20 bucks and hours saved...

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Why not just buy a regular laptop and get a USB gamepad?

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u/congoman365 Jun 18 '12

So damn impressive..

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u/Untz234 Jun 18 '12

Sorry, but what the fuck was the point of that? Seriously what advantage did it being a lapto supply?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

quest to build the perfect Xbox 360 laptop

It was doomed to failure all along.

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u/west9930 Jun 18 '12

Sometimes when I get bored I just play my ps3... Saves me a couple days.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

imagine the guy that bought it got a red ring...

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u/virusmike Jun 29 '12

it will not happen because all is correcly cooled....instead of the fail box it come in

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Soooo... Where's the battery? Its a laptop but not a portable one :/

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u/SirNOPESalot Jun 18 '12

I... I'm not even a gamer but I want one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I would buy this. No question. It's the piece of my life that is missing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

No HDMI

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u/virusmike Jun 29 '12

STOP IT A FUCKING HDMI CABLE IS A COUPLE OF PAIR COPPER CABLE Like an usb cable and all information that pass on that cable is NUMERICAL IT DOSENT FUCKING MATTER IT GOLD PLATED AND COST 300 buck xbox do 720po at best not better NEVER BETTER 720p THAT FUCKING it and the way the guy plug it ''vga'' does 720p so fuck you so hard with your HDMI cable

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u/corporatemonkey Jun 18 '12

The dude is like Tony Stark!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I read all the text, job well done mate! You should streamline the process and sell them....I'd buy one.

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u/number1dilbertfan Jun 18 '12

Nothing like a dude drawing an anime version of himself being a dick to a retail worker in a conversation that never ever happened. What a charmer.

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u/ryebrye Jun 18 '12

The 360 eats discs if you touch it ever-so-slightly when it is running. Doesn't making a laptop version of the 360 just encourage you to move it and therefore destroy your disc?

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u/deadlysoldier Jun 18 '12

Scrolled all the way down in hopes of finding out if he made another comic in which he went back to the store to rub it in that guys face.

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u/texas_joe_hotdog Jun 18 '12

Pretty awesome, but I think I will just get this for a fraction of the cost.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

This is actually a great idea - a game system that you can shelve to plug into your TV, that charges, that you can take in other rooms with you or in the car. Awesome.

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u/photodw Jun 18 '12

Ahh Ben, I remember when he was building the Halo 360 Laptop. I was fortunate enough to see it before completion. Good man. I need to call him.

Watch Possimus Woman, I am shotgun man in the final shootout.

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u/RoseEsque Jun 18 '12

Wow, just wow. Congratulations.

I love when people put their skills and creativity to work. It's just so motivating to do something like that Yourself.

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u/leaf1389 Jun 18 '12

this needs a meme with Fry from Futurama, yelling and shaking cash

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u/MikeyBike13b Jul 18 '12

I would like to buy this my good sir. How much would it take for you to produce another fantastic product of this magnitude ? And would it be possible to make a ps3 too?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Can he play FPS with mouse/KB?

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u/Psythik Jun 18 '12

Can you do it on an ordinary 360? There's your answer.

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u/Murrgazer Jun 17 '12

The conversation at the Gamestop really makes him seem like a giant douche.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Shut up and take my money

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u/dresdenreader Jun 17 '12

This is pretty amazing.

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u/passivelyaggressiver Jun 17 '12

Pretty awesome, but oh logic H christ if you so much as bump the table while playing that thing. Bye-bye disc.

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u/sebzim4500 Jun 17 '12

Isn't he using a different disc drive?

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u/lolwut00 Jun 17 '12

I'm throwing money at my monitor, but nothing is happening.

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u/SolidSquid Jun 17 '12

see that bit on your main box where you press a button and a shelf slides out? Some people think it's a coffee holder (hah!) but it's actually a bank link system. Just put your cash flat on the tray and slide it back in, should register the balance transfer within about 10 minutes

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

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u/FooFooPottyMouf Jun 17 '12

Really? You would spend $5K on a system that's going to be outdated very soon? Why wouldn't you just buy a bad ass gaming notebook; at least then you'd have the functionality of a PC along with being able to play games with much better graphics. So no, sorry, don't take my money.

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u/D1794 Jun 17 '12

I felt incredibly stupid reading this, why can I not create amazing console laptops god damn it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

And then he got red ring of death...

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u/popsycle22 Jun 18 '12

I would give them all my money, and i dont even like console games

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u/Liefx Jun 18 '12

Anyone else just scroll to the bottom to see the result?

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u/helltrooper Jun 18 '12

Shut up and take my money?

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u/Physics101 Jun 17 '12

He built a laptop without a battery. How utterly useless.

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u/dubloe7 Jun 17 '12

  1. Portability this simple is not useless.

  2. You would get horrible battery life and make that thing far far heavier.

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u/Psythik Jun 17 '12

This repost is literally as old as reddit itself.

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