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Posted 04 July 2014 - 03:50 PM
Hey everyone, with the announce of SteamOS and the Steam Boxes, I've been wanting to try my hand at making one. Yesterday, I saw a PS1 at the thrift store, and thought "Where better to put a computer for the tv, than in a console?" So I picked it up. :D/>
This will be my projec log for both me and anyone else interested. Please note this will be the first time I build a computer, so any tips and tricks are welcome. Hope you enjoy as much as me, will be posting pictures later today, after I dissassemble the thing and find out how I want to set this up.
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Posted 17 July 2014 - 03:11 PM
Will post pictures as soon as I get to a computer. I've ripped the thing apart, and scrapped it down to the shell, I now plan on painting it a glossy black, with some blue accent. Since it's a steam box, I'm not putting a disk drive on it, so if you have any ideas on what to to with the tray area, tell me please. I'm going to start shopping around for parts soon, so if you have suggestions for that, too, please tell me.
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Posted 17 July 2014 - 07:29 PM
You could put usb ports in the cd tray.
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and maybe "remove" the plastic shield of the cd tray and replace it with glass (or some other invisible stuff) and add blue LEDs :D/>
#EDIT2:
Found 2 links of people who tried kinda the same:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278584-unusual-playstation-2-mod-pc-case/http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=221710maybe you might get inspired by that :D/>
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 12:18 AM
I was planning on putting the usb ports into the memory slots, similar to what you linked, but I do like the idea of an open top to see the insides…. the only problem is, I have no idea what motherboard/processor to get! D:
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 12:21 AM
The tray area flips up, right?
You should totally make that a flip up miniature screen.
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 01:02 AM
The tray area flips up, right?
You should totally make that a flip up miniature screen.
I considered that, but I think that would make more sense if I kept the actual playstation. Then screen/controller/battery integration would make more sense. As it stands, I dont see the point of a small screen for a computer designed for a tv other than the 'cool' factor.
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 01:49 AM
displaying CPU temp, drive storage, RAM usage, etc.
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 03:04 AM
displaying CPU temp, drive storage, RAM usage, etc.
Hmm. I suppose that would be neat, the only problem being, how would I set such a system up…. Actually, I may have a screen lying around…
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 05:25 AM
You could have it be a actual CD/DVD drive.
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Posted 18 July 2014 - 06:03 AM
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Posted 19 July 2014 - 07:32 PM
if you're going to rip the PS1 apart, keep the internals. See if you can repurpose them–maybe use it to host a small website or script for CC?
I feel kind of sad you're wasting a perfectly good PS1.
You could have it be a actual CD/DVD drive.
Yeah, you might even be able to just keep the PS1's disk drive, though it might be slow. Then again, what do I know about disk drives? I built a computer without one.
displaying CPU temp, drive storage, RAM usage, etc.
Hmm. I suppose that would be neat, the only problem being, how would I set such a system up…. Actually, I may have a screen lying around…
by a cheapo $25 one, but make sure it's meant to be hooked up to something. Buying something like a $5 picture display screen is almost impossible to repurpose, and wouldn't have high enough refresh to even display ram and cpu usage. If you buy one with a touch screen you could even have a way to easily overclock your system if you could figure out how to set that up… Might not be possible without a specialized mobo
Edited on 19 July 2014 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 28 July 2014 - 06:03 AM
I was planning on putting the usb ports into the memory slots, similar to what you linked, but I do like the idea of an open top to see the insides…. the only problem is, I have no idea what motherboard/processor to get! D:
If i were to get a motherboard, i would use Gigabyte because they have those ultra durable so if you drop it, it wont go into a million pieces from lets say, sholder height would normaly kill a motherboard.
Also, if i were to get a CPU, i would use a Intel Core i7.
Edited on 28 July 2014 - 04:06 AM