Watercooled Xbox 360 Laptop Mod Posted by XanTium | September 11 00:43 EST

From benheck.com: [QUOTE] What a fitting news item for the 6 year anniversary of my site. Yes, it's been 6 whole years since the first incarnation of this site limped onto Geocities and shocked the world with a -gasp- portable Atari 2600. Shortly thereafter I was on the Gamespy network, then in 2004 I bought a domain of my own. It's been a fun ride and now, for your viewing pleasure, I present the Xbox 360 Laptop! I guess I would say I don't "mod" systems so much as completely rebuild them. This is a perfect example as everything in the Xbox 360 has been taken apart and reassembled, with LCD screen, in laptop form inside a custom case. Here are the specs: 1) Uses a 17" wide (diagonal) 1280x720 progressive-scan LCD VGA monitor (for HD-level resolutions) Thus you can actually read the text in Dead Rising. 2) Water-cooled with custom-built radiator. Allows for a slimmer main body versus the mammoth heat sinks in a stock 360. 3) Built-in keyboard and Wi-Fi. 4) USB hub allows original number of 3 USB ports for user. 5) All-aluminum case, except for plastic keyboard / ring of light / screen control area. 6) Uses single customized "expanded" power supply brick for both screen and Xbox 360. 7) Breakout ports on back allow hookup to component TV, VGA monitor, sound system (analog or TOSlink) and even crummy composite video. 8) Size: 16.75" x 10.75" x 2.8" Weight: 14 pounds (with water loaded) Originally I didn't think this project would be so tricky but I was quite wrong, it became the most monstrously difficult one since I've been into this "portablization" thing. Oh well. At least now I know how to build it. Click on the links below to read the whole step-by-step story for the creation of this unit (good way to waste a lunch hour) or click "Photos" to simply see, well, more photos of the thing. Enjoy! * XBox 360 Laptop "Making Of" Story * Xbox 360 Laptop Finished Product Photos Page Includes videos and a full-resolution photo pack. [/QUOTE] Read More: benheck.com

Dude! F'ing A! That's pwnz0rific!

This guy is amazing!

+ 1.

O'Malley

I WANT ONE!!!!!! LOL

holy. crap.

holy moly
now thats what Im talkin about!

I must say this is F***G Incredible!!!!!!
Best Mod I've ever seen! - All-in-all.

Fucking nerd , how much you want for it!! thats awesome!!!

wow.

that just pwnz0rd the hell out of xboxexpert and dano2k0!

That..that..that is just amazing..

does it have a video-out for when you play at home??

yes...yes it does. Check out his links. He even has a thumbs up pic in his thread...lol

congratulations, that is most impressive!!! you are my idol

Best mod for the 360 I have ever seen. Bet this would cost a pretty $. I think its gonna be hard to top this. Anyone know if the keyboard works, maybe i skipped passed it up.

holy tits

that is all

Holy. friggin. crap.

You win the grand prize.

That is the most awsome mod I have seen in my entire life thus far.

WHEARE CAN I GET ONE RELLY PM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea this is very nicely done. Really Great job. I'd like more info on the dimensions of that radiator and where you got it from.

1 word sums it up....unbelievable.

Simply amazing....

i just went skeet skeet in my pants.....



TWICE!

No memory card ports = lame. Where's the built-in iSight er I mean Vision camera? Back to the drawing board...

Now that is some madskillz.....awesome work....so you going to put on ebay?.... ...I won't be surprised if the next Xbox will be like this....if you can get a patent on it...somehow.

Except wioth an HDD you don't really need a memory card. Don't be a douche k; this mod is brilliant.

You've gotta be kidding right?

This is INQUERAADIBLE. I want one. I looks like a GIANT DS LITE that oh wait for it can play XBOX360 games. I bet this thingcost 3 grand in parts and work

tbh I'd love to see one of these with an arcade pad-style controller built into it. You'd have to make a compartment for the thumbsticks so you could snap them on/off to make the thing close, but it would be awesoem to have that instead of the faux keyboard. That said, practicality and space contraints would probably make that impossible.

damn man, thats sick. Is that keyboard a usb one hooked up to the console for messageing and such? are you planning on putting the camera in there too! that thing is sweet

I notice on your site you mentioned that the one you built has been sold...just wondering how much you sold it for?.....once homebrew becomes available on the Xbox360 this would the ultimate in gaming on the go

i'm dumbfounded - i would have never thought of someone taking a mod this far. incredible feat!

I'm with bong on the keyboard question too. Also, anyone know if this guy surfs the scene? Or has an ID here?


Damn, am I the only one who didn't take that comment seriously? I found the camera remark hilarious!

Best Mod. Ever. Too bad you can't plug a mouse in and use the keyboard/mouse to own in every game online.

holy...

well, that is without doubt the best mod so far and it will probably remain so for a looooong long time.

Wow.. I'm thoroughly impressed at how much work went into that bad boy.




He made it.

http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_3.htm

There is no battery so how can it be a laptop ;-) Stick a huge UPS onto the end and maybe...

Regardless, +999 Kudos for the fantastic job (if Ben is reading this).

thats about the coolest thing ive seen on the front page in a long time...

Having done some mods nowhere near that complicated and still putting 20+ hours in, I know how much effort that must have taken. Awesome work, and enjoy that puppy. I hope you sleep with it under your bed and never let it out of your sight

A truly incredible job. Now watch MicroSuck turn around and steal his idea and claim they thought of it first. That would be typical Microsoft.

And how would you get a gamsave from one HDD to another?? And even though the memory cards arn't used often he still should have put them in.

I must say that im not into the whole modding thing (i install chips etc) but due to the lack of my creative talent ive just never botherd with it. I have got to say though, that this is one of the best modded systems ive ever seen. The RARE paint job ones i seen on here were also awsome but this is nice. It kinda reminds me of the guy who put about 5 console systems into a PC case (that was a bit of a mad looking system).

Im mamby not into doing mods myself but the guys out there with the vision and creative talent to do things like this blow me away.

Well done d00d, this rox

id love one

Hami

Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wholeheartedly agree

Very nice job. I really like this setup. Only thing that I don't like is the external power supply(not too portable on that part)

Me too....


Seriously the sweetest 360 EVER. It makes me really want to get water cooling.

WOW......just wow

This is a truely awsome mod, 100% well thought through, and i have no doubt countless hours have been put into something like this.

I can't really congratulate you and the guys thats help you build this, its truely out-standing.

I'd love to give something like this a go one day, and hopefully will, its a very inspiring mod that makes me feel like doing another 360 myself, its just time thats an issue for me. I always wanted to do an xbox 1 laptop, but never found the time to do it, maybe one day i can give a 360 a go.

Once again, amazing work, theres not many that can pull something off so clean like this.

Cheers

PS anyone got any idea what HD TFT panel was used in this mod? i remember a portable screen in HD coming out for the 360 but forgot who even made it, i know it was high priced, just wondering if this was the one used?

I want a batery powered version kthx.

this is the greatest thing have ever seen

my life is now complete

i must now go kill myself

All I can say is, wow. That is nothing short of incredible. That looks perfect. How much?

Grim if you kill yourself before finishing your Umbrella mod, i'll dig you up and bury you in some Pet Semetary style graveyard and when you come back i'll hold a gun to your head until that thing is done.

Seriously??... (looks at pictures again) .... no, seriously?

Jesus christ dude, that is truely amazing, words cannot expressed how pleasantly shocked I am.