OS Xbox Pro casemod build video is mesmerizing

We've certainly seen plenty of hackintoshes in our time, but Will Urbina's OS Xbox Pro is also one of the cleanest casemods we've ever seen. Built so that Will can run Final Cut Pro for his job as a video editor, the machine is based on an EFI-X hackintosh dongle, and inside it sports an 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550s paired with an NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT card, 8GB of RAM, an 16GB SSD, and four traditional hard drives: one each to boot Windows 7 and OS X, and two 500GB 7,200rpm drives in a RAID0 array for video editing. Will says his total parts cost was under $1,500 for a system that matches a $4,500 Mac Pro, but that obviously doesn't include the value of his time -- which, judging by the totally captivating build video, should be plenty expensive. Check it below.

[skullhead65 Posted Nov 25th 2009 5:07AM]

I need to learn how to do this.

[SD Posted Nov 25th 2009 5:09AM]

That's not a standard retail Xbox he's using, it's an XDK Development Kit. I assume he chose it for the extra height on the case, but I'm sure a man with his skills could have solved that problem.

One can only hope it was a dead XDK that's just been hacked up :(

[brucebrendon Posted Nov 25th 2009 5:51AM]

if i'd done this it would have been an Egg Box 360 that was a piece of junk (probably just egg boxes cellotaped to an XBOX.

[SPABBook Posted Nov 25th 2009 9:34AM]

HEllo!

[Karl Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:29PM]

Monumental
I'm green with Envy

Well Done Sir!

[king_electric_warmonger Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:58PM]

yeah that whole "matches a 4500 dollar mac pro" statement is so bogus, the guy who did the redesign (ewww) must have said it.

its just too dumb a statement to even be thought of.

next thing you know they will be comparing mac pro's to netbooks or some shiz.

engadget -2 (already minus one for the crap redesign and the kibosh'ed news feeds)

[mingtai Posted Nov 25th 2009 2:52PM]

Very awesome. Great job = nice comp, nice video.

[Fry Guy Posted Nov 25th 2009 3:57PM]

You have far more patience, and tools, than I do.

It is rather amusing that, like my early 80's Ford Escort (R.I.P.), it all comes down to bondo in the end.

[Extinction Posted Nov 25th 2009 5:23PM]

This asshole ruined a DEV KIT!!! WHY? Couldn't he have sacrificed a regular XBOX? Or even just bought a case? Why ruin a piece of history? And worst soundtrack ever!

[ZeroCorpse Posted Nov 26th 2009 12:45AM]

I'll play Devil's Advocate, then...

Attention-whoring, sponsored video. Awful AWFUL music. Lame "establishing shots". And what's the end result? A generic PC that's crammed into a knockoff case designed for a last-gen game console. What was the point, again?

I'll pass. Seems like a total waste of time and effort to earn a few nerd points with those who are easily impressed by flashy use of iMovie.

Sticking something in the casing of a retro toy is never a mod; It's just bling for your mainboard.

[Shiprat Posted Nov 26th 2009 9:12AM]

Thats nice and all, but if you want to impress me come back when you modded a xbox 360 into a macbook air..

[fastm3driver Posted Nov 26th 2009 7:01PM]

All I could think of having done several less complicated projects was I hope all the parts work after he is done.
Epically filmed.

[Bansaku Posted Nov 26th 2009 7:02PM]

I agree with ZeroCorpse on the fact that it's a sponsored video; I swear the guy doing the mod is part of the Rebel EFI team. I am an active part of the Hackintosh/OSX86 community and it bothers me to see that piece-o-poo Rebel EFI chip being used. $200 for stolen work crammed into a buggy chip.
However, the mod itself is genius. Makes me wanna crack open my dead Xbox and get busy. What I would like to see is a Nintendo Wii mod'd to a Mac Mini.

[niZmo Posted Nov 30th 2009 8:27PM]

lol wow that was a cool video. Good editing too.

[demtev55 Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:39PM]

i wish i could do stuf like this but hey i can peace things together nd fix things so i guess i can do this sooner or later ^_^ nd the usic kept ve watchin the vid at the start lol