Transform Your Xbox 360 into a PC

Fed up with your 360 doubling as a space heater? Sick of muzzling the thing with barricades and enclosures when it's whirring like a leaf blower? Don't mind taking up a bit more space around your entertainment center? Know the difference between a Philips and Torx screwdriver?

Lian-Li Industrial may be able to help with its forthcoming PC-XB01, a boutique aluminum PC-style chassis that reportedly attenuates heat and mitigates noise by slapping a 1500 RPM fan on the backside and wrapping the optical drive in sound-dampening foam to mitigate obnoxiously noisy vibrations.

The case is designed in "black hairline brushed anodized aluminum," which parses like gibberish to this metallurgical dilettante, but hey, it sure sounds cool. Stays cooler too, and not just because of the 120mm fan. According to the feature page, the PC-XB01 even includes holes for water cooling solutions.

The only catch? You have to disassemble your 360 and perform the transfer surgery yourself, one diode-covered component at a time.

Some of you've already come up with some pretty wizard Xbox 360 case mods, but most of us don't have the leisure time (or, you know, a degree in industrial machining). For the latter bunch, which surely includes yours truly, Lian-Li's case will let you permanently invalidate your Xbox 360 warranty in trade for thermal and acoustic piece of mind, all for a measly $150 when it goes on sale later this month.

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