Customized Xbox System
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penguinrusty
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Sorry, but i really need to sell the whole system at once...just realized that i'm going to be deeply in debt just with purchasing my new mobo and cpu...damn SLI got me wasting my money away
super_xero
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would u ship to the uk
Super_Nova
New Member
I'm not trying to be a Jerk, but:
a) The only way an 80 WIRE not pin IDE cable would make any difference is if the X-Box IDE interface supports Ultra ATA 100 or 133 standard. If the bus doesn't support the speed the cable is useless. And if the bus does support the speed I'd wonder why they didn't already have an 80 wire cable in there.
b)The 80 WIRE ide cable does not turn a 4 lane highway into an 8 lane highway. It's still only 40 pin and only utilizes 40 wires for the data signals. Every other wire is grounded to obsorb crosstalk in the cable to allow for the faster signals neccisary for Ultra ATA interfaces. You may have sped it up alittle by eliminating crosstalk in the cable but that's it. Needless to say this minute increase in speed would hardly be noticeable.
I think the cooler system would more dramatically effect the performance than the IDE cable.
Also there's not really much you can do to increase the performance of a game console. The X-Box has a 733Mhz processor with 64 Megs of RAM. The games aren't written like PC games that have to run on a variety of different combinations of hardware. They are written specifically to run on a 733Mhz processor and to utilize 64 Megs of RAM. Even if you managed to put in a faster processor and more RAM the games aren't written to take advantage of it, and in most cases the games would run too fast because of this.
There was a custom X-Box for sale by a 3rd party company in which they managed to upgrade the machine with a 1.4Ghz celeron. They had to put a switch on the unit to clock it down to 733Mhz for the games that were written specifically to run at 733Mhz because they would run too fast. Game programmers assume the hardware conditions will never change so they program console games in this manner.
This is why a 733Mhz X-BOX can play games that would bog down a 733Mhz PC. The software is optimized specifically for the hardware. Plus there's not alot of crap running in the background.
However your lights look cool and I would imagine you've extended the life of the machine by keeping it cooler. Plus you'll need that extra cooling power with that bigger hard drive. That in itself is a plus.
a) The only way an 80 WIRE not pin IDE cable would make any difference is if the X-Box IDE interface supports Ultra ATA 100 or 133 standard. If the bus doesn't support the speed the cable is useless. And if the bus does support the speed I'd wonder why they didn't already have an 80 wire cable in there.
b)The 80 WIRE ide cable does not turn a 4 lane highway into an 8 lane highway. It's still only 40 pin and only utilizes 40 wires for the data signals. Every other wire is grounded to obsorb crosstalk in the cable to allow for the faster signals neccisary for Ultra ATA interfaces. You may have sped it up alittle by eliminating crosstalk in the cable but that's it. Needless to say this minute increase in speed would hardly be noticeable.
I think the cooler system would more dramatically effect the performance than the IDE cable.
Also there's not really much you can do to increase the performance of a game console. The X-Box has a 733Mhz processor with 64 Megs of RAM. The games aren't written like PC games that have to run on a variety of different combinations of hardware. They are written specifically to run on a 733Mhz processor and to utilize 64 Megs of RAM. Even if you managed to put in a faster processor and more RAM the games aren't written to take advantage of it, and in most cases the games would run too fast because of this.
There was a custom X-Box for sale by a 3rd party company in which they managed to upgrade the machine with a 1.4Ghz celeron. They had to put a switch on the unit to clock it down to 733Mhz for the games that were written specifically to run at 733Mhz because they would run too fast. Game programmers assume the hardware conditions will never change so they program console games in this manner.
This is why a 733Mhz X-BOX can play games that would bog down a 733Mhz PC. The software is optimized specifically for the hardware. Plus there's not alot of crap running in the background.
However your lights look cool and I would imagine you've extended the life of the machine by keeping it cooler. Plus you'll need that extra cooling power with that bigger hard drive. That in itself is a plus.
SlothX311
New Member
thats cool and all, and i understand that the xbox is slow in the first place, but numbers dont lie.....the first time i clocked a loading screen with the 40 pin cable, it loaded 40 percent slower than with the 80 pin cable, i dont give a crap what made it do that, all i know is that box loads faster than a standard xbox
SlothX311
New Member
actually your wrong......im telling you people.....i timed the loading......fable took 1 minute 53 seconds to load a save file with the 40 pin cable.....with the 80 pin cable it only took 1 minute 21 seconds....i dont care what ATA standard the xbox utilizes but it was faster....
spacedude89
Active Member
yes, he is right. the xbox supports the 80 pin cable. but microsoft is cheap by only shipping it whith a 40 pin cable. its a very common mod