Project- PHTHONOS Xbox Killer
Have you ever fantasized about building your own console? To all those share my dream that day is coming soon. I have named this project after the Greek god of jealousy and envy, Phthonos (Phthonus). I guess you can call it exactly what it is.
Project Goals
1) True 1080p gaming
2) At 60 fps with medium settings
3) Around the $400 mark
Recently AMD has launched their new AM1 platform. Bringing the same jaguar cores found in both the Xbox One and PS4 to the desktop market. The AM1 platform brings us four jaguar cores instead of the eight cores found in the next GEN consoles. Also the next GEN consoles both have a higher speed memory. When it comes to GPU has looks like Sony went four either R7 265 or R9 270 while Microsoft went four either R7 265 or R7 260. So it seems like we have our work cut out for us.
Right away people will be comparing this to a gaming PC or even HTPC. That is not the goal, the goal here is to outperform the next GEN consoles. Questions like can it play this PC game or that PC game is not what we're trying to answer here. The games that I will be testing will be cross platform games.This is as much a computer build as it is an experiment.
Components
AMD Athlon 5350 APU
Asrock AM1H-ITX Motherboard
Mechanical hard drives
8GB of single channel RAM
Cooler Master Elite 130 case
GPU.... I am not telling yet, but it has been purchased and is all ways just out of shot. hehehe
Check out the Unboxing and Review
I also wanted to do some really simple mods that will tie in with the name Phthonos. Of course I used a black and green colour scheme. The reason behind this is play of words. Green with envy and green eye monster.
I started by removing the pieces I wanted to paint and sanded them down with 220 grit. Then I dried them and painted. To get a thin layer of paint you can leave you paint can in the warm water for 10 mins before you use it and then leave it there between coats. The front mesh was painted yesterday and I did the clear coat on all the mesh pieces today.
I started painting the fan ring today. I love the Corisair SP 120 fans but I am not to sure if this paint will stick to them. I might just change the fan out later.
