Well, this is as good a place as any to start with. I have been wanting to make one of these for a while, and have had the original Xbox shell sitting under my fouton, in my computer room, for nearly a year...
This past week I actually started working on it, because I actually went and purchased the mini-itx board I wanted for the project. A Zotac IONITX-A-U Atom N330 . This thing is awesome. External power brick, so that I dont have to try and cram it into the case. HDMI, DVI, VGA out. Optical, coaxial and discrete sound outputs. Onboard wireless N. 6 USB ports on the back, and an eSata port, as the most prominent features.
Other stuff I have taken care of is figuring out what wires do what on the pcb that is at the front of the case(power button, eject button, LED's). More on that later, when I actually am at home, with access to all my photos I have taken of this project so far. Also when I can draw out a diagram of what pin does what.
