So is it possible to build out a game console (Not a fancy commercial console, but one that can run .exe’s and is just a time killer) out of computer parts? It needs to be compatible with the TV with input and plug usage, and if this can’t be done, is it possible to mod something like a Playstation 1 into one’s own modded game console?

Sure it is!! A game console is nothing more than a computer. Take, for example, the Wikipedia article on the Wii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Technical_specifications ). You will see all the specs for that console, pretty much the same as the ones you would find when buying your computer.

For the TV output, you would need a video card that supports TV out, but that shouldn’t be too hard to find.

The hardest part of your project will be the software platform. Running .exe files will require that you use Windows as your console operating system (part of what exe’s do is actually done by Windows). Except running Windows on it won’t feel too much like a console now, will it? The solution to that: I can think of many different ways to work around that, but none of them are easy to implement – you might need the help of a friend who happens to be a computer scientist.

my brother passed away about 3 years ago, and he would build computers. he left all these parts behind, and most of them i can see he paid a lot of money for. i dont want to just give them away but i dont need them piling up in my house. almost all of them i dont know what there for or what they do….

any ideas what to do with them? where could i sell computer parts?

The perfect answer here is Craigslist.com

Look, you wont make a fortune and someone will get a great deal, but hey, they didn’t cost you anything anyway and if you dint know exactly what you are selling you should expect to take less than average. Put the lot on Craigslist for whatever amount you think is fair and when people come to look listen to what they think is fair. All will be happy.

Sorry about your bro tho.