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If you are relying on aluminum to radiate your heat to cool down your processor, you're gonna run into trouble pretty fast

I actually just found a pretty nice miniATX board on eBay for cheap, so it looks like I'm going that way afterall.

mgjs1 wrote:Or, you could get one of these...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 4?v=glance

I got one at www.woot.com for $100 with wireless included and am waiting to install.

Yea, I thought about that, but they're surprisingly difficult to navigate through all your music. Also, it's only 20 gigs.

Besides, this way is a lot more open ended. it gives me the ability to do a lot of upgrading in the future.

Splinter wrote:If you are relying on aluminum to radiate your heat to cool down your processor, you're gonna run into trouble pretty fast

I actually just found a pretty nice miniATX board on eBay for cheap, so it looks like I'm going that way afterall.

Aluminum + Fan = ok (standard..most actually have copper cores but aluminum fins)
Copper + Fan = better
Water = the shit.
'nuff said.

im on a hwy typeing to you guys right now with my laptop, and i got the wedding crashers on the tv.

NICO I WRX U wrote:im on a hwy typeing to you guys right now with my laptop, and i got the wedding crashers on the tv.

Please hit something head-on.

Manarius wrote:

Splinter wrote:If you are relying on aluminum to radiate your heat to cool down your processor, you're gonna run into trouble pretty fast

I actually just found a pretty nice miniATX board on eBay for cheap, so it looks like I'm going that way afterall.

Aluminum + Fan = ok (standard..most actually have copper cores but aluminum fins)
Copper + Fan = better
Water = the shit.
'nuff said.

Talking about the aluminum of the case, not the HSF.

Trust me, I may be a little shaky on cars, but PCs I know inside out. Been working as a tech for a few years, and been building computers for 10+. My current machine is running a GFX5900U and A643200+ with only 2 ultra-low-speed fans in the entire system. I'm an absolute master of cool, quiet high-performance PCs.

Splinter wrote: Talking about the aluminum of the case, not the HSF.

Trust me, I may be a little shaky on cars, but PCs I know inside out. Been working as a tech for a few years, and been building computers for 10+. My current machine is running a GFX5900U and A643200+ with only 2 ultra-low-speed fans in the entire system. I'm an absolute master of cool, quiet high-performance PCs.

Your 5900U is quite outdated.

As for me I have FX5600U (which is very outdated) with a 3.0Ghz HT. However, my Abit IC7-G is one kick-ass board.

As for me, I like cool, but I don't mind that my PC sounds like a rocket.

Manarius wrote:

Splinter wrote: Copper Heat Exhanger= silent
Aluminum + Fan = ok (standard..most actually have copper cores but aluminum fins)
Copper + Fan = better
Water = the shit.
Phase Change= truely the shit
Liquid Nitrogen= pinnacle of shit

Fixed it for you

Aluminum cases help act like a giant heat sink for a hot system, they're not the sole cooling component though, unless you're looking at the Zalman case.

Anyway so about those questions I posted earlier, I'm interested.

Manarius wrote:

Splinter wrote: Your 5900U is quite outdated.

Definately, but it's hotter than newer videocars, so it's just as impressive.

OMG, take your geek-penis-contest elsewhere.

corsair wrote:Are you going to use an inverter and power a standard AC-DC power supply or are you going to go DC-DC?

DC-DC, an Opus 80W

Also I'll 2nd the use of a rackmount 1U sized case, you can generally find them dirt cheap in surplus auctions or whatever. Why throw a perfectly good case to the shears?

We'll see how things work out as far as fitting the whole thing into the armrest, and go from there

Also. there are specially designed carputer cases that include a power supply starting around $70 bucks, worth a look IMHO.

Yea, most of the PSUs they come with dont have the features that this one has (no reboot on crank, jumpers to set auto shutdown times, battery flattening protection), also a lot of those cases take up a DIN slot, which I dont want to do.

So I've ordered the Epia V8000A miniITX board ($80 CAD on eBay)
The Lilliput 7" Touchscreen ($280 at mp3car.com)
the 80W Opus DC-DC PSU ($80 at mp3car.com)

The other parts I should be able to find locally.

First stage of the install is done, the stereo.

It sounds really, really good.


I've ordered the rest of the parts, but I want to find a replacement armrest before I start hacking up the original. Just in case.

Motherboard arrived today

Its a little bigger than I pictured in my head, so it can't go in the armrest, but it'll probably fit behind the LCD in the Din2.5 cage

It has begun

Shit. That's awesome.

Installation pics will come once it's actually been installed, right now it's just sort of loose in the car.

I gotta admit, I was skeptical of the idea, but damn, that looks tits.

The fit of that is awesome! Hopefully the rest of the install is that easy

Here's the fake faceplate I'll put over the screen when Im parking

False front in place. I havent glued the knobs into place yet.

Damn son .

I lost a couple screws down the back of the dash

Damnit

Just epoxied the screen onto the center trim

*crosses fingers*

Hopefully it's all lined up right.

Alright, the epoxy went great

Nice and clean, and sturdy as a rock.
There's a tiny bit of epoxy visible around the seam, but it's not really noticeable.