2009 St Louis Area Meet: 26 Sept 2009 @ 1200PM

**nst6563** · 04-10-2009, 01:17 PM

I've had it running in there for about 6 months now and no issues so far. I don't have EWF running on it like I did previously to get a little speed boost. I have the page file on the regular laptop data drive so the writes aren't as much.

It's a Patriot Warp v2 rated at 175mb/s read, 100mb/s write. I don't remember the exact MTB, but it was calculated out to around 4-5 years of constant use...and since I work at home and don't drive a lot...I figured on at least double that

Picked it up at Fry's for $89

I'll have to take some new pics of the setup. It looks quite nice

as promised:

-and yes... I busted the shifter collar

**GizmoQ** · 04-13-2009, 11:32 PM

I'm bringing MP3Car SWAG!. Heather sent me a box of T-Shirts, Window sticker, and a Dream Gear "MiniKey".

Heather has also authorized me to give away one license for the $10 DashCommand Promotion

Thanx Heather!

Whatever I don't give away at this meet will go to Chicago for the MP3Car meet there. Don't miss out!

**Enforcer** · 04-14-2009, 06:45 AM

What you going to bring to the UK meet?

**GizmoQ** · 04-14-2009, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Enforcer

What you going to bring to the UK meet?

I'll save 3 T-shirts and whatever else is left. Unlike the airlines or ferries, my travel plans don't firm up till I'm physically on the aircraft and its off the ground. Will repost on the other side.

**GizmoQ** · 04-14-2009, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Enforcer

What you going to bring to the UK meet?

I'll save 3 T-shirts and whatever else is left. Unlike the airlines or ferries, my travel plans don't firm up till I'm physically on the aircraft and its off the ground. Will repost on the other side.

**bluespire** · 04-16-2009, 01:13 PM

I'm going to be there. I need to see other ppl's setups before deciding exactly what to do. I've got a Mitsu 3000GT VR4. It's needs maintenance, but I'll drive it there so ppl can see what I want to do. I really hope there will be more than just you Giz

. Even so, looking forward to meeting you.

**bluespire** · 04-16-2009, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by GizmoQ

Wow, you have been busy! I will keep in touch cause I want to hear how the SSD holds up after a year or so. I keep hearing the read/write on SSD is finite not unlimited so I wanna know how long it lasts in a CarPC.

Even if it is Finite, it will run much faster to boot up. In my setup, I'm hoping to run the whole system off of RAM, and just let it sleep (hibernating after a preset number of hours). this should minimize the writes. Media can still be read from the SSD indefinitely.

**nst6563** · 04-17-2009, 03:48 PM

man I wish I was back up there for those meets.

you can scratch my last setup. dual core atom blows for boot times. I sent it back to newegg and got a Zotac mini-itx socket 775 board and a Celeron 1.8Ghz Conroe-L based CPU. Cost was the same for that as it was the severely underpowered dual atom. Temps are the same too (which was my only concern in the houston heat). Board was on sale for $49, CPU was on sale for $39.

Since the Zotac board only has a PCI-Express expansion slot...I ordered a PCE-E riser and an Asus Xonar for audio.

surgery will begin this weekend so I'll let ya know how the zotac board fairs for boot-times. If it's better than my d201...It's going in my car...if not...it'll go in my wife's van

@bluespire - I LOVED those 3000GT's. Sweet lookin' cars....hard to find nowadays though. Kinda like the old Pontiac Fiero's - ... I like those too.

**bluespire** · 04-17-2009, 05:11 PM

someone mentioned one of these to me for a sound card. Looks good and costs 2/3 the cost of a xonar.

http://www.sixstardj.com/esigihdhiqu2.html

It's USB too, and ASIO complient.