Thread: Minnesota monthly gathering

Like i said, ive got stuff planned. I looked into two form factors: Micro ATX and Mini ITX. Ill post the micro-ATX specs 1st because it was what i looked into first and also I wanted a carputer that i can easily upgrade. this is opposed to mini-ITX mobo tats un-upgradeable

MICRO ATX SPECS
Aspire X-QPack Aluminum Case w/ 3 Windows & 420W PSU-$85
ASPIRE 20 pin to 24 pin ATX Power Supply Converter-$3.75
OPUS 150 watt DC-DC power Supply SFX.1215-$119
BIOSTAR TForce6100-939 Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard-$69
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor-$0 (got 1 in ma current pc which ill be replacing with X2 chip)
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200)-$80
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B300S0 300GB Serial ATA 7200RPM-$124
LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write Model SHM-165P6S RTL-$45
MSI Dual Net Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless-G Combo Desktop Card + Bluetooth1.2-$25
Lilliput 619GL-70NP (TM-710VGT) 7" VGA + Touch Screen LCD Monitor -$270
GlobalSat BU-303 TripNav USB GPS Receiver -$58
USB 87-Key Mini Keyboard-$6 (will like to upgrade to bluetooth keyboard in future)


Please tell me what you think. Honest opinions. hehe

sounds good, but where are you going to put it? you may find that your case, if its a standard mini-atx case is too big to be practical. i have a mini-atx setup, not all that fast at semp2200, and i have it caseless mounted underneath my passenger seat.

something you might want to think about

Originally Posted by zryder

sounds good, but where are you going to put it? you may find that your case, if its a standard mini-atx case is too big to be practical. i have a mini-atx setup, not all that fast at semp2200, and i have it caseless mounted underneath my passenger seat.

something you might want to think about

Thanks for the comments zryder. about the case, i was going to keep it in the trunk. use some harness to attatch it to the top rather than bottom so it don't succumb too much to shock. im curious to see your mini-atx case. any chance of posting pics? thanks.

there isnt a case.. i took an old case, cut the panel you mount the board to out, bolted that to the bottom of my seat, and there ya go! its practically invisible, unless you are looking for it..

Originally Posted by PatO

gokee2 - when were you at MSU?

I was there from '95 - '99.

ssup PatO. wow ure a old dude. i was at msu from 2002-2005. i go back once in a while. like rite now im there hittin up downtown kato.

Props out to the old folks on here!!! I've been known to slam back a few brews myself back in the day, which was like two years ago......but regardless, I can get down with my bad self to that......rock music.......or whatever it is that you youngins play today!