breaker021

^^^ mind giving me the name of the seller? I wanna get one of those for my car t00 ;]]]] the dc7700s and even 7600s are still a little too pricey for me.

thanks for the info.

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- sh00k

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^^^NOT A PROBLEM INFO BELOW:

timbelau

I used a older HP E-Vectra i got off ebay for 35 shipped w/ power cord, a lilliput 7" touchscreen i got for 135 and just got a obd II usb reader from obdpros.com

This is going to be nice... when its all installed

Uraijit

I clicked $500-$750 because that's what I will have spent when I'm "finished". Currently I have a perfectly functional system for under $500. But I still need to add Bluetooth, FM radio, and Satelite... Thinking about OBD II as well, but haven't decided. Probably end up gettin' a Fusion Brain in the future...

Currently:

(If listed as $0, it means I already had it laying around)

MOBO $ 57.56
Screen $163
1 GB RAM $ 0
XP 3000+ CPU $ 0
M2-ATX PSU $ 79.65
GPS interface Cable $ 23.76
IDE Cable $ 6.44
250 GB HDD $ 0
Webcam $ 0

Hardware= $330.41

Windows $ 97.98

Software= 97.98

Total= $428.39

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Progress (Phase one):

Planning:
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Parts Aquisition:
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Install:
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http://www.speedtest.net/result/187304447.png

americasfuture2

since mine took months and months of searching for all the parts at a good price and ebay, i spent maybe 800. its less than a grand so far. but a project like this is never finished so its going to constantly increase.

qha_vn

i am building my first car pc with my 10 years old PC in my warehouse. installed win98 and winamp, the costly part is only the screen. i plan not to use a touch screen cos its expensive. cheapest no name 7" LCD with 1 VGA input, 2 video inputs is about US$100. Thats the one I need to buy plus some extension cables for USB, VGA, PS/2...

believe it or not?

seventynine

E-PC - free from office

19v 3.5a laptop charger - £9 inc deliv

Trackball Mouse - £12 inc deliv

Screen - non touch jobby - Ebay £17+£8 deliv
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=001

GPS receiver - won today a mighty £6
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=013

usb slot load CD drive - £25

USB radio $20

hard drive, RAM upgrade, few electornic mods etc - Free

install materials, so far £Free

without counting that its under £100 surely ($200)

Snortonnorton

all you guys who spent 1,000 are nuts.

I have a fantastic system for way, way less than that.


the intel mini ITX is only 80 bucks with processor. usb gps 55.00, hardrive 90 bucks, touchsreen lcd 230 with a 3 year warranty. memory was 50 bucks. cables, wires, power supply all around 130 bucks.

you don't need an amp if you jus buy an inline FM modulator. 32 bucks.


what is making them cost so much for you guys? are you buying 300 dollar amps?

greatwhite

Counting everything?

Bits, pieces, supplies, computer stuff, audio stuff, cables, etc......

Somewhere around 2 grand.....................

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seventynine

ive counted my stereo install seperate as it was there before the install and isnt essential to the system.

if i were to count 'everything', i.e everything ive thrown into the dash, the dials, wiring kit, 8track, potentiometers, speakers, amps, the whole shebam. id be thinking aroun the £300 mark. $600 dollars. thats for 2.1 sound, alpine speakers / JBL amp / pioneer sub etc.

i can see how it easily reaches into those figures, but i cant understand why youd pay big bucks to do it.

customaudioman

maybe some people want good sounding and fast computer. I know I do, those are important to me. And having a great looking case and install also. spent over $2,600 for mine.

customaudioman

all I know is, you get what you pay for. With amps that run with the carputer system, I wanted the best sound quality for the money. Which I use arc audio foose amps which are $750 each. One for the highs and one for the lows. also arc audio subs. which the sound system alone cost $5500 for all parts, no labor. that doesnt include the carputer and parts that go with it.

seventynine

being a sound engineer by trade, you kind of allow the fact that a car will never sound 'good' .........so that money was spent on a decent house install that sounds 'good'

the physics of a car are all wrong, the shapes, space and materials you deal with are all wrong to even think about spending £stupid on, the quality increase isnt worth the money IMO.

my house install (if you were to pay retail) would top in effect of £10k, money much better spent in a house, where the walls and floor are nice thick and dense materials, the shape is a nice big ol cube, and the sound is easy to make it do what you want to do.

i could build a house install for £250 that would sound better than ANY car install.

turbocad6

sound engineer or not, you are very wrong, a car can be made to sound "good".

yes, it is a challenge, & yes the car itself is a horrible environment to begin with, but I garentee you there are systems out there that if you could just sit in them & listen for a little while, you would change your mind.

& as far as systems cost... I can buy a whole car right now for $600. yeap, whole car... but then there are people who go out & spend $30k, $40k & $50k & more for a car... why would anyone do that if they could buy a car for $600? why would someone spend 50 times that amount for "the same thing", a car? what? there not all the same?... hmmm

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customaudioman

thanks for the back up on that one, I dont know why people thats into home audio put down people that do car audio. like you said, there are car out there that sound as good as home theater systems.