car pc on a shoe string budget

boysettingfires · 06-11-2008, 11:00 PM

Basically i want to build a car pc for all my music, but like most people i dont wanna spend much money nor am i allowed cause my wife insists her love of hand bags come first lol.
Firstly i want it to run a touch screen 7inch monitor at the front and to feed 2 amps 1 for the speakers and 1 for the sub, also want it to have a removable hd(which i guess is easy due to usb).
so what route is the cheapest route? am i better looking for a laptop with a broken screen?, simply buying a old desktop/ desktop parts and custom making a case for all the relevent components? , or in the end just buying a carputer, i have a long wait till i will actually putting this project into fruition so i dont mind trawling ebay for cheap parts

thanks in advance

DarquePervert · 06-12-2008, 06:10 AM

Start here: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=78795

boysettingfires · 06-12-2008, 08:18 AM

thanks that deffinatly sorted out the sound and the screen question, wouldn't mind hearing peoples experiences on the 3 types of builds what worked out cheaper for them