ITX board and CPU that will run Vista

danwheeler · 02-01-2007, 05:20 PM

so I just discovered the whole world of computers in cars and instantly decided I needed a media center in my car. I didn't even know about ITX form factor. It's been a dream of mine for years but I had no idea people were already doing it.

anyway - i'm a huge media center fan. I have several at home and at work (work for MS) and I want to run Vista in my car.

Has anyone tried running Vista on one of these ITX boards? Is it possible to use Micro-ATX in a car with the DC-DC power supplies? It seems like it would be easier to build a beefier box with micro-ATX especially since Vista needs a pretty beefy video card for all the media center 3D menu animations.

open to any suggestions or advice.

thanks,
dan

_dopehead_ · 02-01-2007, 05:33 PM

I should think that a mini-itx board based on i945 chipset and a Core 2 Duo mobile 2 ghzish with 1-2 gig dual channel ddr2 should be fine for Vista. There is a thread about mini-itx core duo boards in the general hardware forum

justin146 · 02-01-2007, 05:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by danwheeler

so I just discovered the whole world of computers in cars and instantly decided I needed a media center in my car. I didn't even know about ITX form factor. It's been a dream of mine for years but I had no idea people were already doing it.

anyway - i'm a huge media center fan. I have several at home and at work (work for MS) and I want to run Vista in my car.

Has anyone tried running Vista on one of these ITX boards? Is it possible to use Micro-ATX in a car with the DC-DC power supplies? It seems like it would be easier to build a beefier box with micro-ATX especially since Vista needs a pretty beefy video card for all the media center 3D menu animations.

open to any suggestions or advice.

thanks,
dan

I run a micro ATX with a 200watt dc/dc PS. This is with a 72 watt AMD processor, 256mg Nvidia 6200, and two stick of DDR. I am probably right at the limit of the 200watts though. I will soon be replacing this with a spare 939 board and AMD 64 3200, because this processor uses less power.

danwheeler · 02-01-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by justin146

I run a micro ATX with a 200watt dc/dc PS. This is with a 72 watt AMD processor, 256mg Nvidia 6200, and two stick of DDR. I am probably right at the limit of the 200watts though. I will soon be replacing this with a spare 939 board and AMD 64 3200, because this processor uses less power.

thanks, i see your spec there in your sig. I'm not too concerned about size - i'd rather run cheaper, more common components like micro ATX and spend a little more on a good power supply.