Deadmaninc

Hi y'all, as you can see i am a Noob, hate the feeling but everybody gotta start somewhere right. I have been reading the forums a lot but never registered. So let me know what you guys think please any thoughts are appreciated. i should probably mention that i waant to do everything with this , audio, video, gps, wi fi, security system, voice interaction, bluetooth, obd interface

for the basics to get started i was thinking:
Motherboard: Intel atom 330
Hard drive : Western Digital pssport 500gb external hard drive
Memory: 2gb Mushkin enhanced ddr2
Power: M2 Atx hv 160 dc -dc psu
external dvd drive
screen a liliput is what i am hearing is good led back lit
As for a case i know i need a mini itx other than that anythoughts opr suggestions on this?

So yea thats the basic set up i know to do all the alarm stuff and bluetooth i will need other stuff but i figure this will get me started. so please thoughts

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DarquePervert

Get an internal HDD instead of external. Less potential USB headaches.
You don't need 2GB of RAM. 1GB is more than sufficient for vehicle oriented tasks.
Be sure your motherboard is ATX compliant, otherwise your PSU choice will be another headache.
You didn't specify any audio setup or software, but you appear to have put together a solid set of PC hardware.

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Deadmaninc

Thanks for the input so far, I remember reading something about more memory not always being better in car pcs because it has to dump something everytime it powers off orsomething but my fear was that if i am say playing audio and then using gps, and say bluetooth all at once or just doing a lot of things in general at the same time that 1gb would not be enough. I am wrong? i'm not sure, and since i may at some point attempt to have my computer on all the time ( I have already read that this will be a massive headache, just need it for controlling my alarm) i thought that the memory dumping at power down may not effect me. and thanks for the info about the motherboard being atx compliant

Deadmaninc

oh and as far as audio i was planning to hide my current radio in the vehicle and run the pc through it since it has all the outputs for the sub and 4 channel amps, And at the risk of getting tore apart for being... an idiot am i missing something about this board as to rather it is atx compliant i cant see anything in the specs here.
Model
Brand Intel
Model BOXD945GCLF2
Combo Type Motherboard/CPU Combo
Bundle
CPU Atom 330
With Cooler Yes
Supported CPU
FSB 533/400MHz
Supported CPU Technologies Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipsets
North Bridge Intel 945GC
South Bridge Intel ICH7
Memory
Number of Memory Slots 1×240pin
Memory Standard DDR2 667
Maximum Memory Supported 2GB
Expansion Slots
PCI Slots 1
Storage Devices
PATA 1 x ATA 100 2 Dev. Max
SATA 2 x SATA II
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset Intel GMA 950
Onboard Audio
Audio Channels 6 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 2
COM 1
LPT 1
Video Ports D-Sub
S-Video 1
USB 4 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports 3 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB 4 x USB 2.0
Physical Spec
Form Factor Mini ITX

Am i just missing it?

Ramb0_Command0

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by hiding the radio and using that but the other question you had was about the form factor, the form factor is mini ITX , you should be able to mount it in a atx case, I have mine currently mounted in a microATX form factor case and it fits fine, hope this helps.

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