MR2 Owners Club

Protok wrote:So today I had a rare free day and I got (forced) to clear up my parents garage out of my "censored".
Whilst clearing up I found a familiar box with all the CarPC bits in it and then remembered that I had started (and nearly finished) building the pc this time last year but then "censored" kind of got mad and I never even finished it.

So specs first;
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-GC330UD
2GB Ram
80GB 2.5" IDE HDD

I know I need;
A DC-DC PSU, which one is recommended? Id go with this plenty of power
http://linitx.com/product/12004
Wifi Dongle any should do the job ok maybe to keep things tidy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Nano-Wir ... 3f1a271e3e
SatNav Dongle i swear by the globe sat bu-353
http://linitx.com/product/10823

DAB & Freeview Dongle probably not worth doing as reception will be poor as the cars always moving

USB HUB - can I run 2 of these? yes you can, id find a powered one
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0 expensive i know or just a normal hub, i find they dont last long in the car though

Anything else that I need?? Have you got a screen? Can be had of ebay for cheep something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-Car-PC-Reve ... 1e7132b66e

How do I wire up my amplifiers to the PC? 3,5mm to phono cable, how many amps are you going to run, the mini itx board will only output stereo probably to you'll need to split it if you have subs, front and rear etc, i use a line driver one input and 3 out, or get a usb sound card that does front rear and sub etc
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Channel-USB ... 2ec0109ae6
Which is the best front end? I am planning to use a stripped out Windows XP as the OS.
What sort of cooling should I look at? The best front ive used is centrafuse but that is expensive

there are some free ones check

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/ for some idea's

Anything else at all that I missed?

Cheers as always
Red