Carputer Case

[Dark Marauder]

Just started looking into the ide of building a carputer. Can anyone recommend a suitable case?

 

[Dark Marauder]

Come on folks, someone must have some experience with carputer cases?

 

[SeasonalEclipse]

Erm.. what kind of car? Iv never worked with such things before but you would need a ITX board and a ITX case I suppose unless if you can intergrate it into your dash somehow.

 

[Dark Marauder]

Erm.. what kind of car? Iv never worked with such things before but you would need a ITX board and a ITX case I suppose unless if you can intergrate it into your dash somehow.

ITX is the sort of thing I have in mind, although I'm also considering a Mac Mini. I guess my problem is I don't want to spend much money on this project. Not yet anyway.

 

[SeasonalEclipse]

ITX is the sort of thing I have in mind, although I'm also considering a Mac Mini. I guess my problem is I don't want to spend much money on this project. Not yet anyway.

Well, Macs are typically over priced... You can probably pick up a cheap ITX CPU board combo on new egg (I remember they USED to have them, havent checked lately) I recall 60 bucks or so for a 900 mhz model if im not mistaken.. and for car functionality 900 should be plenty given 256-512 mbs of ram.

 

[aja]

very nice site for car PC stuff

some more mini ITX stuff

large selection of products, also have great selection of inverters and cases for cars

 

[Goshawk]

Pico-ITX or Nano-ITX might be a more viable solution for an in-dash carputer. I think the Mini-ITX board itself would prolly be small enough, though coupled with a case might make the fit tight in the dash.


~ Gos

 

[Drew@PSU]

Check MP3car.com for a wealth of stuff just for this, the forum and the store are both good resources