nurrish Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 The List of Bits and Bobs: Starting with head unit Kenwood DPX303 Then for the Carputer i am using these: Mimo UM-740 - Usb powered monitor just released VoomPC Automotive PC Enclosure OCZ 30GB 2.5" SATAII Solid Series Solid State Drive Kingston 2GB DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5400 Memory Intel Little Falls 2 with Integrated Intel Atom 330 Processor M1-ATX - 90W Intelligent Car PSU Globalsat BU353 USB GPS Receiver - SiRF Star III Going to be installing centrafuse with windows xp. Also going to be installing a rear camera plus bluetooth. So watch this space....... Quote
IanS16 Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Sound like a nice setup! Why get a SSD though when a laptop drive would suffice for a tenth of the price? Will have to google the monitor, sounds pretty handy Quote
nurrish Posted February 9, 2009 Author Posted February 9, 2009 Sound like a nice setup! Why get a SSD though when a laptop drive would suffice for a tenth of the price? Will have to google the monitor, sounds pretty handy To be fair the drive is only 60 notes and i am going for no moving parts to maximize performance and stability. Plus SSD drives are fast as f&ck so should resume from sleep mode in an instant. The monitor is sweet too. 1 cable to run to the usb port which provieds power and touch screen Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Looking forward to the progress… Quote
Chris`I Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Looking forward to the progress… +1 - been itching for an excuse to mod mine. Currently has a massive 200GB drive in it which it doesnt need, will be good to see how the SSD runs as I've heard mixed reviews as to whether they are faster or not Quote
tmJak Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Mimo UM-740 - Usb powered monitor just released VoomPC Automotive PC Enclosure OCZ 30GB 2.5" SATAII Solid Series Solid State Drive Kingston 2GB DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5400 Memory Intel Little Falls 2 with Integrated Intel Atom 330 Processor M1-ATX - 90W Intelligent Car PSU Globalsat BU353 USB GPS Receiver - SiRF Star III With such a selection of random letters and numbers it must be good Quote
stanski Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Mimo UM-740 - Usb powered monitor just released VoomPC Automotive PC Enclosure OCZ 30GB 2.5" SATAII Solid Series Solid State Drive Kingston 2GB DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5400 Memory Intel Little Falls 2 with Integrated Intel Atom 330 Processor M1-ATX - 90W Intelligent Car PSU Globalsat BU353 USB GPS Receiver - SiRF Star III With such a selection of random letters and numbers it must be good Blimey think there is enough tech there to power a monkey to the moon! GEEKS! Chris just dazzle em with the gear on your boat?! Just throw acronyms at them with a nautical twist? How is the boat btw? Quote
Rob_Quads Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Looking forward to the progress… +1 - been itching for an excuse to mod mine. Currently has a massive 200GB drive in it which it doesnt need, will be good to see how the SSD runs as I've heard mixed reviews as to whether they are faster or not I don't think I have actually seen a review which says they are that much faster (maybe 5%) but nothing that 'normal' business will really expose. Will be intersting to see how it goes. Quote
nurrish Posted February 9, 2009 Author Posted February 9, 2009 Looking forward to the progress… +1 - been itching for an excuse to mod mine. Currently has a massive 200GB drive in it which it doesnt need, will be good to see how the SSD runs as I've heard mixed reviews as to whether they are faster or not I don't think I have actually seen a review which says they are that much faster (maybe 5%) but nothing that 'normal' business will really expose. Will be intersting to see how it goes. The advantage of ssd disks in cars is the lower power consumption, no moving parts and faster data transfer (even if its marginal) Quote
Adriank Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Looking forward to the progress… +1 - been itching for an excuse to mod mine. Currently has a massive 200GB drive in it which it doesnt need, will be good to see how the SSD runs as I've heard mixed reviews as to whether they are faster or not I don't think I have actually seen a review which says they are that much faster (maybe 5%) but nothing that 'normal' business will really expose. Will be intersting to see how it goes. Depends on the drive.... If the SSd you buy has a JMicron controller overall it will be simlar in performance in general to a normal 7200rpm HDD. Avoid JMicron drives for media use, they regularly freeze for seconds at a time (bug in the controller design) so u will get stuttering music/video... If you get the new drives with the intel controller, they are MUCH faster than a HDD in every way, read,write,seek,power use, but the intel controlled drives are VERY expensive atm. Quote
nurrish Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 Just a little update: All my bits have now been ordered and they are being delivered on a daily basis The pc i ended up buying was this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=220347519988 Also went for a samsung 32gb ssd I have drew up a little sketch of the general layout A little bit sad i know but there f*ck all else to do!!!! Quote
jamesyj Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Just a little update: All my bits have now been ordered and they are being delivered on a daily basis The pc i ended up buying was this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=220347519988 Also went for a samsung 32gb ssd I have drew up a little sketch of the general layout A little bit sad i know but there f*ck all else to do!!!! That drawing looks like some technical stuff! Quote
Chris`I Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Stick the GPS under the strut brace plastic. Best place for it, good reception and hidden. If you pull off one of the top pieces to the side of the silver central strut, you will see a nice place to stick it. Also take the top cover off the GPS puck to get better reception still How are you powering the PC? I suggest running a cable direct from the battery. There is a hole in the firewall behind the battery, straight into the passenger footwell. Can run it down the passenger sill to the rear cubby nice and easy Quote
nurrish Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 Stick the GPS under the strut brace plastic. Best place for it, good reception and hidden. If you pull off one of the top pieces to the side of the silver central strut, you will see a nice place to stick it. Also take the top cover off the GPS puck to get better reception still How are you powering the PC? I suggest running a cable direct from the battery. There is a hole in the firewall behind the battery, straight into the passenger footwell. Can run it down the passenger sill to the rear cubby nice and easy Good tip on the gps I already have an amp under my glove box with a lead direct to the battery Quote
nurrish Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 Got all the bits now apart from my cubby which should be with me tomorrow courtesy of Danny Quote
nurrish Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 You big Geek! Tha1t looks cool! You got it wrong mate.... Im a big boob loving geek Quote
Stew Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 You big Geek! Tha1t looks cool! You got it wrong mate.... Im a big boob loving geek Quote
Chris`I Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 A Mac Mini looks a lot neater Looking good buddy, if you have any questions then me and Pingu both have built and installed carpc's Quote
nurrish Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 A Mac Mini looks a lot neater Looking good buddy, if you have any questions then me and Pingu both have built and installed carpc's Thats it without the case buddy....looks real smart with the case one Quote
Chris`I Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 A Mac Mini looks a lot neater Looking good buddy, if you have any questions then me and Pingu both have built and installed carpc's Thats it without the case buddy....looks real smart with the case one I know, just joshing with ya Hows the screen? Any problems so far? Quote
nurrish Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 A Mac Mini looks a lot neater Looking good buddy, if you have any questions then me and Pingu both have built and installed carpc's Thats it without the case buddy....looks real smart with the case one I know, just joshing with ya Hows the screen? Any problems so far? Well the screen is real nice and real responsive.......however it adds about another minute to the bootup time also when i come out of hibernate it lose's its touch screen. Havent tried to problem solve yet....tomorrow i shall get on the case. Quote
Chris`I Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Hows the screen? Any problems so far? Well the screen is real nice and real responsive.......however it adds about another minute to the bootup time also when i come out of hibernate it lose's its touch screen. Havent tried to problem solve yet....tomorrow i shall get on the case. Yeah I did hear that about the boot up time. Very very strange as it just a USB device at the end of the day On the case of losing the touch screen, what version of CF are you running? There was a problem with it in earlier versions where when it resumed, it didnt pick up the event from windows and didnt accept touch input. I have a resume pluging that sorts it, but on the newest version I beleive they have sorted it. Try heading over to the CF forums and look in the release notes Quote
nurrish Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 Hows the screen? Any problems so far? Well the screen is real nice and real responsive.......however it adds about another minute to the bootup time also when i come out of hibernate it lose's its touch screen. Havent tried to problem solve yet....tomorrow i shall get on the case. Yeah I did hear that about the boot up time. Very very strange as it just a USB device at the end of the day On the case of losing the touch screen, what version of CF are you running? There was a problem with it in earlier versions where when it resumed, it didnt pick up the event from windows and didnt accept touch input. I have a resume pluging that sorts it, but on the newest version I beleive they have sorted it. Try heading over to the CF forums and look in the release notes Im running 2.1 but i will have a look over on the forums. Quote
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