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=> Discussion Boards => Modders Autos => Topic started by: Tec_ on June 27, 2009, 01:35:01 PM
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whats up guys?
ive been sick of how much room my normal sub enclosure takes up in my trunk and ive also been wanting to do some work on my car so i ordered these parts:
MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500010 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500010)
Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116069 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116069)
Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146526 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146526)
and this SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139007 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139007)
I also started work on the new sub enclosure
mapping out ware the sub is going to go
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and mocking out the new enclosure
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its going to get fiberglased in to the left side of my trunk and i will build a custom enclosure for the PC on the right in roughly the same place.
in the next week i will be buying a flip out 7in touchscreen lcd and a DC power supply for the computer.
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wow dude thats sweet..
link to the touchscreen??
now i want a computer in my car...
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Pimp my ride
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as long as you can make it so the hinge wont hit the box/enclose it should be fine. great idea by the way.
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I was thinking about this for awhile. Now that I have my s-10 I'm thinking about it even more.
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My dad makes sub-enclosures for a living.. :D
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I was thinking about this for awhile. Now that I have my s-10 I'm thinking about it even more.
you total should and i would be more than willing to help
My dad makes sub-enclosures for a living.. :D
i would love to see his work and any tips would be very helpful
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Well i dont see him too much.. but ill grab some pics..
i know he uses fibreglass... thats about it.. :L
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that would be very cool!
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see the only problem I have right now is where to mount everything in my truck. The only real spot is in the glove box...
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Skull that's not a bad idea, actually.
Mount everything in the glove compartment and then over it all you can have a touch screen/panel. Open the glove compartment and BAM! you have a touch panel controlling the computer under it.
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I went out and looked at my glove box and it is quite small though. I wonder if one of those mini pc's motherboards would work
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You could get a 2.5" hard drive, a power supply from HERE (http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/power_supplies/car_power), and a socket 775 mini itx board (here's some (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280+1070509908+1075720949&QksAutoSuggestion=&Configurator=&Subcategory=280&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=)), and some RAM. The motherboard would support a Core 2 Duo (and some even support Core 2 Quads) so you'd be set. A lot of those support up to 8gb of RAM, too. On-board graphics would be fine for this situation as well.
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or even a pico-itx?
linkety link (http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=39)
I might throw my mini-itx into a 360 case soon, since I dont like the look of the case its in now(one of those antec psp cases thingys)
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I will have an extra lappy here soon. Wonder if I will be able to use that...
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whats up guys this is the monitor i will be using
https://www.xenarcdirect.com/product.php?productid=16148&cat=259&page=1 (https://www.xenarcdirect.com/product.php?productid=16148&cat=259&page=1)
and i will be picking up my fiberglass tomorrow.
Post Merge: July 02, 2009, 02:08:47 PM
all my parts have shipped and almost everything has arrived
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the mobo with ram and CPU mounted for a size comparison
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the fan i will be using to cool the whole rig (plugged in to my comp for effect)
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and the fiberglass
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Love the motherboard, I need one of those for my truck! Have fun with the fiberglass, I hate that stuff. Make sure you wear your mask!
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Should use aqua resin instead dude,it's cheaper and it doesn't make those awful smelling fumes.
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whats up guys i have a mock up of what its suppose to look like
moved the head unit down one and threw the monitor in
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nothing is hooked up yet i ran out of parts and daylight will continue tomorrow
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Thats looking pretty damn sweet Tec_. I cant wait to see the final result :dribble:
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so u have a radio and a flip out screen in 2 diff slots
nice
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:censored:
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Wait why are you building a PC inside your car :confused:
Then you can't really park it anywhere on hot summer days or freezing winter days (depending where you live) and and if someone steals your car thats it... but man I love it :w00t: that's pretty sick.
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WOW That screen is expensive
That looks really good though
Elite:
You can use it for fuel management, control random things, play your music through the car or watch movies. W/e you want
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You can also use it to immobilise or track your car if it is stolen,so it's actually a security feature more than a security risk.
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You can also use it to immobilise or track your car if it is stolen,so it's actually a security feature more than a security risk.
Win
Now that's spiffy
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looking cool - so the main question everyone wants to know (well me anyway lol) what os you going to put in it, winblows, hackintosh, linux, other?
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:censored:
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why would being cold matter?
Because cold affects it just as much as heat...
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I'm not too sure about the cold effecting it too much. Maybe the motherboard, yes. If they can take liquid nitrogen and hydrogen to cool a cpu while overclocking it to (I think 6.0ghz??) then it shouldn't be effected by 10 degree weather
But you know, I could be wrong :w00t:
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You are wrong...
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Please explain
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well considering the cpu in my can hit 55 c(131 f)
i dont think teh heats to much to worry about
he might wanna think about adding a vent to where the pc is but a vent that dosnt blow hard
because hes also gotta deal with moisture so thats why winter can be bad
u dont want the moisture and humidity to realy get to the components id say
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The temperature doesn't effect the CPU, but everything else is effected. I didn't say the CPU...
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i wasnt commenting on u
and imo
i dont think 130 wouldnt do much to hardware
of anything the harddrive wouldn't liek it the most
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That wasn't to you bud...
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rofl
ifail
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Quit fighting in my thread
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No one was fighting, what are you talking about? He asked me a question and I answered it. Someone's in a grumpy mood today, huh tec?
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whats up guys? sorry for the shortage in posts but i bough a new bike and when im not working at my new job ive been doing nothing but riding it.
hear it is
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i love it. its a 60's or 70's Schwinn continental and it rides like a champ.
as for work i now am a two way radio repair tech i fix two way radios (FCC licensed walkie talkies)
this is my work bench with my computer, solder station, and analyzer.
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this work makes PSP's look like a walk in the park
on to some more good news
i picked up a new face for the gauges in my car
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and this is what it should look like
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as soon as i can get a hold of my hippie mechanic friend i should be installing it as for the rest of the sound system i hope to fiberglass the trunk this weekend.
as for OS most likely a media version of XP with some sort of car software on it. i will also be geting a OBD2 to USB cable so i can get real time info and more.
so stay tuned
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VERY NICE.
OMG I can't wait till this is done :D
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Cold does affect electronics quite badly actually :P
I remember one time I went fishing and it was stupidly cold (Less than 0 degrees C) and the wifi had problems but once I heated it up it worked fine, till it got cold agian
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Wow nice gauges! Sounds like you'll have one sweet car once you're done.
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Cold does affect electronics quite badly actually :P
I remember one time I went fishing and it was stupidly cold (Less than 0 degrees C) and the wifi had problems but once I heated it up it worked fine, till it got cold agian
that is incorrect. cold is quite good for solid state electronics. why do you think such an extreme effort is made to cool servers? heat is a form of energy loss and can make your equipment inefficient. scientifically speaking electrons flow better through cold lines and encounter less resistance (a piece of copper will have a higher resistance when its hot and a lower resistance when its cold)
this being said the only thing i have that may be affected by the cold will be my LCD and once it warms up it wont be an issue
i should also mention that i am looking at springs as rims for my car as well as a new bike seat and grips for my new old bike
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Verry nice! I am either going to build a car pc or get a mac mini. I will start a worklog soon.
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ok sorry for the post revival but its getting to be spring time and its getting nice to be working on projects again.
ive scraped the PC.
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im am pulling out the flip out and the old head unit and i will figure out a use for the SSD and zotac mobo
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i have bought a alpine iXA-W407
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will be replacing the current setup i have now (will be adding GPS and back up cam at later date)
i got a new sub MTX thunder Squared
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and i will be ordering new amps to power every thing at a later date (when i have more money)
i have the Alpine PDX-M6 mono and the PDX-F4 4/3/2 in mind
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when i get my sub i will finish the mock up and begen the final fiber glassing of the custom enclosure/amp rack that i started last fall. the sub, head unit, and bypass device have been orderd and should be in at the end of this week
look for updates soon!
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hey tec_ have you seen the video of the guys who have put an ipad in there car as the unit
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yeah the sound man. they have done 2 now. the second one is not a cool as the first but its still cool
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You can use that mini mobo to make an nes pc... or if you want to get rid of it i might be willing to buy it from you.
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You can use that mini mobo to make an nes pc... or if you want to get rid of it i might be willing to buy it from you.
i dont think i want to sell it (havent made up my minde). i saw the NES PC over in the computer section and i was inspired. i might also be considering a medea extender if better graphics were a option.
Post Merge: April 16, 2010, 02:30:55 AM
well guys i got some boxes the other day.
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SO SEXY!!!
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then i ripped out the old crap and shoved in the new stuff
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only did the head unit. because im heading out of town this weekend. and im taking the fiber glass with so my engineer friends can do the proper volume calculations for the sub.
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yay boxes with shiney stuff inside
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Wow that's gonna be a nice setup. Alpine is the best!!
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any peticular reason for buying the thunder55?
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Wow that's gonna be a nice setup. Alpine is the best!!
yeah im a big fan of there stuff
any peticular reason for buying the thunder55?
its different and suposidly its louder because there is more surface area with a 12in square than with a 12in circle
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no offense but i personally hate fiberglass boxes... i personally perfer a 3/4" plywood box.. just remember, the bigger the box the deeper the sound...
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the only bad part about fiberglass boxes is the math ans they are never built square and hard to figure. there is complet mathmatics involved in building a speaker box that will ACCURATLY deliver quality sound, bigger is not better, IDK who ever gave you that idea. when you put a speaker in a box that has 0.5 qubic feet of volume (not much) you will end up with flat sound. this is good for you bass boomers, I guess, but in terms of quality sound it can ruin the music when you play something with a beat that pops as apposed to one that drags, you will notice a big difference
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no offense but i personally hate fiberglass boxes... i personally perfer a 3/4" plywood box.. just remember, the bigger the box the deeper the sound...
ware is the originality in that? and ive done the square box thing. it takes up to much room in my trunk.
the only bad part about fiberglass boxes is the math ans they are never built square and hard to figure. there is complet mathmatics involved in building a speaker box that will ACCURATLY deliver quality sound, bigger is not better, IDK who ever gave you that idea. when you put a speaker in a box that has 0.5 qubic feet of volume (not much) you will end up with flat sound. this is good for you bass boomers, I guess, but in terms of quality sound it can ruin the music when you play something with a beat that pops as apposed to one that drags, you will notice a big difference
well if it makes any difference to you i actually had 1 aerospace engineer and 1 civil engineer do my volume calculations.
and fiberglass sounds just fine when you put dynamat on it.
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Im agreeing I love fiberglass, its very dense and wil produce nice sound, as long as it contains the correct volume. as fro the plywood box=, you never, ever want to use plywood. you can use mdf but not plywood, as it is pourous, and will give the music a bouncing effect.
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yea i was about to say plywood ya serial lol
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I meant MDF i was tired that day sorry, but its all prefrence i have a 97 Jeep Grand Cherokee and i have a 3/4" MDF Ported box with 5.80 cubic ft. in the back and it sounds good... though im pushing 1800 Watts RMS at 1 OHM i blew out the PLEXIGLASS window i put in to prevent me shattering the actuall glass window.. hahaa and the bigger the box the more air the subwoofers have to push around in a SEALED BOX therefore creating deeper bass. Sealed Boxes give you better sound Quality, However they do NOT get to be as lous as ported or vented boxes... Ported boxes are typically larger in size but the sound quality is not as good as a sealed box. Sorry for any confusion.
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I meant MDF i was tired that day sorry, but its all prefrence i have a 97 Jeep Grand Cherokee and i have a 3/4" MDF Ported box with 5.80 cubic ft. in the back and it sounds good... though im pushing 1800 Watts RMS at 1 OHM i blew out the PLEXIGLASS window i put in to prevent me shattering the actuall glass window.. hahaa and the bigger the box the more air the subwoofers have to push around in a SEALED BOX therefore creating deeper bass. Sealed Boxes give you better sound Quality, However they do NOT get to be as lous as ported or vented boxes... Ported boxes are typically larger in size but the sound quality is not as good as a sealed box. Sorry for any confusion.
im going for quality not noise
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its all prefrence...