Updating my carPC

[justinwebb]

so i was bored recently waiting on all my goodies i ordered to come in so i decided to update the carputer...some of you older members remember my last one ....custom molded a touchscreen monitor into the double din spot to make it look completely stock...then fabbed up an entire pc to fit inside a cd changer case i have about 10,000 songs on it and about 3,000 music videos it has WIFI and GPS and will do pretty much anything a regular PC will do...it worked ok but there is always room for improvement......


the old setup

this time around got a new faster motherboard, better RAM, and a much better power supply and i am trying to fit things in the small case a little differently

here is the beginnings of it but its still a work in progress still gotta mount the hard drive and run some wires

threw the front plate on

the back of the pc and a shot of the fan setup with one blowing in and one as an exhaust

all that is left is to mount the hard drive which is tough to do so it cant move at all then mount it in the trunk and she is ready to go again

 

[iOn]

nice stuff man. i wish i had the knowledge to do that.

 

[Sundown]

damn, that's pretty slick.. One day when I have a spare grand to play with and a couple of days Ill do this..

curious, why havent you fabbed up some type of sliding door or something to cover up the screen so it cant be seen?

 

[justinwebb]

eh i dont worry about it and i dont feel like messing with any of that since i have it all in working order lol

 

[Szady]

nice stuff man. i wish i had the knowledge to do that.

Mad props to you. I'd like to have that kind of setup.

 

[EG Hatch]

wow, that is simply amazing. you should sell your work, you know what i mean? if people want it done, do it but charge them for labour. thats if you dont mind doing it all over again. that does look all original. GREAT job.

 

[96greencivic]

I love that custom DIN enclosure.

 

[ImportFan1]

i def remember that. i thought about that on the way home from the last meet that i never went over and looked at it. i was kinda pissed because i wanted to see it.

 

[dummycivic]

thats clean. i didnt kno u can fit a pc fan and motherboard in a cd changer. haha. that indash looks clean tho. I wouldnt put a indash in a civic because you kno... its a civic. its clean tho. how much did everything cost you?

 

[EK|B]

That is so bad ass!

 

[cgpEJ6]

very cool

 

[daboyu978]

is that the small HP media center motherboard ? i work at www.blueraven.com hahah im a computer tech myself and i was thinkin about mounting one myself...

you only have one pci slot huh , ur running on ddr2 or ddr sdram ? what kind of processor and how much gigs of hard drive space ?

 

[squidmaster]

I built an incar system with just random crap I had laying around (I build and sell computers professionally) but never got around to installing it because never had money/room for monitor or a need to.

 

[97GreenEX]

That's sick.
Your car can go on the internet if it's by a Panera.

 

[squidmaster]

so what's the new hardware specs?

 

[VTi_ME]

VV nice

 

[justinwebb]

is that the small HP media center motherboard ? i work at www.blueraven.com hahah im a computer tech myself and i was thinkin about mounting one myself...

you only have one pci slot huh , ur running on ddr2 or ddr sdram ? what kind of processor and how much gigs of hard drive space ?

nope its a mini itx made by VIA its their newest one 7 in by 7 in so its tiny

the specs are
1.5 GHz processor
1gb DDR2 PC4200 RAM
320 GB HDD

and pci is useless i have never used it everything i have is USB based from my WIFI to my GPS and keybaord if i need it....never need a cd rom either so it allows for a compact design that uses almost no power..

and yea i drive around all the time and just hop on peoples WIFI lol check the email i can also connect it through my phone and get on the internet too if i ever wanted too

 

[AutoFanatik]

that is INSANELY COOL!!!! make me one?>

 

[stolibears]

One of the Make magazines had a DIY carputer setup that also hooked up to the power locks and windows. It also had a remote start system so the guy could start his car via the internet.

 

[hooked_on4]

That's pretty dope, i think you deserve the CC Geek award if there was one, so what'd the whole setup run ya? How'd you make that custom lcd mount so flush?