carputer build

[blusax]

be gentle its my first time fabricating anything.

basic box with temp display and 2x80mm fans at front and 1 80mm at rear and window in the top with led fans and a hidden neon tube.

the base is 1inch thick mdf and the sides are plywood

the base had motherboard pillars/risers screwed into it and the mobo sits on those the same as a normal case.

the sides were initially screwed in then fibreglassed to re-inforce it

these are the first pics i had taken when the front and back fan holes and the temp display





test fitted the fans etc with a little bit of carpet i had bought and they were a nice fit so onto the carpeting.

I thought this was going to be easy but i was wrong. Damn it was annoying trying to work it out so there wasnt any folds etc because ot the diagonal front

still isnt perfect but its ok, it is trimmed in the same carpet that i have for my boot install which should be fun...... not!!

heres a pic of it carpeted with some old fans (awaiting on my led ones)
they are in the wrong way so they are blowing and not sucking and look crud but that will be rectified when my new ones come



Window



Heres a pic with the temp display on and functioning


another of the side of the case with the i/o panel
crud picture i thin i put a fingerprint on the lens


as you can probably tell im new to this.. any tips feedback is appreciated

will get pics up of the new fans and lighting when they arrive

[blusax]

monitor coming soon then the bootbuild.

i will update this thread as the install progresses

[GRAHAM2000VTR]

thats a good idea mate i could do that then i can have all my music in the car wont get bored with over 8000 song lmao

[Danhunt]

Nice effort mate, keep us updated

[Martinsaxo]

Originally Posted by GRAHAM2000VTR

thats a good idea mate i could do that then i can have all my music in the car wont get bored with over 8000 song lmao

Yeh that is a good idea now i come to think of it

Martin.

[djmartin]

imagine all the porn u can store lols

[Predator_R32p]

getting there mate

id have some vent type slots in there though, or even just some in the perspex to help the airflow a bit more

[Qucifer666]

that looks really kool dude. where are you going to put it tho?? in the boot?

[Danhunt]

what spec is it running?

[blusax]

its going in the boot between 2 subs, i have bought and installed a damper kit for the hdd and many people on a car pc forum have said the vibration shouldnt be an issue with the hdd. the window is actually glass. its a 1.5ghz 180gb hdd and 512mb ram. still to come is the gps reciever & antenna, wifi and bluetooth.

i think the cooling should be adequate with 2 sucking in(front) and one blowing(rear) but i will let you know how it goes

hopefully the fans will come tomorrow and i'll get some better pics, i'll try cleaning the lens(havent used it for ages)

i then gotta fab the in dash mount which needs to be removable im thinkking of the space where the keypad used to be ie from the base of the gear stick on a 45 degree angle, if that cant be done the the vents will have to come out or relocation of the buttons and installed like this but removable



or this

[Predator_R32p]

will be interesting to see gow your getting on mate, keep us updated

[blusax]

will do mate and i will be aking you for some advice on the audio setup

[Predator_R32p]

not a problem

[blusax]

this is what i want it to look like (ish)

[SaxoJamie]

Looking good mate keep us updated with loads of pics

[Alexp]

Thats cool, But i would have used a MiniITX mobo, Would be alot smaller and use less power.

http://www.mini-itx.com/

[blusax]

i had it here laying around.

the space isnt an issue for me as theres a bootbuild going in.

im also putting in a tank circuit for the battery, the powersupply i have just bought wont let the battery die

but yes most people use the minitx boards

so far it has only cost me 100 quid including the 7" touchscreen, i only need a couple of cables now

[Coonper]

Looks awesome matey, be sure to keep us posted with your progress. Will be interesting to see how this turns out.

[blusax]

litte update.. al the fans and neon strip came

pics:





just gotta find a screen again now

also got a jbl gto1201.1, a jbl 75.2 and 2 x gt4's coming in 2 weeks.

just noticed one fan is wonky..lol they not screwed down yet so i'll straighten him out

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[Lukejones01]

when i saw it at the top i thought it was gonna be shit but now that its pretty much finished it looke really sweet

but if your getting a touchscreen why would you need a keyboard?

keep it up mate it will be awesome when your done