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<blockquote data-quote="spoonraker" data-source="post: 2762534" data-attributes="member: 570956">First of all, do NOT do vista, for a lot of reasons.-It requires a powerful computer, way more than you need for anything you&#039;ll be doing in your car. This means you will need a powerful PSU for your parts, and the most powerful DC/DC PSU available is only 320W. You can use an inverter, but that will add noise to your audio system.-You won&#039;t see vista anyway, assuming you run frontend software for music/video/gps/etc....I don&#039;t know why you&#039;d ever have a carpc and not use a frontend, do you know how hard it is to click icons and navigate through menus on a touchscreen?-A lot of programs might not work.Ok so now....what would I do if I were you? I would use a moderately powerful Micro-ATX board with a low powered processor, nothing above a P4/AMD Athlon, a decent amount of RAM, a big hard drive, and a good sound card.If you use a Creative Audigy card supported by the kX project drivers you can actually digitally rewire your soundcards channels, and apply eqalization, time delay, and crossover functionality, separately, on each channel. That means from your computer you can equalize all your sound, and split the front, rear, and subwoofer channels into high, mid, and bass channels. Then just wire RCAs from your soundcards outputs into the proper amps and you have a fully active crossover and equalization without buying any hardware other than the amps used to power the speakers.Anyway, PM me any questions you have about car computers, I&#039;m balls deep in my car pc project right now and have learned a ton.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spoonraker, post: 2762534, member: 570956"] First of all, do NOT do vista, for a lot of reasons. -It requires a powerful computer, way more than you need for anything you'll be doing in your car. This means you will need a powerful PSU for your parts, and the most powerful DC/DC PSU available is only 320W. You can use an inverter, but that will add noise to your audio system. -You won't see vista anyway, assuming you run frontend software for music/video/gps/etc....I don't know why you'd ever have a carpc and not use a frontend, do you know how hard it is to click icons and navigate through menus on a touchscreen? -A lot of programs might not work. Ok so now....what would I do if I were you? I would use a moderately powerful Micro-ATX board with a low powered processor, nothing above a P4/AMD Athlon, a decent amount of RAM, a big hard drive, and a good sound card. If you use a Creative Audigy card supported by the kX project drivers you can actually digitally rewire your soundcards channels, and apply eqalization, time delay, and crossover functionality, separately, on each channel. That means from your computer you can equalize all your sound, and split the front, rear, and subwoofer channels into high, mid, and bass channels. Then just wire RCAs from your soundcards outputs into the proper amps and you have a fully active crossover and equalization without buying any hardware other than the amps used to power the speakers. Anyway, PM me any questions you have about car computers, I'm balls deep in my car pc project right now and have learned a ton. [/QUOTE]

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