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<blockquote data-quote="spoonraker" data-source="post: 2763955" data-attributes="member: 570956">For the graphics card, unless it uses a ridiculous amount of power, might as well use it. You probably won&#039;t even need it, but if it&#039;s not hurting anything, more power to ya.As for the HDD, you can go any way you want. Laptop hard drives are going to be more expensive, but they are more durable. They are better at handling shock and they can take slightly colder temperatures. I have a 3.5&#039;&#039; HDD and if it gets below about 5 degrees it has trouble booting, after running the car for 5 minutes it&#039;s usually good to go. Laptop HDDs can usually get closer to 0 before having trouble. I guess if you live somewhere where it routinely gets and stays that cold for long periods of time it might be worth your money to get a laptop. I don&#039;t worry about shock too much unless you routinely go offroading or something.And for the microATX enclosure, well each one is different. That is assuming you are buying a pre-built computer case. Most of them should fit 3.5&#039;&#039; HDDs, but like I said, they are all different. Most people with CarPCs make their own cases. I made a simple carpeted MDF case with 2 80MM fans and securely mounted everything down using angle brackets.here&#039;s mine...<img src="http://s87301718.onlinehome.us/carpc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="spoonraker, post: 2763955, member: 570956"] For the graphics card, unless it uses a ridiculous amount of power, might as well use it. You probably won't even need it, but if it's not hurting anything, more power to ya. As for the HDD, you can go any way you want. Laptop hard drives are going to be more expensive, but they are more durable. They are better at handling shock and they can take slightly colder temperatures. I have a 3.5'' HDD and if it gets below about 5 degrees it has trouble booting, after running the car for 5 minutes it's usually good to go. Laptop HDDs can usually get closer to 0 before having trouble. I guess if you live somewhere where it routinely gets and stays that cold for long periods of time it might be worth your money to get a laptop. I don't worry about shock too much unless you routinely go offroading or something. And for the microATX enclosure, well each one is different. That is assuming you are buying a pre-built computer case. Most of them should fit 3.5'' HDDs, but like I said, they are all different. Most people with CarPCs make their own cases. I made a simple carpeted MDF case with 2 80MM fans and securely mounted everything down using angle brackets. here's mine... [IMG]http://s87301718.onlinehome.us/carpc.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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