GR8XR6 ANGEL EYES Silver Donating Members 1,683 Member For: 16y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: SE Suburbs, Melbourne Posted 08/01/09 07:14 AM Share Posted 08/01/09 07:14 AM I drifted into JB Hi-FI today and was surprised to see this small unit on the shelves.This unit is by impact systems PC-M400 2 ghz processor, 1 gig ram 120 gig hdd, xp, dvd re-writeable, s-video output and vga. I can get this for $400.Is this a good price and will this do the job for a car PC?? Does anyone know anything about impactsystems boxes? It has a Via motherboard on it if that helps?Any easy way to make this power supply hook up to the car? Do I need an inverter or is there a way do direct connect? May have to check out Beanies write up again! LOL. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjb45 New Member 14 Member For: 18y 11m 8d Posted 08/01/09 11:02 AM Share Posted 08/01/09 11:02 AM Seems like a good price..I did a bit of a write up over at FFMight be worth a read alsoA "M4-ATX" from mini-box.com, is a great power supply option and can be triggered when the car turns on and off.Also a VGA to CGA adapter will be needed to get the front ICC screen to display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicky Go Pies!!! Donating Members 2,852 Member For: 16y 11m 9d Gender: Male Location: Vic Somewhere - Sometimes NSW Posted 08/01/09 11:41 AM Share Posted 08/01/09 11:41 AM (edited) hehehe Impact Systems!Good old Peter... now selling to JB... Good on him! he has had a bit of a rough time with the business off and on over the past few years, like may other PC builders...(must be the $$$ he got for the warranty work to Optima after they went broke, been meaning to give him a call)...Sorry shop talk guys... As for your question - good system, and anyone know anything about impact systems... Yes - I actually know A LOT! But it really makes no difference...they are ok - kinda like any price point system... cheap and well just a system...Depending on what you need it to do, it may be fine!Just check what sized casing the system is in, and fan's... the biggest issue I can think will happen with a system like this in the car will be heat... Most budget systems are striped down, hence prob only the PSU fan and no AUX fan... So heat may be a factor...As im not aloud to say much more - simple answer is 'OK systems'... but you might be able to get something that is better suited for the application... Edited 08/01/09 11:46 AM by smicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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