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Possible Bartop
IG-88:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 17, 2010, 03:13:25 pm --- When you look at your bartop and add up the money you've spent spent acquiring the parts for it - you can only account for $50 or did it only cost you $50 at the time of construction?
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Not sure what you meant by that. But I think I see what you are saying. If a guy has absolutely nothing (including tools) to start with then yes, you will go above the $200 mark. But then again I bet I could make me one for under $50 if I put my mind too it. ;D
apfelanni:
ure right .. if ure well equipped with tools , electro garbage of any kind , wood and crappy arcadeparts taken from old cabinets u may end up with 5o credits for a full working bartop . but most people will have spend a few hundred bucks in the end .
yesterday a 17 year ole guy in a german forum asked if 60 euro would be enough to aquire a full size cab and mod it into a mame machine . i d like to say its a challenge.
saleem:
to put a cab together for $50?
as in the cabinet build,mdf,batons,glue,screws,paint/laminate and tmolding.
a sheet of mdf here in uk is like £15 average,it would not be very much under that.
i think tools or the price of tools should not realy be included in the price of a build,even if you had to go buy a slot cutting bit for the tomolding as you can use it over and over again and for different jobs.
at the end of the day a standing/working cab is what its all about and its all about what that cost.
a magstick will cost you £20 (roughly) here in uk,buttons at £2+ a pop.encoder board £30+ with harness.just a sanwa stick is £14-£15.
if you want a good build just build it,count the cost at the end cos in my opinion if you set yourself a goal to build a cab for $50 just forget about it and get out of this hobby as its not one for tight pockets.
:)
BurgerKingDiamond:
I guess I should have been more specific. I've built a full size cab and know what most of the components cost. I used a free laptop that was donated to me, so I didn't have to pay for a computer. So what I was asking was how much would a small cheapish computer cost that would fit in a bartop.
I'm putting off this project for a while though, since I've rededicated myself to my upright.
Epyx:
Depends on what you are content playing. You can get a mini-itx for under $90 and all you will need is a power supply, ram and video card. It will be more than capable of playing older MAME games right into the early 90s. They have a small footprint and easily fit into any bartop. A step up from that would be micro atx in terms of power/size and cost...also fits into bartops but you are spending more cause you will need to purchase a processor as well (sound and video can be had on them integrated). THis will run you around $200 plus Power Supply and Ram etc.