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Mame Cab Build (Northcoast Kit) (Complete, Updated 6/1/11)
WindDrake:
Hey Folks.
Let me start off by prefacing this with the usual. It's a MAME Cabinet. I live in an Apartment. Up three flights of stairs. And I have lazy friends. ;D So a standard cab/refurbishing was right out.
This is actually my second build. The first is Deceased (Disassembled mid-05), and was a homebrew particleboard monster. I miss that thing.
A little about me? I'm an arcade junkie, former Amusement Tech (still am, on-and-off-again), Videogame junkie, IT Geek, and currently the Head of Engineering for a decent sized laptop/desktop PCB-Level repair company. I love electronics.
I've been chronicling this whole debacle over on Wordpress, because my Login here was all munched up. Now that it's fixed, I'll be crossposting (or atleast posting the Cliffnotes-and-pictures version here for you short-attention-span types.) :)
http://wdarcade.wordpress.com
Long Story short, here's the mockup image of what I want it to look like (Photoshop Fu'ed the Northcoast mockup.) The image here is missing the CPO (Data East Starfield) and the coin door, however.
And here's part 1 (after unboxing) of the Box Hurricane I'll be recieving in the next few days, with any luck.
The heart of the beast will be pretty good. AMD Athlon II X3 3.2ghz, 4GB PC1660 DDR3, 750GB WD Caviar Black, Radeon 4870 1GB. All on Windows 7 x64. I figure if I'm going to play games, I'm going to play some freakin' games. ;)
BobA:
Welcome to project announcements. Looking forward to seeing your build.
:applaud:
DCsegaDH:
I like seeing other people's projects :applaud:
grasspuddle:
Looks like they really hook you up. They even included a rubber mallet for the t-molding. Beefy comp so I'm guessing some modern games and not just mame?
WindDrake:
Mame, Supermodel, SSF4:AE, etc. Whatever I want to run on it. This is all stuff I bought so far, btw. I didn't yet own a rubber mallet, so I had to buy one, as I know the disaster that T-Molding can be without it. Northcoast is just supplying the cab kit.
Here's Day 2's parts table (before I started/finished assembling the Arcade box's PC a few hours ago. Been loading software since.)
I got the Radeon 6870 1GB, Arcade Box's board, Coin Door, and lighting stuff for the door and trackball today.
A word of caution: TwistedQuarter's 2-Player coin doors have yellow inserts. I already had a blue one, but expecting red meant I had to give LizardLick more money. ;P ($4.50 part, $1.30 to ship it.)
I also shoved the Radeon 6870 1GB into my PC, as the Arcade Box is getting my 4870 1GB. It's freaking huge! It's the Gigabyte OC edition card (3 Fans).
If you are building an AM3 Rig, I definitely reccomend the MSI 880GM-E41. After getting my hands on it, it's a solid piece of hardware. Heavy, solid PCB, no radial electrolytic caps, great BIOS. Very nice piece of kit.