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Started a new build, need help with missing parts
« on: February 20, 2013, 03:25:12 pm »
Hi all!  I am starting to do my first project and need help if you guys can offer it.  I have a list of parts i need help finding, and if you guys can offer up a list of things i need that i might be missing

I bought a pre cut bar top build for two players from the UK

I have the build with pre cut holes for everything
The lexan for the monitor and marquee
The Monitor mount
3D Vinyl for the machine

I have a pc montherboard with AMD FX4100 quad core processor
4gb Memory
PSU (thinking of getting a mini atx psu)
Standard MB power switch (http://www.amazon.com/HDE-Power-Motherboard-Switch-Button/dp/B00345WH4A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361391554&sr=8-2&keywords=motherboard+switch)
Two fans i am going to mount inside the unit
1tb Sata Drive with Mame and 60 other emulators and roms completly set up for Hyperspin
1 60gb Sata drive with my OS (TinyXP- look it up if you dont know what it is, its a windows xp build with all the bloatware removed, its zippy)
I have 12 LED buttons

Now what i need is

Two Joysticks with switches
4 more led buttons
1 Ipac or equivilant cheaper solution
19" 4:3 monitor (i can do a 19" wide screen, but i am leaning toward the 4:3 for some odd reason)
Speakers (cheapies from radio shack and be picked up)

I need to get another MB switch, one i can attach to a round push button like on a PC case and attach to my build


What am i missing/where can i get the led buttons, joysticks and ipac fast?  I prefer a dealer with stock in the usa.

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Re: Started a new build, need help with missing parts
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 04:05:20 pm »

 (i can do a 19" wide screen, but i am leaning toward the 4:3 for some odd reason)

There's nothing odd about it at all--it's the best way to go for a general purpose MAME setup, even more so if you're emulating old consoles that were designed to run on 4:3 TV's. 

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What am i missing/where can i get the led buttons, joysticks and ipac fast?  I prefer a dealer with stock in the usa.

You might want to pick up a smart power strip so that everything powers up and down at once.  Also, a light if you're back-lighting your marquee. 

I had a good experience dealing with www.arcadeemulator.net for most of my parts, and I believe they are based in the US.


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Re: Started a new build, need help with missing parts
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 12:47:37 pm »
I was wondering, i have two old madcatz brawsticks with joysticks that look like this at the connectors:

http://i45.tinypic.com/332xy81.png

I could conntect this pretty easy since it has wires there to my interface, right?

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Re: Started a new build, need help with missing parts
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 04:17:01 pm »
Yes, you can connect that stick to the IPac you mentioned in OP.


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