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BillinIndiana:


--- Quote from: wesbrown18 on April 28, 2013, 01:06:49 pm ---I will also add that if you buy a desktop PC you are buying parts that you don't need in an arcade cabinet.  Like the case itself, or a DVD drive.

You can build a nice AMD based machine for a cabinet for about $150-200 total in parts once you bear the above things in mind.

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So what all do I need then?.. mother board, processor, power supply and a graphics card?

edit:...Also I would have guessed a graphics card would have cost $150.

BillinIndiana:

If you don't use a case and just mount your pc components inside the cabinet, do you need any type of cooling fan or anything?

JDFan:

Depends on the system and the local conditions -- but is always best to keep some type of air flow going through the system- Figure at a minimum you'll have a fan and Heatsink on the CPU and inside the Powersupply and on the Graphics card if not using the onboard chipset depending on the system your using that will move some air around but it never hurts to add a couple extra fans.

As far as building a system that part is pretty easy these days since all of the pieces are pretty much keyed so the wiring only fits on the correct parts and facing the proper direction so you really have to try to mess it up ! --- It's not like the old days where you had manually set jumpers etc. to get the proper voltages\speed settings for the particular CPU you install and you could easily set it incorrectly if not careful -- only advantage to buying a prebuilt at times is the copy of windows is included vs. paying $100 just for the operating system software that you want to hide anyway but you can usually find someone with an old copy of the OS they are no longer using instead of buying a new one ! IF you don't want to attempt the build yourself check your local pc shops and craigslist and you should be able to find something that can run things fine fairly cheap since it doesn't need top of the line components.

BillinIndiana:

What can be built for that $200 range?

Brian74:

Here are some links from a guys video that says it cost 250 with a DVD drive and a case. It doesn't include a hdd. SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W http://tinyurl.com/258bktj

AMD A6-5400K Trinity 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) http://tinyurl.com/coo6x9z

Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 1866 http://tinyurl.com/ahmgsac

LG 24X DVD Burner http://tinyurl.com/bawpr64

APEX PC-389-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower http://tinyurl.com/n9x9ku

ASRock FM2A75M-DGS http://tinyurl.com/8d3kvuc

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