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arcadevga card dimensions / size?
pointdablame:
It's a fine choice for a cab, but really... unless you're building some type of smaller cab (cabaret, cocktail, mini), you won't have any problems fitting a normal ATX case in a cab. You could also just decase a full PC to save some space.
As for the shuttle, it gets a little warm. I keep SmartFan on to keep the noise levels down, but I'd be concerned about throwing it in a cab with SmartFan on. You probably want to have the fan on high in a cab, and the fan on high is not exactly silent. You definitely wouldn't damage anything, but for a cab I'd put the fan on high and make sure you have good ventilation in the cab in general.
Mr Ironpants:
I agree with point on everything . In fact the Shuttle here at the office may grow legs and follow me home one night to live in a bartop. >:D
The one thing I would add is if I were building a cab, I would make sure the design doesn't limit you to a specific case in the future. My buddy built a cocktail using a low profile Compaq. He made the mistake of building around the computer and when it died we ended up with a choice of a decased motherboard or looking for one of those Compaqs.
As to the 1 GB of memory, all of the emulators listed will be fine with that memory. If this is a dedicated emulation machine, I would suggest a direct mount of the mother board if you need to save space. It has the added benefit of saving you money. Something to think about.
Jimbo:
Cheers for your help everyone. Got a reply from Ultimarc on the ArcadeVGA card size... Andy reckons the card will fit no probs too (didn't give exact dimensions tho), so I'm gonna go ahead and order that shuttle tomorrow :) Cheers for the advice on the cab too, I'll make sure I keep it well ventilated.
Jimbo