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[POLL] - Entire PC or just the components?
MameJunkie:
Yup..the whole enchilada.
More work to take out the components I needed and to mount them.
leapinlew:
The whole computer is in mine. If I showed off the inside of the cab - I'd mount it to the wall, but since I don't...
miles2912:
Seemed easier to put the whole PC in there. I just mounted one side to the inside of the Cab.
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Bill Mote:
I started with just the components mounted in the system, but I had a board die and a hard drive go bad. Wondering if heat was the cause myself. I've replaced the guts with an entire PC. Not nearly as "cool" but it all looks the same with the cabinet closed up ;)
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Turnarcades:
I haven't got the time nor the effort to piece components together and worry about them collecting dust or getting damaged with movement. My cabinet comfortably accommodated my old PC so it just stays like that - at least if I ever want to upgrade I can just unplug it all and still have a complete PC at the end of it.
I have literally just started selling cabinets I construct myself: budget machines for a much fairer price than the four figures some builders are charging. The PC's inside them are complete units that, although not high-spec, are plenty for the majority of MAME games and are actually cheaper than actually buying components seperately. If I used components I wouldn't be able to knock them out quite so cheaply. At the end of the day there will always be someone on eBay just waiting to chuck that PC they thought wasn't worth shitting on. In steps me to take it off their hands for peanuts!