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To build or buy considering...
bkenobi:
Depending on how much stuff you throw into your CP, it is possible to spend more than $900 and probably more than $1400.
To start with, you have a couple hundred in buttons and joysticks (depending on your selections of course). Then with all the LED stuff available, you can drop several hundred there alone! Then, add track balls and spinners for another couple hundred (or so). At this point you don't have a box yet, so you need to build one. That shouldn't be expensive, but you could spend several hundred on tools (if you wanted) to build the thing. Now you need some artwork...so add up to another hundred to have one sent to you.
I personally would build one myself (and not spend anywhere near that much money). I'm just saying it's possible to at least come close to the $1400 and possibly exceed it if you tried REALLY hard. BUT, you will just have what someone else built rather than something you can feel proud of.
Havok:
$1,400 for a control panel from a company that can't even flush mount a trackball?
Do it yourself! You'll learn in the process, plus in the end it's more rewarding. Everything you need as far as advise and knowledge is right here.
Good luck!
Rossman:
--- Quote from: Havok on January 17, 2010, 04:32:41 pm ---Everything you need as far as advise and knowledge is right here.
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now if only parts were here to... ;D