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torez:

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--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 24, 2006, 02:47:57 pm ---Inside a cocktail you should have room for a full pc decased. no?

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Mine is actually a VERY tight fit with a micro-atx all-in-one motherboard. Of course, I also have a sub-woofer in there. Any extra space that you think is in there is actually open area for the coin chutes. That's where the coin box would sit (if I got around to adding one). Any space between the sub and the motherboard is where all connections are located so that space is taken, too.

You can click on the the image below to see other images of the inside of the machine.



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I don't think it's a good idea to put a subwoofer close to a hard drive (vibration).  Expect sooner bad sectors and hdd fail.

Dell Optiplex should do fine (the desktop version, not the tower).  All you would have to do is install OS.  Here is one example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-Optiplex-GX150-SFF-1GHz-20G-128MB-CD-PC_W0QQitemZ330054285137QQihZ014QQcategoryZ140070QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

mvolke1:
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to go for an Optiplex. Thanks for the link. I e-mailed the woman to see if she'd still sell it for $50. We'll see.

Thanks again for all the suggestions. I looked for the AOpen dealers in my area, but there aren't any. They look like they could be good, though.

torez:
Ask her to list it as Buy It Now auction for $50 and then she can send you a link.  It's safer this way than just giving her money.

Also, this one comes with code for Win98, but has the hard drive wiped clean, so hopefully you have your own OS.

leapinlew:
The only issue I forsee is you may need a different video card in that optiplex. Especially if it is using an onboard intel card.

If that optiplex is like all the ones I've seen - it won't have an AGP slot and you may have to find a small PCI card.

torez:
This one has AGP card (low profile), but I think you should just search for more options before making your final decision:

http://computers.listings.ebay.com/Desktop-PCs_Dell_W0QQfclZ3QQfromZR11QQsacatZ140070QQsocmdZListingItemList

Here is much better option with P4 2 GHz 512 MB Ram, WinXP Optiplex:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-FAST-DeLL-PENTIUM-4-COMPUTER-TONS-OF-FEATURES_W0QQitemZ180057238887QQihZ008QQcategoryZ140070QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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