Looking at an old copy of custom pc issue 79.april 2010 There's an article on bespoke PCs and in particular the Touch-screen Jukebox PC I'm looking for updated version with a focus on budget and less on expensive Touch-screen aspect being an afterthought with basic LCD monitor available for under £50 perhaps monitor+touch-pad combination would be best? I'm eager hear your opinions. Bellow are the original build from custom pc issue 79 although now dated perhaps they may prove useful: Case: ShuttleXPC D10, Intel Celeron E3300, Asus XonarDX/DX 7.1, 1GBCrucial CT2KIT646AA667, Samsung TS-H353B, Keysonic ACK-540RF+ Budget:£150-£300 Main uses of intended build: Music player, Spotify, facebook Parts required: Case or Barebone, Motherboard, Processor, PSU, Sound card, Memory, hard disk, optical drive, monitor or Touch-screen, Previous build information:Windows XP Storage requirements:Very little Music-MP3s Please forgive if I appear a little dim at times as this will be my first build and it is questionable as to whether I posses the mental capacity to assemble a pc at all
Would a cheap tablet not be a better option? If you decide to go down the PC route, it's very easy to assemble one - just do enough research on the internet first!
Trawl the used market. You may find point of sale all in one Via C3 based touch screen units for around that budget. Still more than enough power for a jukebox pc.
Thanks oasked & lysol for taking the time to reply Although it would be much easier to simply get an off the shelf pc I feel something I have to try at least once I've had so many generic mass made pc's that simply begin to slowly wither and grind to a holt just after the one year warranty dies out. I hope after I've built a relatively simple pc like this build, it will give me the confidence to build an enthusiast gaming pc And a tablet pc simply is less than ideal for a home gym use when your on the tread mill you need good sound quality to keep you going also with Spotify I'd need to pay the full £10 month instead of £5 to get mobile use.
Cool, good to hear you want to give it a go. Unfortunately I don't know much about touch screens and the relevant software needed to go with it. Might be easiest just to get a media centre remote for the PC - no reason then to have a touch screen then! MCE controllers should be pretty cheap on eBay. Combined with software like Windows Media Centre - it might make for a good combo? Then you could use a small, cheap screen and a fairly low powered PC?
Your on the money and two steps ahead of my post. quote: oasked Might be easiest just to get a media centre remote for the PC - no reason then to have a touch screen then! MCE controllers should be pretty cheap on eBay. Combined with software like Windows Media Centre - it might make for a good combo? Perhaps a better idea of what I have in mind a cheap pc case £16 I'm flexible as regards to any better options you may have on the following: Casecom MA-1199 Shiny Black MATX Tower Case - No PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/160915-casecom-ma-1199-shiny-black-matx-tower-case-no-psu-ma-1199-black Samsung SyncMaster E1920N LCD TFT 18.5" VGA Monitor £60 http://www.ebuyer.com/259578-samsung-syncmaster-e1920n-lcd-tft-18-5-vga-monitor-ls19clysb-en Now all I need are the following parts: Motherboard, Processor, PSU, Sound card, Memory, hard disk, optical drive. I've done a great deal of research on how to assemble a pc I simply don't feel I'm qualified to chose the parts just yet if possible could you use a shopping cart url on an online retailer of your choice E.G Scan or eBuyer to display parts.
This is what I'd choose from eBuyer: Tried to keep it cheap and low energy usage (particularly the CPU and hard drive - both of which are a tiny bit slower than you can get for the money but give out less heat), but not rubbish. Hope that helps. No idea on which remote would be good - have a look on Google for new and used options.
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