Posted by Nick M
Allright. Hi there!
Now for a juke box PC: I wish to say the following; I think that a 700MHZ processor isn't aquadate; because songs don't load fast enough; especially long playlists.
I would go for no less then 1GHZ.
RAM issues. I say no less then 256. Preferable 512. Especially with newer apps like Winamp 3; which take up a nice amount of RAM and CPU usage. Keep in mind that if you honestly want to make it look like a jukebox; you may want to get Windows XP; and download Style XP; and make your music interface pretty.
Now; one major thing for Mp3's; hard disk room!
Go for a BIG harddisk; and a 7200RPM one. I say two 120 gigabyes on a RAID array; so that if one fails; you will not loose your stuff.
120GB should take a while to fill up. Now; as to what kind to get;
I really really reccomend IBM's 120GXP Series 120GB drive. New and revised drive; no visible flaws what so ever; I have it for some time now.
Graphics card; any one should do; unless you want to run AVS or visualzations; I suggest a card that can run a fairly high rez.
Internet connections; if you want to download music, cable internet is the way to go.
Speakers and sound card! Any Phillips or Turtle Beach Card should do great. I say go with Turtle Beach! Awsome card!
Speakers...Logitec speakers rock; I think can be compared to Kliscp or whatever. My ex has Promedia's 5.1's and I went to the WIZ and showed her this
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?p...ID=2&CONTENTID=5048&countryid=19&languageid=1
That sounds and looks so much better! Costs less too! Just comes with crappy speaker wire; but that can be easily replace for high quality ones. Get those! You will LOVE them!
I hope I didn't miss out on anything
Good Luck!
Nick