jukebox pc ??

[SuperT]

my landlord would like me to build him a pc to use in his entertainment area to use as a "jukebox". any ideas on what o/s and hardware would be good? i can come out of the sound card and into an amp/mixer/speaker setup. this would be for mp3's and cd's to play on. music only.

 

[SuperT]

ideas? would it be better to run w2k server or ?

 

[Rallispec]

win2k professional
hercules gaming theater XP soundcard is really good for hooking up to external speakers and amps and stuff..
at least a 40 gig harddrive, 60 might be better.. all those mp3's and stuff take up space.
personally, i'm a intel fan... i'd go with a low end P4.. say 1.5ghz or so and 256mb of ram. But since its just for music, you dont really need anything blazing fast (wouldnt go less than 900-1000mhz ).. so something cheaper could work too.. wouldnt go any less than the 256 of ram though.

edit* just realized this isnt for you.. does your lanlord know much about computers? he might be more comfortable using windows 98 or XP rather than windows 2k

 

[Superwormy]

Like a P2 400, CL Sound Blaster Audigy, cheapy PCI vid and all that, and a 100gb hard drive. More than enough. Windows NT I would say, more stable than 2k in my personal opinion.

 

[Ameesh]

<< Like a P2 400, CL Sound Blaster Audigy, cheapy PCI vid and all that, and a 100gb hard drive. More than enough. Windows NT I would say, more stable than 2k in my personal opinion. >>



youre a retard if you think nt 4.0 is more stable then win2k pro, i would get a slighlty faster system then a 400 if hes ever gonna switch over to wma or mp3pro it will take more processing power plus the deiference in cost is negligable.

 

[dieselstation]

If you're going to build an mp3 box.. i HIGHLY recommend this:

http://www.shuttleonline.com/sv24.htm

it's a barebone all aluminum case with Shuttle motherboard. all you need is your Celeron (that's all you really need), RAM, HD, and a CDROM drive. the rest is build in. i saw it for $249 at fry's.. so.. i think you can get it done for less then $500 total. it looks nice, decent job of playing mp3s.. and damnnn small.

 

[Nutdotnet]

diesel- that thing looks perfect, except for the fact that I bet the sound-card in there is below average.

Let me guess, no PCI slots?

 

[dieselstation]

one pci slot but you really can't use it since it's blocked.. but since you're going to hook it up to a home stereo system.. who cares about the onboard sound.