>
> $180 for the motherboard
> $150 for the processor
> $300 aprox for an 8 gig HD
> $60 for ram
> $80 for the display
> $? for the power supply
> total $770 for the best part of it, this is a bit of money but if you
>compare it
> to a CD stacker for you car the price seems a bit more acceptable pluss the fa
ct
> that you could have alot more albums to play and if it gets ripped off then yo
u
> don't loose any cd's (I've had that happen once before)

Stuart, I was about to have a heart attack on the prices you quoted until
I observed that you are posting from Australia. I too am building such
a beast. However I'm content to use a backlit LCD display ($3.95 US at
Marlon P. Jones) and do a small bit of PIC programming to interface.

I can get the core (350 Mhz K6-2, MB with onboard sound, 32MB of RAM, 8G HD)
right at a $250 US price point. In fact I already have except for the
processor because I had a 166 Mhz K6 already.

BAJ