What opperating system are you using?
What are you doing about a video card? Are you having one?
What software are you using to play the MP3 files?
Regards
Stuart
P.S. I'll swap you $250 Australian for $250 US <g>

Byron A Jeff wrote:

> 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