I often thought about using an old pc to use as a juke box, but they usually come with power supplies that run at 150W or more. I don't know what that would cost if I were to keep it on constantly, but I'm only home for 4 waking hours a day, 1 of which is dedicated to family guy/futurama.
So then there are the powersaving mini-itx http://mini-itx.com/ boxes that, fully assembled, will still cost more than $300, which I think is way too much for a juke box. So a sub $100 50W barebones would do the trick for me. Anyone seen something like that?
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I often thought about using an old pc to use as a juke box, but they usually come with power supplies that run at 150W or more. I don't know what that would cost if I were to keep it on constantly, but I'm only home for 4 waking hours a day, 1 of which is dedicated to family guy/futurama.
So then there are the powersaving mini-itx http://mini-itx.com/ boxes that, fully assembled, will still cost more than $300, which I think is way too much for a juke box. So a sub $100 50W barebones would do the trick for me. Anyone seen something like that?