Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Thump...

Here is the power supply that will be powering the amp for the speakers and the rear fans.

This is a Dell power supply that I had ripped from an old computer before it was junked.  The power supply is only 200W but is enough to power the amp and drive the speakers.


Here is a pic of both the amp and power supply mounted to the revolving rear door.  Both the amp and power supply are screwed down to the door so that the door can be closed and conceal both items.


Here is another pic.


Here is a pic of the speakers mounted.  The speakers are flush mounted.  I had to enlarge the 4 inch hole to a 6.5 inch hole with the use of my Dremel.  It didn't take long and came out good.


Bonus pic!

Let there be sound...

Oh!  The post office just dropped off a little surprise (extra work for the weekend).    Here is what I got:
Here are the speakers that I will be adding to the arcade.  I was looking for some speakers on Tuesday and decided to stop by Pepboys to see what 4in speaker they carried.  I saw these speakers and decided to play them and boy were they awesome!  I said to my self, "the hell with the 4" speakers, this is the shit!" but for $99 I took a pause and said I'll come back and get them at some other time.  Later that day I decided to go on Amazon and see what there pricing was.  The price was for $51!  That is almost half off!  Now that was a price I was willing for for these awesome speakers!  The only thing that sucks is that it doesn't come with grills!  You have to purchase them separately!

 Here are some RCA cables that I got from Monoprice.  These cables also came in today!  These speakers will be from my PC to the amp pictured below.

Although I didn't purchase the speakers from Pepboys I did decided to purchase this 2.1 channel Amp for approximately $60.  This amp was connected to the speakers pictured above at Pepboys and it was a wrap!

I'm almost ready to rock!  Now it's time to mount everything and get it rocking.  I'm gonna post the power supply I have for everything in my next post.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Proper Air Flow...

Long time no update but I continue to purchase parts to fully complete my arcade unit.  I just finish purchasing some Antec Truquiet 120mm Fans from Bestbuy this past Monday.  They were on sale at $6.99 from the regular price of $19.99.  I think that was quiet the steal!  They arrived today and I quickly went to work.   They



They will be powered by a seperate power supply that will also be supply power to an amp for the speakers that I will be mounting.  I still have to purchase the coin door and I will probably redo the marquee and control panel artwork.  Once I get those done the arcade is almost as good as done!