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You have a different philosophy towards computing power in a car. Usually the principle is "minimum MIPS for the job = minimum power drawn = minimum heat dissipation". Electronics cool, we cool, ek dum pheet! Waste not, want not.
2GB is seldom essential even in a desktop, unless the applications one uses need huge buffers. So why use huge amount of RAM when one will use only 3 apps max which use small buffers?
Performance should be a concern if all you want to do is listen to music and occasionally watch video or use GPS. Remember, that was possible even with the old PIII laptops with 256MB RAM (I have an ancient Toshiba which is still chugging along in this duty)
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I agree with you, but If you follow my threads you will understand I first started my Car PC with a 1 GB RAM and now I am happy with 2GB Ram with Zero Virtual memory. But I too don't recommend you 2GB if you are in
1. ATOM Based Car PC
2. If you wont use VST Based Tuners
3. If you are living with only Centrafuse/Roadrunner
4. If you wont play AVC HD Movies/Songs in the car
5. If your kids wont play crysis kind of games from the back seat (?)
But believe me or not, My PC needs more than 1GB only when I am running when my Audiomulch. And again never go for Dual Channel 2GB, Better stay with a single channel 1GB.
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Water cooling?  That would create more problems than solve! One fine day Ajay-bhai will find a puddle in the car and wonder who did it. It is appropriate in a games desktop, inappropriate in an environment which vibrates all the time.
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Yes, its risk, but worth for a show-off(?). And people did it already and happy with the setup:
MP3Car.com - View Single Post - Cheap liquid cooling
Believe me even I have too tried, but the kit I have is not efficient(coolermaster R80) and I have reached only 10% low in temp, so I dropped the idea. You may need to buy a very efficient sealed ready-made cooling kit(not a budget water cooler) as you cant run a DIY water cooling in the car. Why I advise it to LBM is- If not LBM then who will build a "WATER COOLED" Car PC in Team-bhp?