I am very happy with my Intel MJG4110H. Not once I got the dreaded message that the machine cannot keep up the cycle rate. I have a full blown PC that can play music, videos, display a browser and operate the mill AT THE SAME TIME. I have a solid state disk in it too. It is networked also.
i On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Kent A. Reed <knbr...@erols.com> wrote: > On 10/1/2010, Youda He wrote: >>> > EMC2 is not very demanding of CPU, what it does demand is low latency. >>> > It doesn't matter how fast the code runs, just that it runs exactly >>> > when scheduled. >>> > >>> > The higher-end motherboards seem more likely to feature advanced >>> > features that have unfortunate consequences for realtime performance. >>> > (though this is supposition on my part) >>> > >>> > People are reporting very good results with the Atom boards, for >>> > example the D510MO. I rather think that anything more than that for a >>> > dedicated EMC2 machine is wasting money (unless you need more than one >>> > PCI slot, although the specs do say that you can fit a 2-card riser in >>> > the single slot) >>> > >> If money were not a factor, is D510MO still the best motherboard? > > Well, "best" is kind of hard to define. As the original poster said, > "People are reporting very good results with the Atom boards...." If it > meets the timing requirements and has adequate I/O, then "very good" is > already "good enough." > > There certainly are alternatives. I look at what's on the shelf at my > local Microcenter store and can imagine matching either a low-end Intel > cpu or a low-end AMD cpu to appropriate motherboards from a variety of > vendors, say ASUS or GIGABIT, for US$100 to US$150 (not counting memory, > so these numbers compare directly to the D510MO at about US$80). Or you > could read Jon Elson's past emails and go dumpster-diving* for older PCs > like the Dells he's had such good luck with. They might cost you nothing. > > For me, the D510MO or equivalent integrated cpu/motherboards from Jetway > or others, is the better deal because of its small size and low power > consumption, but I want it strictly for a dedicated EMC2 controller. If > I had other requirements as well, then perhaps one of these built-up > systems would be better, assuming they meet the timing requirements and > have adequate I/O. > > Just my two cents worth. > > Regards, > Kent > > * Is this just an American colloquialism? I suppose in other parts of > the English-speaking world one would say "dustbin diving"? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
