On 9/8/20 12:48 PM, Dave Matthews wrote: > A few weeks ago someone mentioned the HP 8300 SFF as having very good > jitter numbers. Those are an i5 that takes a $5 cable to add the > parallel port. Usually about $150 US on Amazon. > > $155 today - > https://www.amazon.com/HP-8300-Elite-Computer-Quad-Core/dp/B01CV9G1BO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hp+8300+sff&qid=1599583671&sr=8-1
That's the Amazon price with Win10. It's $81 on eBay, maybe less for one without Windows. Search for item number 184439631747, or more generically, search for "HP 8300 i5 -usdt". I can't vouch for how well it runs LinuxCNC, but the i7 version (eBay, off lease) has been my Linux desktop PC for the past few years and it's on 24/7. It's been 100% reliable and with a solid state drive and Linux, it runs like a scalded dog. I run FreeCAD and it'll spin a complex model, generating shaded images at more than twice the frame rate needed for smooth persistence of vision video. There's definitely something to be said for a reliable PC to use for LinuxCNC in the shop. In hind sight, I probably should have gotten good used PCs that run LinuxCNC instead of buying a bunch of Intel motherboards so I could have standard controllers for all of my LinuxCNC projects. However, I was very stoked to see that LinuxCNC 2.8.0 can be installed on a Raspberry Pi 4. That's very cool, and would be ideal for tiny machines like a little desktop CNC router or a Sherline mini lathe. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
