After talking with Eric at Dayton I decided to build a new computer in
preparation for my 5000A. I was using an older 2.0 GHz Dell. I found a
new case made by Apevia (X-Qpack2-NW-BK/500) that is similar in size to
the 5000. It is a cube that is about the same height as the 5000 and
about 2" wider. I think it will look very nice along side the 5000. This
case comes with a 500 watt PS and seems to be RF quiet. This case is
designed for the micro ATX board. After consulting with Eric, I decided
on the E6600 Core 2 Dual processor on an Intel DG965OT motherboard using
the G965 chip set and 2 Gig memory. This chip set has onboard video,
fire wire ports, Ethernet port, serial port, parallel port, sound card,
and a ton of USB ports. It is working very well with my SDR-1000. The
onboard video works very well but I decided to upgrade it to a 6800
video card for dual monitor support. I also equipped it with an
inexpensive SATA 320G hard drive and DVD burner. The stock case fans
create about the same noise level as the SDR-1000. I changed them out
for little better fans, expecting the noise level to be down around the
level of the new 5000.
The CPU loafs along at 8% with PowerSDR SVN 1210. I'm using the FA-66
sound card at 192K. There is absolutely no popping at all.
I purchased everything for about $700 from Newegg and spent a day
putting it together and loading software.
This was the first computer I've put together in 20 years and it was a
fun project.
The Intel is very specific on the memory chips so I choose from the
recommended list.
73's Mark NU6X Sedona, AZ
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