Sounds like a nice machine - and the price is good too! What OS are you using - XP or Vista?
Are there still reasons (specific to running PowerSDR) for NOT using Vista or is Vista officially blessed by Flex now? Pete, N3EVL > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Mumaw > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:50 PM > To: FlexRadio reflector > Subject: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 > > 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 > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex- > radio.biz/attachments/20070614/84766f5c/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
