I built two machines recently, one for my ham radio work, which includes connection to my Flex 5000, and one for photo and video editing (I take a lot of pictures and videos of my granddaughter). In both machines I used the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU. My photo and video machine runs Vista with 4GB of memory installed on an Abit IX38 motherboard, and my ham radio machine runs Windows XP with 2 GB of Memory installed on a Gigabyte EX38-DQ6. I have been building machines for years, but I learned a few things from this effort that I am willing to share.
* Before selecting a motherboard do some research on the Internet paying close attention to how well a motherboard performs handling Deferred Procedure Calls. My Gigabyte board has issues with DPC's as verified by my Internet research that occurred after I purchased the board, unfortunately. If the motherboard has poor performance handling DPC's then it is possible that PowerSDR may freeze during operation. My Gigabyte motherboard is currently running a beta BIOS to correct its DPC issues. I had issues with PowerSDR freezing prior to this update. * Vista may work with PowerSDR but I have found that in general Windows XP does a better job in handling DPC's and therefore working with PowerSDR. I tried using both Vista and XP with PowerSDR and I got better results with XP. * Use good quality computer cables on all connections with ferrite beads. * Use a good quality power supply. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim Menefee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 5:04 PM To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Subject: [Flexradio] Time for an upgrade! > Time to change the CPU and Mother Board. I have both a SRD 1000 and 5000. > I > run a lot of stuff in the background for biz (CS4-Dreamweaver, etc) and > use > 4 monitors. I have been eyeing the 6600 CPU's for $189.00 from Tiger > Direct. I would love to hear from others if this is the way to go and a > suggestion of a good Mother Board to go with it. Also, what is the SDR > software designed or best suited for - Duel - Quad, etc? > -- > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
