Amen onus and Antec. I just built a PC for my 5K with an Asus P5Q mobo and Anec P.S. and case. The case has a wire management area, and plenty of tie downs for the active cabling plus space for extra in addition to the two that are standard with the case.
Bill ________________________________ From: Tim Ellison <telli...@itsco.com> To: "vtnn...@comcast.net" <vtnn...@comcast.net>; Flex Radio <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:06:53 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Rebuilding PC - go XP or Vista? Also what PC power supply to get? That PC should do great. I am partial to Asus mobos. You didn't indicate the radio you plan on using, so I am going to assume a FLEX-x000 as opposed to the SDR-1000. Based on that assumption, either XP or Vista x86 (32-bit) would be my choice. Although Vista x64 will work perfectly well with PowerSDR without any issues, you may have some "challenges" with VAC and Com0Com since neither are signed kernel mode drivers based on the programs you want to use. All of the Antec P/S I have used are of good build quality and do not radiate much RF noise. As far as cases are concerned, the more metal you have the better off you are. The ones with the clear plastic panels don't make good Faraday cages for all the little RF emitters inside. -Tim -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of vtnn...@comcast.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:29 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Rebuilding PC - go XP or Vista? Also what PC power supply to get? I am rebuilding my pc and would like some advice (biased or not!) in regards as to what OS to use. BTW, here are the specs of what I am using, ASUS P5Q SE2 motherboard, 4 gig of Corsair RAM, Intel dual core 2.8 GHz 1066 FSB, Geforce 9500 GT video card and a SIIG PCIE Firewire card that needs power from the main powersupply, . I will be running PSDR of course, DXlab, WSJT, HRD, DDUTIL, VAC and Com0com. So if you were building a new PC would you use XP or Vista (32 bit)? How compatable are all of the apps listed above with Vista? Is there any reason NOT to use Vista? Second of all, I would like to get a new case and powersupply from Microcenter. Can anyone suggest a powersupply/case combo that is low in RF noise from them? Are Antec PS's usually quiet? Thanks Zack N8FNR _______________________________________________ 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://kc.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://kc.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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
