If it helps anyone, I built a new PC for my Flex 5000A to replace my Dell. The PC does run LOTS of stuff at my station, not the Flex exclusively. I use VISTA 32-bit OS. It has been flawless as a PC for the Flex. Probably overkill for me and most others but you never know what is needed 3-4 years down the road. Overclocks well too. I bought everything from NewEgg. Here is a link to the PDF equipment list. http://www.qsl.net/wc4r/FlexIntel-WC4R.pdf Adjust it to your needs. 73 Joe
www.wc4r.com -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of James T. Jannuzzo Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:36 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC Please keep it pubiic! There are others out here with the same question: I have (what I thought was) a big bad HP Laptop. I come to find that DPC latencies of 1200 us with bigger spikes will quickly disqualify if from handling live audio data streams like PSDR. I've watched for qualifying PC's, but haven't yet seen a repeatable consensus. Jim- KJ2P > From: mlun...@nc.rr.com > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:47:01 -0400 > Subject: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC > > After additional troubleshooting, I am convinced that this Lenovo T60 tablet > PC is simply not going to meet my needs for Flex usage. Besides the other > posts I have shared regarding performance issues, and disabling just about > every service I can, and still having DPCLAT of 1000 microseconds (which > drops to 20 microseconds when I remove the Firewire connection!), I have had > 2 blue screens in the past 24 hours. > > So, I am looking for a new PC with good performance and reliable Firewire. > I am worried about ordering from a bulk seller and getting cobbled parts > that are not optimized to work with each other. I am also worried about > throwing money away on a system that is too high powered for what I need (8 > GB of RAM? Quad core proc? That's overkill I would think). > > I read the requirements for performance. Good background info. But my > question is this: can someone volunteer a manuf/model which they are using > that meets the requirements and which they are really happy with? Request > you email me directly offline, as I fear this topic has generally been > beaten to death indirectly and I would just like to get some individual > 1-on-1 feedback. > > Thanks in advance. > Mark Lunday > WD4ELG > _______________________________________________ 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
