Neal, If you substract the $150 for the operating system, that means the system HW (less the monitor) is $248.. Not bad. and they showed a 19" monitor for $99.. But the case isn't pretty.. hi hi
73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com <dud...@flex-radio.com> Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com> "Tune in excitement!" ™ On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I been following all this and agree with the Timbo-summary. > > This anecdotal testimony reflexts general PC speedup instead of PSDR > speedup. > I do not remember if this was done by someone at Tomshardware.com or > Anandtech.com or Computerpoweruser.com but it was one of the three. > > They took a baseline 4-year old system, benchmarked it, then tried various > different upgrades: cpu/motherboard upgrade; fast memory and overclocking > cpu; solid-state disks. It turned out that the only upgrade that showed > appreciable difference in the benchmarks was solid state disks. I can say > that I definitely agree, based on building a ton of systems both with and > without. I have the luxury of building the same models of computers so, for > instance, my premium system normally includes 2 10,000RPM Raptor disks from > Western digital. This is a really fast system (i7 875 quad core with > hyperthreads, etc.). Put a 128GB SSD in it and its another mach faster. My > medium tier system, upgraded with the 1090T 6 core processor and a SSD is > damn close to the base premium system. > > So, if you are thinking of upgrading systems, you can try a solid-state > drive. Even if it doesn't make it all good, you can reuse it in the > replacement system. > > The other thing is that a whole new system is honestly so cheap that its > almost not worth the effort dragging an old system into the modern age. > > To illustrate this point, and show that I am not solely interested in > self-promotion, here is an AMD X2 250 dual core 3.0GHz system with a 500GB > drive, 4GB of memory, a really decent video card for $399.99! > > http://www.walmart.com/ip/iBuypower-811121014902/15261868#Manufacturer%27s+Warranty > > I said $399.99 (how loud can I shout this in type!) > > I make no guarantee that this system will work but I would bet 400 bucks on > buying it and seeing (if I needed yet another computer). Seriously, this is > about the cost of a 200GB solid state disk! > > Get ye to a Walmart! > 73 > Neal Campbell > Abroham Neal Software > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > (540) 645 5394 > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:32 PM, David Walker <vk...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > I have made some improvement to my situation by overclocking the 2.13Ghz > > CPU to 3.01Ghz. I run this until after christmas and then get a new > board > > and CPU. > > > > Many thanks for the info and suggestions. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > On 1/12/2010 12:02 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: > > > >> "Would getting a better graphics improve the situation?" > >> > >> Probably not. The rendering of the PowerSDR Panadapter does not use and > >> graphics hardware acceleration. Most GPUs are optimized for 3D > graphics, > >> not 2D rendering. > >> > >> I would make sure you have the latest Win7 drivers installed. > >> > >> > >> -Tim > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > > http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
