The only caveat on that machine is to try and avoid the wireless interface if you can and use good old RJ45 plugs!
I saw a similar box (with monitor) at Costco yesterday for 599. Great deals are out there and if you stick with AMD CPUs, AMD chipsets its almost guaranteed to work. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.fogbugz.com Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Ross Stenberg <ross.stenb...@charter.net>wrote: > Just a heads up on this one.....installed a SD-PEX30009 PCIe Firewire card > into this $399.98 PC > > < > http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-p6710f-Desktop-PC/product_918389?cmArea=SC3:CG71:DP4119:CL161746http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-p6710f-Desktop-PC/product_918389?cmArea=SC3:CG71:DP4119:CL161746 > > > > Works perfectly out of the box without any special tweaking or setup at 192 > kHz. > DPC's 120us to 150us > CPU usage 19% avg (varies between 14-24%) > This is without any tweaking or modifications and the bloatware that came > with it. Truly was plug and play. > Certainly not the latest and greatest machine but more than good enough for > PowerSDR and associated software. > Yes I surf the web and do Email via built in wireless N on the same > computer while using the radio > Very solid without any hiccups or burps. > Using 2.0.19 RC1 of course on a SDR-5000A > I will be adding memory...very cheap, and doing some tweaking but not sure > what for since operation is perfect now (this is something we hams are > compelled to do). > > 73 Ross K9COX > > The usual disclaimer about not working for Staples or HP.....it was just on > sale that is all. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
