Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000
Sounds like a nice machine - and the price is good too! What OS are you using - XP or Vista? Are there still reasons (specific to running PowerSDR) for NOT using Vista or is Vista officially blessed by Flex now? Pete, N3EVL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Mumaw Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:50 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 After talking with Eric at Dayton I decided to build a new computer in preparation for my 5000A. I was using an older 2.0 GHz Dell. I found a new case made by Apevia (X-Qpack2-NW-BK/500) that is similar in size to the 5000. It is a cube that is about the same height as the 5000 and about 2 wider. I think it will look very nice along side the 5000. This case comes with a 500 watt PS and seems to be RF quiet. This case is designed for the micro ATX board. After consulting with Eric, I decided on the E6600 Core 2 Dual processor on an Intel DG965OT motherboard using the G965 chip set and 2 Gig memory. This chip set has onboard video, fire wire ports, Ethernet port, serial port, parallel port, sound card, and a ton of USB ports. It is working very well with my SDR-1000. The onboard video works very well but I decided to upgrade it to a 6800 video card for dual monitor support. I also equipped it with an inexpensive SATA 320G hard drive and DVD burner. The stock case fans create about the same noise level as the SDR-1000. I changed them out for little better fans, expecting the noise level to be down around the level of the new 5000. The CPU loafs along at 8% with PowerSDR SVN 1210. I'm using the FA-66 sound card at 192K. There is absolutely no popping at all. I purchased everything for about $700 from Newegg and spent a day putting it together and loading software. This was the first computer I've put together in 20 years and it was a fun project. The Intel is very specific on the memory chips so I choose from the recommended list. 73's Mark NU6X Sedona, AZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex- radio.biz/attachments/20070614/84766f5c/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000
The official OS Compatibility Statement is on the web site and can be viewed here: http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=PowerSDR_Compatibility -Tim FRS KB Administrator -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 Sounds like a nice machine - and the price is good too! What OS are you using - XP or Vista? Are there still reasons (specific to running PowerSDR) for NOT using Vista or is Vista officially blessed by Flex now? Pete, N3EVL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Mumaw Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:50 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 After talking with Eric at Dayton I decided to build a new computer in preparation for my 5000A. I was using an older 2.0 GHz Dell. I found a new case made by Apevia (X-Qpack2-NW-BK/500) that is similar in size to the 5000. It is a cube that is about the same height as the 5000 and about 2 wider. I think it will look very nice along side the 5000. This case comes with a 500 watt PS and seems to be RF quiet. This case is designed for the micro ATX board. After consulting with Eric, I decided on the E6600 Core 2 Dual processor on an Intel DG965OT motherboard using the G965 chip set and 2 Gig memory. This chip set has onboard video, fire wire ports, Ethernet port, serial port, parallel port, sound card, and a ton of USB ports. It is working very well with my SDR-1000. The onboard video works very well but I decided to upgrade it to a 6800 video card for dual monitor support. I also equipped it with an inexpensive SATA 320G hard drive and DVD burner. The stock case fans create about the same noise level as the SDR-1000. I changed them out for little better fans, expecting the noise level to be down around the level of the new 5000. The CPU loafs along at 8% with PowerSDR SVN 1210. I'm using the FA-66 sound card at 192K. There is absolutely no popping at all. I purchased everything for about $700 from Newegg and spent a day putting it together and loading software. This was the first computer I've put together in 20 years and it was a fun project. The Intel is very specific on the memory chips so I choose from the recommended list. 73's Mark NU6X Sedona, AZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex- radio.biz/attachments/20070614/84766f5c/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000
Tim, Thanks for the pointer to the official Flex word on the subject. I'm thinking of upgrading my PC and have been looking around lately at what's available. Since my PC interfaces to HPSDR it definitely needs the USB driver to talk to Ozy so reverting to the parallel port is not an option. My preference would be to stay with XP but I noted that many of the offerings I looked at on various PC vendor web sites only offer Vista. It would seem that Flex will soon need to address this as XP becomes increasingly hard to obtain. However, it seems that the remaining problems are not that difficult to solve and, no doubt Vista will be blessed in the near future. Of course Linux and Mac could also be in my future! So many Operating Systems, so little time! Pete -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:55 PM To: Thompson, Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 The official OS Compatibility Statement is on the web site and can be viewed here: http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=PowerSDR_Compatibility -Tim FRS KB Administrator -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 Sounds like a nice machine - and the price is good too! What OS are you using - XP or Vista? Are there still reasons (specific to running PowerSDR) for NOT using Vista or is Vista officially blessed by Flex now? Pete, N3EVL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flexradio- [EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Mumaw Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:50 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 After talking with Eric at Dayton I decided to build a new computer in preparation for my 5000A. I was using an older 2.0 GHz Dell. I found a new case made by Apevia (X-Qpack2-NW-BK/500) that is similar in size to the 5000. It is a cube that is about the same height as the 5000 and about 2 wider. I think it will look very nice along side the 5000. This case comes with a 500 watt PS and seems to be RF quiet. This case is designed for the micro ATX board. After consulting with Eric, I decided on the E6600 Core 2 Dual processor on an Intel DG965OT motherboard using the G965 chip set and 2 Gig memory. This chip set has onboard video, fire wire ports, Ethernet port, serial port, parallel port, sound card, and a ton of USB ports. It is working very well with my SDR-1000. The onboard video works very well but I decided to upgrade it to a 6800 video card for dual monitor support. I also equipped it with an inexpensive SATA 320G hard drive and DVD burner. The stock case fans create about the same noise level as the SDR-1000. I changed them out for little better fans, expecting the noise level to be down around the level of the new 5000. The CPU loafs along at 8% with PowerSDR SVN 1210. I'm using the FA-66 sound card at 192K. There is absolutely no popping at all. I purchased everything for about $700 from Newegg and spent a day putting it together and loading software. This was the first computer I've put together in 20 years and it was a fun project. The Intel is very specific on the memory chips so I choose from the recommended list. 73's Mark NU6X Sedona, AZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex- radio.biz/attachments/20070614/84766f5c/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000
The issue with Vista is not PowerSDR, but the drivers needed to interface to the external hardware (sound cards and Firewire interfaces). It takes a bit of testing to certify with a particular OS. I am sure it will be done in the near future, probably with the FLEX-5000 PowerSDR 1.10.0 first and then with the SDR-1000 -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:34 PM To: Tim Ellison; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 Tim, Thanks for the pointer to the official Flex word on the subject. I'm thinking of upgrading my PC and have been looking around lately at what's available. Since my PC interfaces to HPSDR it definitely needs the USB driver to talk to Ozy so reverting to the parallel port is not an option. My preference would be to stay with XP but I noted that many of the offerings I looked at on various PC vendor web sites only offer Vista. It would seem that Flex will soon need to address this as XP becomes increasingly hard to obtain. However, it seems that the remaining problems are not that difficult to solve and, no doubt Vista will be blessed in the near future. Of course Linux and Mac could also be in my future! So many Operating Systems, so little time! Pete -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:55 PM To: Thompson, Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 The official OS Compatibility Statement is on the web site and can be viewed here: http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=PowerSDR_Compatibility -Tim FRS KB Administrator -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 Sounds like a nice machine - and the price is good too! What OS are you using - XP or Vista? Are there still reasons (specific to running PowerSDR) for NOT using Vista or is Vista officially blessed by Flex now? Pete, N3EVL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flexradio- [EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Mumaw Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:50 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: [Flexradio] New computer for the 5000 After talking with Eric at Dayton I decided to build a new computer in preparation for my 5000A. I was using an older 2.0 GHz Dell. I found a new case made by Apevia (X-Qpack2-NW-BK/500) that is similar in size to the 5000. It is a cube that is about the same height as the 5000 and about 2 wider. I think it will look very nice along side the 5000. This case comes with a 500 watt PS and seems to be RF quiet. This case is designed for the micro ATX board. After consulting with Eric, I decided on the E6600 Core 2 Dual processor on an Intel DG965OT motherboard using the G965 chip set and 2 Gig memory. This chip set has onboard video, fire wire ports, Ethernet port, serial port, parallel port, sound card, and a ton of USB ports. It is working very well with my SDR-1000. The onboard video works very well but I decided to upgrade it to a 6800 video card for dual monitor support. I also equipped it with an inexpensive SATA 320G hard drive and DVD burner. The stock case fans create about the same noise level as the SDR-1000. I changed them out for little better fans, expecting the noise level to be down around the level of the new 5000. The CPU loafs along at 8% with PowerSDR SVN 1210. I'm using the FA-66 sound card at 192K. There is absolutely no popping at all. I purchased everything for about $700 from Newegg and spent a day putting it together and loading software. This was the first computer I've put together in 20 years and it was a fun project. The Intel is very specific on the memory chips so I choose from the recommended list. 73's Mark NU6X Sedona, AZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex- radio.biz/attachments/20070614/84766f5c/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio
