[Elecraft] suggested PC???

[Gordon LaPoint]

Jerry,
    An I7 is more than enough processor.   You will want a video card 
that can driver at least 2 monitors.  You should consider adding real 
RS232 ports, at least 2 or 4 if you will ever run two radios, and even 
more if you want to control rotors, amps (KPA-500) or other accessories.
     I use an FX-6300 3.5Ghz processor with 16Gb of ram and a 250Gb SSD 
for the boot drive.
I find that the SSD speeds the system up, I get from a cold boot to 
ready to run my software in about 10-15 seconds from power on.

Gordon - N1MGO

On 01/05/2016 12:53 PM, Jerry wrote:
> Now that I have had my k3s on the air for a couple of months I'm ready to interface it to a computer. I am planning on a dedicated PC just for use in the shack. My only uses (that I can think of now) are logging and control of the k3s, perhaps remotely at some point.
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> It seems to me an I7 processor of any speed would be adequate with a 500gb SSD and wifi capability to my LAN (I guess I could hard wire this). What else do I need in the box in the way of interconnectivity? Any need for a large amount of memory (>8gb)?
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> Any suggestions would be appreciated
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> Jerry, k1tgx
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