[Lowfer] Flex radio Model 5000

[Dick Goodman]

>From Tiger Direct ...

Gigabyte X-Blaster Barebone Kit -
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Mobo,
Intel Dual Core i3 530 CPU,
OCZ 4GB RAM,
1 serial (RS232 port)
1 parallel port
1 Firewire port
2 PCI Slots
12 USB ports
Seagate Barracuda 750GB HD,
Ultra X-Blaster Black ATX Mid-Tower Case,
Ultra LS500 500W PSU
CD/DVD R/W internal
Price: $470.00

Add Windows XP: $89.00
or if you dare Windows 7: $107.00

This isn't good ... I'm talking myself into this!
This would run my SDR-IQ and existing multimode software much better then my
existing Pentium 4 with 1 GB RAM which really doesn't do a bad job.
About 6 months ago, I built a similiar system that I use for my main non-ham
radio computer. Its's an excellent performer. The stuff is getting cheap.

73
Dick, WA3USG






-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Rick Kunath
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:34 AM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Flex radio Model 5000


Dick Goodman wrote:
>  I
> would also need a new computer to use with the Flex. I could stick
together
> a bare bones kit from Tiger Direct for about $400, but then I'm going to
hit
> $3K to get everything working.

I'm not sure that you'd be happy with a bare bones lower end machine.

Eventually if you want to run other applications on the machine such as
decoding apps, spectrum display apps, etc. using VAC (virtual audio
cables) you'll need some extra CPU horsepower to keep from having
dropouts in the Flex software.

I don't think I'd go too low on the CPU speed and memory bus speeds if I
were building a machine to run PowerSDR on.

I can see myself running everything from Fldigi, logging software,
Spectran or Argo, Jason, Spectrum Lab, MMSSTV, DX cluster software, CAT
control, and who knows what else on the box.

I'd rather have the CPU horsepower to spare than run out later.

Rick Kunath
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