[hpsdr] Atom PC

[Dale Boresz]

Hi Mark,

Glad to pass along whatever info I may have that may help.

I used pretty much the same items that Bob, N4HY had mentioned in his 
posting about a week ago. Here's what Bob put together, and I've added 
my notes where I ended up with something different (for no other reason 
than that I already had it on hand from a recent purchase from the local 
Microcenter store):

Intel atom mobo/processor bundle: $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121359

case: $56
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154084

memory: $21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134192
I used this:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0279385

drive: $79
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320
I used this Seagate drive:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0235781
Either (or virtually any other hard drive) will work just fine.

I added this DVD/CD writer/reader ($24.99):
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301943

The Firewire card is probably two years old or so, but it works fine:
ADS Technologies 1394DV API-311. It's a PCI100 card w/ three Firewire 
ports. Nothing special about it, other than it works.

Many thanks to Phil Covington for originally suggesting this 
motherboard, to Bob McGwier for documenting his implementation 
specifics, and to those who contributed to the excellent quick start 
guide at:
http://hpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quick_Startup_Guide

73, Dale
WA8SRA





Mark Amos wrote:
>
> Dale,
>
> I hope this isn’t too presumptuous, if so, please feel free to tell me 
> to buzz off.
>
> What hardware did you put together for your Atom 330 system? After 
> seeing the positive experiences people have been reporting, I thought 
> I might take a shot at building one. But, being lazy, I didn’t want to 
> start from scratch.
>
> I haven’t built a PC from components for a number of years and wanted 
> to pick your brain a bit.
>
> Any advice on putting together an Atom 330 system that you could share 
> with me or others on the list? Things to watch out for, equipment you 
> like, etc.
>
> Mark
>
> Message: 6
>
> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:50:58 -0500
>
> From: Dale Boresz <dmb at lightstream.net>
>
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Install of USBIO on ATOM 330 fails
>
> To: Daniel Quigley <dquigley at msn.com>
>
> Cc: hpsdr at hpsdr.org
>
> Message-ID: <4973DC82.4000604 at lightstream.net>
>
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>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Thank you -- that worked perfectly. I'm currently running both the
>
> FLEX-5000A and HPSDR Mercury/Penelope/Ozy simultaneously on the Atom 330
>
> under WinXP 64, with an average CPU load of about 32%. Both radios are
>
> completely stable with no dropouts at all.
>
> 73, Dale
>
> WA8SRA
>


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