[hpsdr] Atom PC

[Neal Campbell]

One other recommendation: Buy an external CDROM instead of an internal
one. They are very close in price and you can use it for any computer
rather than having it tied up to a computer. They are quite fast also.
I bought one at Circuit City (luckily didn't buy the offered service
contact!!) for 50 bucks.


Neal Campbell
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Dale Boresz <dmb at lightstream.net> wrote:
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>
> 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>
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> 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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