[time-nuts] Re: SDR radios - Loran-C & WWV

[Wilko Bulte]

The amount of memory is rather irrelevant for the SDR task at hand. I ran my rx888 initially with 8GB RAM and that is no issue at all. 

Not that more RAM hurts, but necessary it is not. 

Wilko
PA1WBU


> On 16 Mar 2024, at 15:08, ASSI via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mittwoch, 13. März 2024 01:44:37 CET Scott Newell wrote:
>> (Sorry to pile on with the questions...) This looks very exciting,
>> but I'm concerned I might not have any PCs fast enough.
> 
> That depends a lot on what you're trying to do…
> 
>> Everything
>> I've read just mentioned recent i5/i7, which is suitably vague. Any
>> idea if there are benchmarks for guidance as to should work/might
>> work/won't work?
> 
> An easily reachable USB3q port that connects directly into the chipset without 
> any intervening hub chip of questionable provenance would be my first stop, 
> don't skimp on memory, 24 GiB would be my minimum spec.
> 
>> Looking through the e-waste piles, I see the following:
> 
> I'd cross off anything before Haswell and that includes all your Xeons I 
> think.  Haswell is fine if you pair it with either Linux or up to Win10 and 
> the i7-4790 is the one that has (almost) everything enabled that generation 
> has to offer, including ECC memory (the mobo has to support it).  There's good 
> deals for Haswell to be had still since a lot of these will not run Win11, 
> mostly due to lack of a TPM2.  The Broadwell and Skylakes might be interesting 
> if they have exactly the formfactor and periphery that you're going to use, 
> otherwise not much of a step up (if at all) from the 4790.  The Atoms are only 
> interesting if you are trying to go for 24/7 with the lowest possible power 
> draw, the Elkhard Lake is of course the better choice especially if you want 
> to use the graphics.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Achim.
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