**Look at my possible build**

[parker420]

No gaming .... I'm running a software defined radio (HAM Radio) ..... Here's what I'm looking to build ..... (all from microcenter.com) If you have any suggestions for changes, please let me know....this will be my first build.


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Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
SKU: 473454
$49.99 $49.99


AMD FX 8120 Black Edition 3.1GHz Eight-Core Socket...
SKU: 942409
$199.99 $199.99



Bytecc 3-Port FireWire 1394a PCIe Adapter
SKU: 425553
$39.99 $0.00



Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Mothe...
SKU: 963058
Free $0.01



Gigabyte GV-N210D3-1GI NVIDIA GeForce 210 1024MB D...
SKU: 824532
$35.99
$20.99
after Rebate
[Details] $35.99



Kingston HyperX blu 8GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600) CL9 ...
SKU: 385906
$29.99 $29.99


Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" ...
SKU: 646901
$139.99 $139.99



Enermax LEPA 500 Watt ATX Power Supply
SKU: 991646
$39.99 $39.99


***The MB cost is .01 due to combo price with the AMD 8 core***

 

[Ken g6]

First things first, extended warranties are a rip-off. There, that solves most of your questions. 😉

Next, we need to know the performance characteristics of software radio. Based on what I can find from Wikipedia, it requires a hardware module (FPGA), so I'm guessing it doesn't need a whole lot of CPU power? If I'm wrong, is it efficiently multi-threaded?

 

[parker420]

The radio is a Flex ..... www.flex-radio.com mine is the Flex 3000

 

[fralexandr]

http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50063.aspx
system requirements

i don't understand why they say they need a dedicated GPU though :\
what's your budget?

i would recommend a core i5 2500k or 2400 build from microcenter
maybe even a core i3 2100 would be fine, but i'm not sure
you can probably just get a motherboard with a firewire/ie 1394a built in
http://www.microcenter.com/search/s...0522&Ntx=AllPartial&Ntt=gigabyte 1155&Ntk=all
you probably don't need to get a GPU, since the integrated gpu should be able to handle 2d just fine

you can go with a 250-350w PSU if you decide to skip on a dedicated GPU (man it's hard to find cheap quality units that are in that range :\) the antec basiq should be fine
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0257451
maybe just go with a 400ish watt one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371034

 

[Blain]

Why did you post all the different warranty extension plans?

 

[parker420]

My budget 750 max (CPU only...I have monitor)

As far as the extension plans.....was a copy and paste thing....didn't mean to....I'll try and clean it up.

Most Flex radio users dedicate a computer just to the radio. I wan't to run a web cam with it also, and surf the net.

Also, Flex suggests using a TI chipset Firewire .... the radio likes it better

 

[mfenn]

The thing to know is that a Bulldozer 8-core is really only has 4 floating point units, which is the important part for processing radio signals. An i5 will be better and should be within the budget considering that you don't need a monster GPU or SSD. Do you have an MC physically nearby or were you planning to order from their website?