Bill, If it is for professional use, I would not get a refurb unit. Why take someone else's problem for a few bucks. For the mini(itx,atx) systems, cooling is the biggest issue. They tend to often focus on home media apps, and they want the lowest sound, which means poor thermal management. I's the same reason you don't use a laptop in a server situation, no matter how cheap it is. Depending on the mounting, either small towers or small 1U rack mount chassis do the best, IMO.
Just about any modern processor chip will have plenty of horsepower for this kind of app. Buying the lower end of the latest generation is the best way to make sure that the parts will be available for a while. jerry On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Willy Snow <willysnow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a computer which works with the Mesa cards (5i25 in > particular). This is for professional use. If a higher priced one saves me > time, I am all for it. Size is not a big issue. I can use mini ATX or mini > ITX. I also may buy more than one. Future availability would save > configuration time. > > I tried an old CAD station and desktop with no luck. This may be due to > video card and ram respectively. It works pretty well on my current CAD > station (17 micro sec latency) > > I am not sure of the best way to find one. My thoughts were to just go on > craigslist and test computers. > > These are the computers I found on this or other lists, but these are ITX. > I read ATX is more reliable?? > mini ITX (seem to be returnable (if open?)) > www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138412 > www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home...A&is=REG&A=details&Q > < > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O&sku=1044669&gclid=CKS50NfVgMgCFUuSfgodd8II9A&is=REG&A=details&Q > > > > This is a cheap duo core refurb. I think it is ATX?? But it is not > returnable. > www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883798414 > > I also read latency does not matter much if I use the Mesa cards. So all > these may work? I may be making too big a deal out of it? I am definitely > confused. > > Bill > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Jerry Scharf FINsix IT 650.285.6361 w 650.279.7017 m ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
