- 4-core CPU (6 perhaps). Speed not overly important for EUMETCast. - 16 GB memory or more. - 256 GB SSD for OS. - data disk for saved data and my programs (2-6 TB as you wish). - data disk for HVS-1 (1 TB in my case). - extra network card if second Ayecka SR1. - graphics card not really required just for EUMETCast. - serial card for GPS with PPS for accurate time keeping. - Windows 10 Pro. - plenty of USB ports! Cheers, David
Hi David, The spec I have settled on (almost) is almost identical to yours. I want to do some gaming on this so a graphics card will be necessary. The biggest cost at the moment apart from CPU is RAM. I think 16GB is going to have to do. I have 32 in this PC but now rarely use it since I don't process very large astronomy images. The other issue is that I want to keep it as quiet as possible. I've found liquid cooling very efficient and reduces the dust contamination in the case very considerably. Will give novatech a look. I wont be able to recover much from this PC except one of the HDDs (2TB) Thanks
