[Skimmertalk] CPU for Skimmerserver

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I was running mine on an Athlon II X2 220 with no issues.  I suppose if 
there was an I12 that would be the recommended spec right.

Mike W0MU

On 12/4/2012 8:00 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>  From http://www.dxatlas.com/SkimServer:
> System Requirements
>
>     - *CPU*
>       Minimum: Pentium 4, 3 GHz, SSE3 instruction set
>       Recommended: Intel Core i7 2600
>     - *RAM:* 1 Gb
>     - *OS:* Win95/Win98/WinNT4/WinME/Win2000/WinXP, or Windows 7 (32-bit or
>     64-bit).
>     - *Receiver:* QS1R <http://www.philcovington.com/QuickSilver/> (7 bands)
>     or USRP <http://www.ettus.com/> (4 bands)
>     - *Disk space:* 10 Mb
>
> I'm using an older 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and have not seen CPU
> utilization go above 42%.
>
> According to http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php:
>
> CPU Name                   Passmark CPU Mark       Rank
>                            (higher is better)   (lower is better)
> Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz          370               1425   Minimum
> Intel Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz         1694                696   N6TV
> Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8 GHz     2178                566   NewEgg Computer
> Intel Core i7-2600 3.4 GHz      8417                 62   Recommended
>
> Which means the i3 you're planning to buy is much faster than the minimum,
> much faster that what I am using, but slower than the "recommended" one.
>
> If the computer is dedicated to Skimmer Only (+Aggregator), I suggest
> setting 'Number of Threads' to 2 if you have a dual core machine like the
> i3.  If you have a quad core, set it to 4.  8-core, use 8 threads, etc.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:57 PM, <marcelo at alternex.com.br> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi everyoneThis is my first post here in skimmertalk.I´ve
>> just got 2 QS1R receivers to use as Skimmer servers. One will be
>> installedin South
>> Brazil, with a fast i7 PC.I plan to setup the other one at my remote
>> station, and since it will share thecabinet space with all my other stuff
>> I need a
>> small, energy efficient andpowerful computer. Ok, I know this is a
>> difficult
>> task.I am absolutely novice to skimmerserver, so my question is, is
>> something as thisone in the link below powerful enough to decode 96kHz on 7
>> bands?
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102002Thanks for
>> the help!Marcelo, PY1KN
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