Is this PC Adequate for LinuxCNC

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21 Feb 2020 01:24 #158079 by Project_Hopeless
I'm running the Mesa 7i96 card Ethernet card, for hobby 4-axis router. Is a Dell Optiplex 3010 SFF i5-3470 (4-core) 3.20GHz 4GB a decent machine to run Linux CNC? I can get a refurbish for a good price?

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21 Feb 2020 04:00 - 21 Feb 2020 04:18 #158085 by PCW
It should be fine. I don't have direct experience with that model but a similar
machine, the Compaq 8300, works very well with LinuxCNC and real time Ethernet
and these are very common and inexpensive:

www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-8300-Elite-US...3:g:Pz8AAOSwSlVeSt1c
Last edit: 21 Feb 2020 04:18 by PCW.

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21 Feb 2020 11:52 #158121 by tommylight
I have used one of those Dell's for a 2.5x1.5M router, it was a 9020 i think with an i7, and it looks the same as the one you are looking at. It works perfectly for over 2 years now.
As a side note, i also had a HP 8200 from PCW's advice since i could not find a 8300, it also worked good for nearly a year and then it died. Not HP's problem for sure, i checked it and someone before me must have used a cheap power brick to power it as it had 4 blown capacitors. Did not feel like changing them.

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