What computer can I buy that will run PathPilot?

I used GIGABYTE GA-N3050N-D2P
www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-N3050N-D2P-rev-10#ov
The processor is much slover then yours and it gived me 12000Hz on latency test. It seems that yours will also work but You don't need to buy PC with OS Windows. You will need to install there Linux Debian or Ubuntu.

djstorm100 wrote: Would this CPU work? Its a 1150 socket so I assume that its a H81? www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883797537

it will not support the 5i25 MESA card as it has no internal PCIe slots and it doesn't have a parallel port so no that one will not work

djstorm100 wrote: Thank you. Is the Card 5i25 by chance? Nothing is pulling up for a 5i76 but a 7i76 is.

I'm taking classes at local community college for CNC machining (Haas). I've never ran Linux OS so I'm really out of my element regarding this. Windows and Apple OS's I'm dangerous enough to get by.

When you say "Get ready to learn LinuxCNC" what exactly do you mean? Learning Path Pilot?

Would this CPU work? Its a 1150 socket so I assume that its a H81? www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883797537

yes, sorry i meant the 5i25 card.
the typical combo is the 5i25/7i76 though other combos will work
By learning LinuxCNC I mean leaning LinuxCNC which PathPilot is based on.
you'll have to modify the HAL/INI files to match your setup and while you can get help here of course it best to learn what you're changing so you understand it if things go wrong

Parallel port I though was just off the Mesa card to the Tormach mill/lathe.

When I talked to Tormach they stated with the recover disk, Linux and PathPilot are on. It was simple as installing and then selecting what machine you have (1100,770,440, lathe).

Right now I'm trying to upgrade my Tormach controller, which is march 17 build. I just proved that added memory makes no difference. It came with a single 2gb stick and I put in 2x4. Whenever I run a large program the timer and the RPM and Feed DROs lock or just read zero. I was looking at getting a 1gb quadro card off amazon for 50, but it will probably require a psu upgrade. So a video card won't help me?

are you a tormach customer? if so I would report that as a bug.
i do not believe a video card would do anything and you already found out memory won't.
have you looked at your log files to see if there is anything in them showing what might be happening?