This is the gear I use to study digital signal processing:

  1. YouLoop single-loop passive magnetic loop antenna
  2. Airspy HF+ Discovery HF/VHF receiver
  3. A standard-issue MacBook Pro from 2019
  4. A standard-issue WiFi router from 2017
  5. Machine-zero, which is:

Chassis: Dell Precision 3630 tower bought used on eBay from e-CyclePro in Lecanto, FL.

Motherboard

  • Dell OEM (Precision 3630)
  • Socket: LGA1151 (8th/9th gen Intel)
  • Chipset: Intel C246 (workstation)
  • RAM slots: 4× DDR4 DIMM
    The motherboard

CPU (stock, although I did remove the fan, clean the heat-sink and apply fresh thermal paste)

  • Intel Core i7-8700K
  • 6 cores / 12 threads
  • 3.70 GHz
A dirty cpu A clean cpu

RAM (stock, not replaced)

  • 32GB DDR4 2666MT/s dual channel
  • 2× 16GB Micron Technology 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1
  • Confirmed by memtest86
    Memtest86 pass screen

PSU (replaced — stock Dell 300W wasn’t big enough for the GPU)

  • Seasonic CORE GX 650W ATX 3.1, 80+ Gold, Fully Modular
  • Connectors: 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS CPU, 2× 8-pin PCIe

Storage (bought new): Kingston NV3 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0

GPU (used, won in an auction on eBay)

  • MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6
  • Model number: 912-V397-050
  • 12GB GDDR6 / 12288 MiB
  • Dual fan (Torx 3.0)
  • Stress test: PASS — gpu-burn 15 min, 0 errors, max temp 78°C, ~9,211 Gflop/s
    GPU installed in the chassis