Hardware (backend)

The base system is a reasonably modern desktop computer with multiple PCI slots, a NIDaq acquisition card (NI-6254), and an nVidia graphics card. You will need 4 NI-DAQ cards for a 32 tetrode drive, and a PCI slot per card. The cards should be connected with ribbon cable.

Nvidia drivers (in rpmforge repo) will be needed for the graphics card, and the NI card(s) is/are driven with the NIDaqmx driver.

Currently using:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229494

CyberpowerPC Gamer Xtreme 1385 Desktop PC Intel Core i7 4820K (3.7GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD + 64GB SSD HDD Windows 8.1 64-bit

Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz

64 bit Quad-Core Processor

10MB L3 Cache

Memory: 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600

Hard drive: 1TB SATA III 7200RPM HDD + 64GB SSD

Optical Drive: 24x DVD+/-R/+/-RW DUAL LAYER DRIVE

Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 250X 1GB

PCI slots: 5x PCI-e 16x, 1x PCI-e 1x

**internal ethernet card was swapped out with Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter