Hi Serge,
A normal PC running Matlab will do the job. Could be with either Linux
or Windows, although Linux is found to be faster (see Matthew Brett's
report
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind05&L=SPM&P=R285719&I=-3).
Be sure to put enough memory in it. 1 to 2 gig (of the fast memory type)
would be OK. Ask about fast types of hard disk (s-ata, udma, etc) and be
sure that you compile your linux kernel to use it.
Best wishes
Alle Meije Wink
Serge Stoleru wrote:
> Dear SPMers,
> I need to conduct fMRI random effects statistical analyses using SPM2
> on a sample of about 40 patients which we plan to compare with 25
> healthy controls, ie, data from 65 subjects will be involved in the
> analyses. For each subject, there is one run of 330 brain volumes -
> with 32 slices per volume. The size of each run is 85 Mo (.rec format)
> as saved on a CD-ROM. The design is a blocked design and both
> subtractive and correlational analyses (using a physiological variable
> as a regressor) are planned. Two persons will be performing the analyses.
> Which kind of computer is best appropriate for this analysis,
> considering both the need for reasonable speed and processing power
> and the need for a good cost/effectiveness ratio? Is it 2 standalone
> personal computers (and then which minimum requirements should they
> meet?) or is it a server?
> Thank you very much for your kind help,
> Serge Stoleru
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