<div dir="auto">Hi Bob and tech@,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">While I am probably nowhere as experienced as some members on this list here is my 2 cents</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As for the PSU I agree 750W is a bit overkill. Brand wise however EVGA are fantastic and I have the same PSU myself. This PSU also comes with a 10 year warranty. Having rebuilt some of the machines with non modular PSUs recently, dealing with the octopus of cables is a real pain. I think losing and throwing out cables is something that should be dealt with as that is the issue as opposed to the modular PSUs.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As a tech club I think we should have at least one AIO, considering they are becoming more and more prevalent. It will give us the opportunity to show people how to set them up too in the hopefully planned build a PC event. In summer it should help keep the Ryzen cool since our clubroom gets quite hot. Ryzen CPUs benefit a bunch from overclocking too, and having this cooler on the Ryzen build means we can push that possibility even though our clubroom gets quite hot.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto">Elton</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 19, 2017 8:09 PM, "Bob Adamson" <<a href="mailto:bob@ucc.asn.au">bob@ucc.asn.au</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-6375930845291648675WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hi Arend,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">That build looks pretty good and it would certainly work. Just a little feedback:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-6375930845291648675MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Graphics card looks very nice. Double thumbs up for finding one with ball bearing fans.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-6375930845291648675MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Case looks nice, good filtering and space, but I’m worried that the clear side might make it hard to put a hole in it for the security cable. Will it still be compatible with our locking method?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-6375930845291648675MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Power supply is way over-specced – that PSU is for a machine with 4 graphics cards and 2 CPUs. At max load, total power usage of your build should be under 300W, so a 400W or 450W supply would be ample – perhaps a chance to take either a cheaper option or a better brand at the same price. Though it’s not modular, I’ll happily vouch for the Corsair CX550 at $89 – my experience with modular PSUs at UCC is that the spare connectors get lost or thrown out anyway, so non-modular should mean we get better re-use out of them (and cables interfering with cooling is really not an issue).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-6375930845291648675MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Though water cooling is…cool, is it really necessary? Could we achieve the same results with just a fan that doesn’t cost $138?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-6375930845291648675MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Everything else looks good to me<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Cheers, Bob<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> tech-bounces+bob=<a href="mailto:ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">ucc.gu.uwa.<wbr>edu.au@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tech-bounces%2Bbob" target="_blank">tech-bounces+bob</a>=<a href="mailto:ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">ucc.<wbr>gu.uwa.edu.au@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.<wbr>au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Arend Pramoko<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 19 October 2017 2:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tech@ucc.asn.au" target="_blank">tech@ucc.asn.au</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [tech] Charity PC Parts List<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Tech@,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We have complied a list of parts to upgrade the currently (barely) running Charity. Please note, the hard drive isn't necessary since Charity already has one.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HC7swAQ_5vhhQZlrbyr9ShWORYCTjx5FqtSsRtFaoTw/edit#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>spreadsheets/d/1HC7swAQ_<wbr>5vhhQZlrbyr9ShWORYCTjx5FqtSsRt<wbr>FaoTw/edit#gid=0</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Furthermore, Cobra's processor has been overclocked and stress tested for 5 hours last night and is running smoothly. As a result, two case fans need to be purchased at $14 a piece as well as a PWM splitter for $5.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Arend<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Social VP<br>UCC<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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