[tech] Clubroom machine upgrades

Bob Adamson bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Wed Jul 28 16:57:42 WST 2010


Hi All,

Tomorrow I would like to move at the committee meeting that UCC buys a 
couple of pieces of new hardware. First of all, is a graphics card upgrade 
for characid. Characid is a C2D with plenty of RAM, but its graphics card 
could be better - currently a GeForce 7600 GT. I propose that we purchase 
a new graphics card in the under $300 range. In the future, this card can 
either stay in characid, or go in a new machine when we eventually get our 
insurance payout.

Second is a box to replace cephalopod. Cephalopod is a crappy P4 2.6, 
doesn't have SATA support, it's case is evil, graphics card is a GeForce 
6800. The best thing going for it is that it is small and will be easy to 
throw out. We won't need a screen and peripherals for the new machine 
either. Note: the money that got approved for new boxes earlier in the 
year never got spent, blame the hail. I want to get an i5, a motherboard 
with USB3 support, 4GB DDR3, PSU to suit, the cheapest case that isn't 
shit, and probably the same graphics card as whatever we get for characid. 
Basically the best we can get for under $1000.

No, I haven't sat down and worked out exact specs yet, but I'm not going 
to bother unless people actually want this.

tl;dr - I want to spend $1300 on new hardware, nod and smile.

Bob Adamson
UCC Treasurer

|"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous        |
|attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary" |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |



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