[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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