[tech] New linux box?

[Bob Adamson]

Hi,

I think I've figured out how we can have an extra clubroom machine or two 
by moving some stuff around, so I went and specced up a box for a linux 
machine. I've put fairly good graphics in it in the vain hope that they'll 
eventually release Steam for linux.

mobo, $114:
http://www.netplus.com.au/product/MB2/MBASM4A88T-M-USB/Mainboards/Asus-M4A88T-M-USB3-AM3-DDR3-HDMI-DVI-uATX-USB3-GLAN-RAID-MB

case and psu, $150 (might change this yet):
http://www.foxcomp.com.au/ProductDetail.asp?ID=12680

ram, $56:
http://www.netplus.com.au/product/MY3/MYD313-2048C/Memory/2Gb-DDR3-1333-Corsair-Memory-VS2GB1333D3

hard disk, $106:
http://www.netplus.com.au/product/HD4/HDWE72RSATBA010E/Hard-Drive/1Tb-WD1002FAEX-WD-SATA3-HDD-64Mb-7200RPM-Caviar-Black-6-Gb%5Cs-Hard-Drive-1000Gb

bluray reader, $68:
http://www.netplus.com.au/product/OP9/OPSABR-SH083A/Optical-Disk-Drives/Samsung-SH-B083L-Blu-Ray-Combo-LightScribe-BluRay-DVDRW-Blu-Ray-SATA-Retail-Black

6 core processor, $196:
http://www.netplus.com.au/product/CP1/CPAMM2-7-1055T/CPU/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1055T-2.8Ghz-Six-HexaCore-AM3-9Mb-125W-CPU-TurboCore-HDT55TFBGRBOX

graphics, $218:
http://www.netplus.com.au/product/VD5/VDGIGTX460-E1/Graphics-Card/Gigabyte-GTX460-1Gb-OC-DDR5-256bit-PCI-E-GeForce-GF-Nvidia-GV-N460OC-1GI-Overclocked

screen, $188:
LG 23" W2353V-PF 2ms from msy.com.au

keyboard, $19:
Microsoft wired 600 bundle from msy.com.au (the keyboard is good, the 
mouse is shit, so we buy a separate one)

mouse, $15:
Microsoft Retail 3000 Comfort Optical Mouse from msy.com.au

I think we should put some other peripherals on this box, such as a card 
reader and a webcam, but I'm not really sure and it's dinner time right 
now and I'm hungry....and I feel like I've missed some crucial part 
too...

Total cost: $1,130

Bob Adamson
UCC Treasurer

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