From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Fri Aug 26 16:25:46 2011 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Bob Adamson) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:25:46 +0800 (WST) Subject: [tech] Want Message-ID: A close reader of the committee minutes over the past few weeks (months?) will have noticed my ongoing complaints about our linux boxen being shit slow. I was tasked with coming up with something, so I did: $$$ Item ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 Coolermaster elite 360 case with 420W psu 149 Asus M5A88-M USB3 AM3 mobo 118 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsinkb 249 120Gb Corsair Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA3 550/510 MB/s HDD SF-2200 CSSD-F120GB3-BK 138 AMD Phenom II X4 QUAD Core 965 3.4G SKT AM3 8Mb RETAIL 125W / 140W X4 79 LG CH10LS20 Blu RAY Combo Reads BluRay Writes DVD 8X BD-R SATA DVDRW Lightscribe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 822 total All from netplus. We already have all the peripherals, screens, etc, so this is just the box. kthxbye Andrew Adamson UCC President bob at ucc.asn.au |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | | ---Peter's Laws | From matt at ucc.asn.au Fri Aug 26 19:16:05 2011 From: matt at ucc.asn.au (Matt Johnston) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:16:05 +0800 Subject: [tech] [committee] Want In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20110826111605.GA1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> What's the spec on the linux boxes that are currently slow? Perhaps X11 apps are just inherently not as responsive as Windows or Mac OS X? Matt On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:25:46PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote: > A close reader of the committee minutes over the past few weeks (months?) > will have noticed my ongoing complaints about our linux boxen being shit > slow. I was tasked with coming up with something, so I did: > > $$$ Item > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 89 Coolermaster elite 360 case with 420W psu > 149 Asus M5A88-M USB3 AM3 mobo > 118 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsinkb > 249 120Gb Corsair Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA3 550/510 MB/s HDD SF-2200 CSSD-F120GB3-BK > 138 AMD Phenom II X4 QUAD Core 965 3.4G SKT AM3 8Mb RETAIL 125W / 140W X4 > 79 LG CH10LS20 Blu RAY Combo Reads BluRay Writes DVD 8X BD-R SATA DVDRW Lightscribe > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 822 total > > All from netplus. We already have all the peripherals, screens, etc, so > this is just the box. > > kthxbye > > Andrew Adamson > UCC President > bob at ucc.asn.au > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | > | ---Peter's Laws | From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Fri Aug 26 19:35:22 2011 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Bob Adamson) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:35:22 +0800 (WST) Subject: [tech] [committee] Want In-Reply-To: <20110826111605.GA1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <20110826111605.GA1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: In terms of primary linux boxes (that only run linux, not dual booting with windows, not thinterm, and not broken^w solaris), we have humpback and pinball. Humpback: P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR1 533 (in 512MB sticks), slow wd green hdd, no optical drive, (doesn't even have usb2 I believe). Pinball: P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR2 667, wd caviar 80G hdd, dvd-rom Pinball is maybe passable, but Humpback leaves a lot to be desired, especially since it's such a heavily used machine. Andrew Adamson UCC President bob at ucc.asn.au |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Matt Johnston wrote: > What's the spec on the linux boxes that are currently slow? > Perhaps X11 apps are just inherently not as responsive as > Windows or Mac OS X? > > Matt > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:25:46PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote: > > A close reader of the committee minutes over the past few weeks (months?) > > will have noticed my ongoing complaints about our linux boxen being shit > > slow. I was tasked with coming up with something, so I did: > > > > $$$ Item > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 89 Coolermaster elite 360 case with 420W psu > > 149 Asus M5A88-M USB3 AM3 mobo > > 118 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsinkb > > 249 120Gb Corsair Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA3 550/510 MB/s HDD SF-2200 CSSD-F120GB3-BK > > 138 AMD Phenom II X4 QUAD Core 965 3.4G SKT AM3 8Mb RETAIL 125W / 140W X4 > > 79 LG CH10LS20 Blu RAY Combo Reads BluRay Writes DVD 8X BD-R SATA DVDRW Lightscribe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 822 total > > > > All from netplus. We already have all the peripherals, screens, etc, so > > this is just the box. > > > > kthxbye > > > > Andrew Adamson > > UCC President > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | > > | ---Peter's Laws | > From matt at ucc.asn.au Fri Aug 26 19:41:12 2011 From: matt at ucc.asn.au (Matt Johnston) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:41:12 +0800 Subject: [tech] [committee] Want In-Reply-To: References: <20110826111605.GA1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: <20110826114112.GB1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> I'd say chuck another gig or two of ram in those ones and they'd work pretty well. Matt On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 07:35:22PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote: > In terms of primary linux boxes (that only run linux, not dual booting > with windows, not thinterm, and not broken^w solaris), we have humpback > and pinball. > > Humpback: > P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR1 533 (in 512MB sticks), slow wd green hdd, no optical > drive, (doesn't even have usb2 I believe). > > Pinball: > P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR2 667, wd caviar 80G hdd, dvd-rom > > Pinball is maybe passable, but Humpback leaves a lot to be desired, > especially since it's such a heavily used machine. > > Andrew Adamson > UCC President > bob at ucc.asn.au > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | > | ---Peter's Laws | > > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Matt Johnston wrote: > > > What's the spec on the linux boxes that are currently slow? > > Perhaps X11 apps are just inherently not as responsive as > > Windows or Mac OS X? > > > > Matt > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:25:46PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote: > > > A close reader of the committee minutes over the past few weeks (months?) > > > will have noticed my ongoing complaints about our linux boxen being shit > > > slow. I was tasked with coming up with something, so I did: > > > > > > $$$ Item > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 89 Coolermaster elite 360 case with 420W psu > > > 149 Asus M5A88-M USB3 AM3 mobo > > > 118 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsinkb > > > 249 120Gb Corsair Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA3 550/510 MB/s HDD SF-2200 CSSD-F120GB3-BK > > > 138 AMD Phenom II X4 QUAD Core 965 3.4G SKT AM3 8Mb RETAIL 125W / 140W X4 > > > 79 LG CH10LS20 Blu RAY Combo Reads BluRay Writes DVD 8X BD-R SATA DVDRW Lightscribe > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 822 total > > > > > > All from netplus. We already have all the peripherals, screens, etc, so > > > this is just the box. > > > > > > kthxbye > > > > > > Andrew Adamson > > > UCC President > > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | > > > | ---Peter's Laws | > > From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Mon Aug 29 12:07:09 2011 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Bob Adamson) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:07:09 +0800 (WST) Subject: [tech] [committee] Want In-Reply-To: <20110826114112.GB1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <20110826111605.GA1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> <20110826114112.GB1128@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: After a super speedy reply from both Matt and Rowan, pinball now has 3GB of RAM. Woo! Humpback however, has already got both slots filled with 512MB DDR sticks. We don't have any 1GB DDR sticks, so we can't really improve the ram situation with humpback. Andrew Adamson UCC President bob at ucc.asn.au |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Matt Johnston wrote: > I'd say chuck another gig or two of ram in those ones and they'd > work pretty well. > > Matt > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 07:35:22PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote: > > In terms of primary linux boxes (that only run linux, not dual booting > > with windows, not thinterm, and not broken^w solaris), we have humpback > > and pinball. > > > > Humpback: > > P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR1 533 (in 512MB sticks), slow wd green hdd, no optical > > drive, (doesn't even have usb2 I believe). > > > > Pinball: > > P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR2 667, wd caviar 80G hdd, dvd-rom > > > > Pinball is maybe passable, but Humpback leaves a lot to be desired, > > especially since it's such a heavily used machine. > > > > Andrew Adamson > > UCC President > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | > > | ---Peter's Laws | > > > > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Matt Johnston wrote: > > > > > What's the spec on the linux boxes that are currently slow? > > > Perhaps X11 apps are just inherently not as responsive as > > > Windows or Mac OS X? > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:25:46PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote: > > > > A close reader of the committee minutes over the past few weeks (months?) > > > > will have noticed my ongoing complaints about our linux boxen being shit > > > > slow. I was tasked with coming up with something, so I did: > > > > > > > > $$$ Item > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 89 Coolermaster elite 360 case with 420W psu > > > > 149 Asus M5A88-M USB3 AM3 mobo > > > > 118 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsinkb > > > > 249 120Gb Corsair Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA3 550/510 MB/s HDD SF-2200 CSSD-F120GB3-BK > > > > 138 AMD Phenom II X4 QUAD Core 965 3.4G SKT AM3 8Mb RETAIL 125W / 140W X4 > > > > 79 LG CH10LS20 Blu RAY Combo Reads BluRay Writes DVD 8X BD-R SATA DVDRW Lightscribe > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 822 total > > > > > > > > All from netplus. We already have all the peripherals, screens, etc, so > > > > this is just the box. > > > > > > > > kthxbye > > > > > > > > Andrew Adamson > > > > UCC President > > > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > > > > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live." | > > > > | ---Peter's Laws | > > > >