[tech] Humpback Replacement

Bob Adamson bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Sun Feb 12 16:35:22 WST 2012


We paid $53 shipping from a Perth based store?

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 Sun, 12 Feb 2012, matches at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've ordered the parts today; here is what we ended up getting:
> 
> Price      Type            Model
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 79         Case            CoolerMaster Elite 342 RC342 420W PS
> 110        Motherboard     Asus F1A75-M-LE FM1 USB3 Hudson D3 RAID GLAN DVI MB
> 149        CPU             MD A8-3870K Quad Core Fusion FM1 CPU 3.0Ghz 4Mb
>                           Llano 3870 AD3870WNGXBOX Boxed HS & Fan
> 169        Hard drive      120Gb Strontium Python Series Sandforce SSD
>                           SATA3 550/510 2.5" Solid State HDD
> 69         Memory         8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb
>                          Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsink F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
> 29         DVDRW Drive    LG GH24-NS70 24X SATA Black
>                          DVDRW, Dual Layer Kit; DVDRAM
> 39         Keyboard       Netpro QAlloy USB Keyboard
> 
> Total: 644 + shipping = $697
> 
> In my enthusiasm to get this finished, I went ahead and ordered the keyboard
> without asking anyone's opinion. I'm willing to keep that keyboard for myself
> if no one likes it, since its probably about time I bought a new one anyway.
> 
> [SZM]
> OCM 2011
> 
> 
> Quoting Patrick Coleman <blinken at gmail.com>:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> > > Well, the gamers tend not to like the cherry blue switches because the
> > > keystroke is too long for gaming and they actuate before they bottom out.
> > > However, they're still very useable for gaming if you're not super picky.
> > 
> > I'm all for decent keyboards - but then, I've just finished painting
> > my bikeshed.
> > 
> > -Patrick
> > 
> 
> 


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