[tech] Proposed new clubroom machine

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Low end looks great.
Midrange is good also for the marginally better CPU.
(The rest is pretty what ever)

High end has nothing of value in it.
PCI SSD hard drives are basically a joke at the performance increase to 
cost point
(Last time I checked they actually preformed worse, but I heard they got 
better.)
and in particular we would get little gain from it since our machines 
are never shut down,
and we couldn't really happily install games on it -- it will file 
pretty fast,
and most our speed/storage issues is log-in delay is cost we haven't 
quiet got the file storage for profiles working right.

The rest of the high end cost is for up market versions of normal part 
(with some very small performance gains).

[*OX]



Jordan Meerwald wrote:n
> Hi all,
>
> I have been looking at a potential new mATX Windows PC for the clubroom,
> here are some proposed specs and rough prices.
> Prices and example components are from PLE because I used their part
> picker, but we can probably find things cheaper elswehere. I have gone for
> value over quality brands in most places, but if you see something that's
> too cheap and cheerless let me know.
>
> Low End Build - $970:
> i5 4460 3.2 GHz - $255
> H81 mATX Motherboard such as Asus H81M-E - $80
> 8GB DDR3 RAM such as G.Skill Value C11 - $85
> WD Black 1TB - $105
> Generic mATX Case such as Silverstone Precision PS08 - $50
> FSP Raider Edition 550W 80+ Silver power supply - $95
> GTX 960 such as MSI GeForce Gaming 2GB - $300
>
> Mid-range Build - $1150:
> i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310
> H97 mATX Motherboard such as Asrock H97M Pro4 - $120
> 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as GeIL Evo Veloce C9 - $100
> WD Black 1TB - $105
> Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65
> FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110
> GTX 960 such as Gigabyte GeForce G1 Gaming 2GB - $340
>
> High End 'I can dream of another hailstorm' Build - $1460:
> i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310
> Z97 mATX Motherboard such as ASRock Z97M Anniversary - $135
> 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as Kingston HyperX Fury Black C10 - $100
> WD Black 1TB - $105
> Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB - $115
> Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65
> FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110
> GTX 970 such as Asus GeForce STRIX "4GB" - $520
>
> Thanks,
> [JDN]
> Treasurer
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