[tech] Charity PC Parts List

Fri Oct 20 08:33:57 AWST 2017

Powersupply don't over do it.
But like in anycase you are getting a pretty good price for that PSU,
so it doesn't super matter.

I also won't try for having a good warrentee.
Powersupplies in Australia always come with a 2 year warranty (its part 
of our consumer protection law).
And 2 years is about how long we (as an organization) can hold onto the 
knowledge of the details to warranty  things (or remember we even have one).

I also think modular power supplies aren't worth it.
Avoiding losing the power modules sucks and it takes up space in the 
clubroom.
And they are basically useless and almost never used.
If we went modular, I suggest throwing out the unused modules, and then 
if we want to shift it to a different machine,
then just buy the new ones we need when we need them.
Or bundle them up and keep them in case with the PSU.

Is there a reason it doesn't have an SSD specced?

I feel the GPU is a bit over priced.
Everything else looks like your getting fairly good deals.

I think having watercooling on at least 1 clubroom machine is great for 
use as a club.
Like Elton said (I think)

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On 19/10/2017 9:53 PM, Elton Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi Bob and tech@,
>
> While I am probably nowhere as experienced as some members on this 
> list here is my 2 cents
>
> As for the PSU I agree 750W is a bit overkill. Brand wise however EVGA 
> are fantastic and I have the same PSU myself. This PSU also comes with 
> a 10 year warranty. Having rebuilt some of the machines with non 
> modular PSUs recently, dealing with the octopus of cables is a real 
> pain. I think losing and throwing out cables is something that should 
> be dealt with as that is the issue as opposed to the modular PSUs.
>
> As a tech club I think we should have at least one AIO, considering 
> they are becoming more and more prevalent. It will give us the 
> opportunity to show people how to set them up too in the hopefully 
> planned build a PC event. In summer it should help keep the Ryzen cool 
> since our clubroom gets quite hot. Ryzen CPUs benefit a bunch from 
> overclocking too, and having this cooler on the Ryzen build means we 
> can push that possibility even though our clubroom gets quite hot.
>
> Thanks,
> Elton
>
> On Oct 19, 2017 8:09 PM, "Bob Adamson" <bob at ucc.asn.au 
> <mailto:bob at ucc.asn.au>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Arend,
>
>     That build looks pretty good and it would certainly work. Just a
>     little feedback:
>
>     -Graphics card looks very nice. Double thumbs up for finding one
>     with ball bearing fans.
>
>     -Case looks nice, good filtering and space, but I’m worried that
>     the clear side might make it hard to put a hole in it for the
>     security cable. Will it still be compatible with our locking method?
>
>     -Power supply is way over-specced – that PSU is for a machine with
>     4 graphics cards and 2 CPUs. At max load, total power usage of
>     your build should be under 300W, so a 400W or 450W supply would be
>     ample – perhaps a chance to take either a cheaper option or a
>     better brand at the same price. Though it’s not modular, I’ll
>     happily vouch for the Corsair CX550 at $89 – my experience with
>     modular PSUs at UCC is that the spare connectors get lost or
>     thrown out anyway, so non-modular should mean we get better re-use
>     out of them (and cables interfering with cooling is really not an
>     issue).
>
>     -Though water cooling is…cool, is it really necessary? Could we
>     achieve the same results with just a fan that doesn’t cost $138?
>
>     -Everything else looks good to me
>
>     Cheers, Bob
>
>     *From:*tech-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
>     <mailto:ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>     [mailto:tech-bounces+bob
>     <mailto:tech-bounces%2Bbob>=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
>     <mailto:ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>] *On Behalf Of *Arend
>     Pramoko
>     *Sent:* Thursday, 19 October 2017 2:37 PM
>     *To:* tech at ucc.asn.au <mailto:tech at ucc.asn.au>
>     *Subject:* [tech] Charity PC Parts List
>
>     Dear Tech@,
>
>     We have complied a list of parts to upgrade the currently (barely)
>     running Charity. Please note, the hard drive isn't necessary since
>     Charity already has one.
>
>     https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HC7swAQ_5vhhQZlrbyr9ShWORYCTjx5FqtSsRtFaoTw/edit#gid=0
>     <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HC7swAQ_5vhhQZlrbyr9ShWORYCTjx5FqtSsRtFaoTw/edit#gid=0>
>
>
>     Furthermore, Cobra's processor has been overclocked and stress
>     tested for 5 hours last night and is running smoothly. As a
>     result, two case fans need to be purchased at $14 a piece as well
>     as a PWM splitter for $5.
>
>     Arend
>
>     Social VP
>     UCC
>
>
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