<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>After having recently had a look at the specifications for various machines in the clubroom, it has become pretty apparent that both Pinball and Clownfish are in dire need of an upgrade. I've listed their specs below:</div><div><br><table><tbody><tr><td><table dir="ltr" style="table-layout:fixed;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;width:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border:medium none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"><colgroup><col width="100"><col width="117"><col width="166"><col width="156"><col width="174"><col width="176"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:21px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);color:rgb(255,255,255)">Name</td><td style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);color:rgb(255,255,255)">CPU</td><td style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);color:rgb(255,255,255)">GPU</td><td style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);color:rgb(255,255,255)">Mobo</td><td style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);color:rgb(255,255,255)">RAM</td><td style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);color:rgb(255,255,255)">Storage</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Pinball</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Intel Core i5-750</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">NVidia GeForce 960</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">ASUSTeK P7P55D LE</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1333</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Samsung 850 EVO 500GB</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Clownfish</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">AMD A8-3850</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">NVidia Geforce 8800 GT</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">ASUSTeK F1A75-M LE</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1333</td><td style="border-color:rgb(204,204,204) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(204,204,204);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom">Corsair Force 3 120GB</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Obviously Pinball has a "good enough" GPU and a pretty decent SSD, so those are likely not needing upgrading, however it seems to me as though almost everything else should be upgraded. Here are what I'd like to propose as new components for both of the computers:<br><ul><li>CPU: AMD Ryzen 2600 - $244</li><li>GPU: MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost - $550<br></li><li>Mobo: ASRock B450 Pro4 - $139</li><li>RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) - $150</li><li>Storage: Samsung 860 EVO 500GB - $120<br></li></ul><div>All together, this would be a sum total of ~$1736 for all the parts for both computers given that everything gets bought new.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know what you all think.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>[THA]<br></div></td>
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