HEATH LOVEDAY MEMORIAL GAMES SERVER (RE)BUILD
Heathred is getting old and needs a rebuild. Focus on speed over reliability and server features.
Thankyou to everyone for your pledges
[BOB]: $10
[TPG]: $100
[RVS]: $500
[EDO]: $59.85
[DAA]: $30
[MRD]: $50
[CJS]: $50
[CTH]: $30
[NVS]: $30
[TRS]: $50
[SZM]: $50
[ROW]: $200
[BGR]: $50
SPECS
- ORDERED Case:
- must be rackmount with tool-less rails
- prefer if it can take a standard ATX power supply so that it is a flexible, reusable case
- probably want 3-4U so it can fit full-height cards (and the ATX PSU)
This one: http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/125567/Norco/RPC-450.asp $209
ORDERED And 26" rails: http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/125973/CASINGS_SERVER_-_ACCESSORIES/Norco/RL-26_Ball_Bearing.asp $93.50
- ORDERED Mobo:
- must be able to fit in case (duh)
Rowan suggested this one, which we will probably go with: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18772
- ORDERED RAM:
- not ecc ram, it's too expensive
- 32GB plz, kthxbye
two sets of http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_218_1125&products_id=18372 $238 total
- ORDERED CPU(s):
- i7 is faster and supports 8 ram slots
- ORDERED CPU Fan:
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/185469/COOLING_CPU_FANS/Arctic_Cooling/UCACO-FI30001-GB.asp $47 (needs to be side fan)
http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-18020598-Zalman_CNPS11X_Extreme_CPU_Cooler_Long_Life_Bearing_Multi_Socket_1155_1156_1366_ The above fan gets in the way of a ram slot so we can't use it. This one is $83
- ORDERED SSD(s):
- no spinning disks please. This server has to be able to move easily. Two SSD's in mirrored raid.
two of http://www.netplus.com.au/product/HDSSDCO55F012/120Gb_Corsair_Force_3_SSD_2.5_SATA3_550510_MBs_HDD_SF-2200_CSSD-F120GB3-BK $298 total
- ORDERED PSU:
- ORDERED Graphics: can be shit, we will never use it except for admin...unless we decide to double heathred's use as a GPU crunching machine (hence why Bob wants full height card support)
Above out of stock. Replace with http://www.netplus.com.au/product/VDLEGF8400GS-E2/Gigabyte_Geforce_8400GS_512Mb_16X_PCI-E_ $39
- ORDERED DVD drive:
- ORDERED Hotswap bays:
Total without postage: $2143.50
PREFERRED SUPPLIERS: netplus, msy, foxcomp, ple, pccasegear