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

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)

  • http://foxcomp.com.au/ProductDetail.asp?ID=19568 $300

  • 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

  • http://www.netplus.com.au/product/CPINPDI7-3930K/Intel_Core_i7_3930K_LGA2011_3.2_to_3.8Ghz_12Mb_CPU_6C12T_No_Fan_130W $634

• 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:

  • http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_535&products_id=14863 $225

• 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)

  • http://foxcomp.com.au/ProductDetail.asp?ID=19753 $31

  • 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:

  • http://www.netplus.com.au/product/OPLGGH20NS10/LG_GH24-NS70_24X_SATA_Black_DVDRW,_Dual_Layer_Kit;_DVDRAM_DVD_Writer $18

• ORDERED Hotswap bays:

  • http://www.skycomp.com.au/product.aspx?id=269554 $50

Total without postage: $2143.50

PREFERRED SUPPLIERS: netplus, msy, foxcomp, ple, pccasegear