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

SPECS

• 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 with suitable (redundant?,narrow) PSU: http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=1348 (price TBC)

  • And tool-less rails: http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=1348 $86.90

• Mobo:
  • must be able to fit in case (duh)

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

• 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

• 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

• CPU Fan:

  • http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/185469/COOLING_CPU_FANS/Arctic_Cooling/UCACO-FI30001-GB.asp $47 (needs to be side fan)

• 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

• PSU:

  • http://www.digicor.com.au/ns/fe/product/Product.aspx?id=2052 (price TBC)

• 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)

FEEL FREE TO HELP FIND PARTS IF YOU'RE SITTING WATCHING!

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