[tech] Humpback Replacement

Sam Moore matches at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Sun Feb 12 16:48:42 WST 2012


I paid for insurance, which is 5% ($32), so shipping was $21

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012, Bob Adamson wrote:

> We paid $53 shipping from a Perth based store?
>
> Andrew Adamson
> UCC President
> bob at ucc.asn.au
>
> |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
>
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012, matches at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've ordered the parts today; here is what we ended up getting:
>>
>> Price      Type            Model
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> 79         Case            CoolerMaster Elite 342 RC342 420W PS
>> 110        Motherboard     Asus F1A75-M-LE FM1 USB3 Hudson D3 RAID GLAN DVI MB
>> 149        CPU             MD A8-3870K Quad Core Fusion FM1 CPU 3.0Ghz 4Mb
>>                           Llano 3870 AD3870WNGXBOX Boxed HS & Fan
>> 169        Hard drive      120Gb Strontium Python Series Sandforce SSD
>>                           SATA3 550/510 2.5" Solid State HDD
>> 69         Memory         8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb
>>                          Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsink F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
>> 29         DVDRW Drive    LG GH24-NS70 24X SATA Black
>>                          DVDRW, Dual Layer Kit; DVDRAM
>> 39         Keyboard       Netpro QAlloy USB Keyboard
>>
>> Total: 644 + shipping = $697
>>
>> In my enthusiasm to get this finished, I went ahead and ordered the keyboard
>> without asking anyone's opinion. I'm willing to keep that keyboard for myself
>> if no one likes it, since its probably about time I bought a new one anyway.
>>
>> [SZM]
>> OCM 2011
>>
>>
>> Quoting Patrick Coleman <blinken at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>>>> Well, the gamers tend not to like the cherry blue switches because the
>>>> keystroke is too long for gaming and they actuate before they bottom out.
>>>> However, they're still very useable for gaming if you're not super picky.
>>>
>>> I'm all for decent keyboards - but then, I've just finished painting
>>> my bikeshed.
>>>
>>> -Patrick
>>>
>>
>>
>


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