New Computer Ideas - Fall 2011

Ideas for new computers following major damage to thalassa on 2011-08-27.

Laptop/Tablet

Fujitsu T730

Lenovo X220

• No onboard optical drive

Desktop

• CPU: Sandy Bridge i5/i7
• MB: Z68?
• Storage:
  • OS: 2x SSD (64GB?)
  • Data: RAID 3TB+, 2 or 3 drives
  • hot-swap rack
• Optical: BD-RE?
• Display: 2x Acer S211HLbd (connection to/from TV?)
• GPU: R700 or N. Islands

Bajor

Initial assembly 2011-09-26, first power on 2011-09-27.

• Chassis: Cooler Master RC-310
• CPU: i5 2310
  • Cooler: Thermaltake Silent 1156
• MB: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1333 2x4GB
• HD: Caviar Blue 500GB (scavenged)
• Optical: LG super multi (scavenged)
• Display: Acer S201
• GPU: currently integrated, 1xHDMI on board
• Serial card: 2-port PCI, moved from omicron
• Card reader: Xigmatek CPH-7SPNU-U01 in 3.5" bay

-- StephenCavilia - 05 Sep 2011