As you know, we have all been suffering a little bit of lag spike recently and some of it has been traced back to Homer, our beloved and very FREE MeatHook server. Basically, it just ain't what it used to be and badly needs an upgrade - and this is the bit where YOU can help. We need your contributions towards to cost of the upgrade and would like to have the upgrade installed in double-quick time - especially as we are hosting the ED Cup final very soon.
622 is the magic number - that's £622- the total cost of the upgrade.
What will it get you? Well it should give us a damn fine server to see us right over the next couple of years. Put in practical terms, it means a substantial upgrade to the following:
Pentium 4 2.0Ghz CPU
1.0Gb PC2700 Fast RAM
Epox EP-4G4M+ Motherboard
40GB UDMA 100 Hard Drive
BAD NEWS: There are about 15 members of -=[dMw]=- and that means that we are looking for an average of £42 from each member.
GOOD NEWS: We have already secured some significant donations from 2 -=[dMw]=- members. This means that the remaining 13 members have to find a total of just £422 (not £622) - that's an average of just £32.50 per member.
If you would like to donate then please post your donation here on this thread. Alternatively, if you prefer to have either your name and/or your donation amount to remain anonymous, then send a private message to me (just click on my name to do so) and I'll add the the details of the donation to the thread in accordance with your wishes. I will contact anyone who makes a pledge and provide details of how to make your donation.
Keep MeatHook going, keep it competitive, and keep it fun. Please pledge NOW!!
Target amount: £622
Anonymous pledge of £100 received :D Thank you.
Still needed: £522
Amount remaining to find: £522
Anonymous pledge of £100 received :D Thank you.
Still needed: £422
put me down for £50 i reckon ive burnt that much of the last processor away !!!. cant wait for the new badboy to get going :D
i can give at least £40 for dear old Meathook for now, wish i could give more but i'd have to feed the kids even less gruel than i do already...
:D
Pledge from FatBob of £50 received. Thank you. :D
Pledge from MisterEggs of £40 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £290
Still needed: £332
Please Pledge Now !! 8)
Pledge from Anonymous of £50 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £340
Still needed: £282
We're closing in on the target - Please Pledge Now !!
I do beleive some non -=[dMw]=- types offered their support. At least they did that night we were playing on a lagging MH and were talking about an upgrade. (you may not of been on our team :-)
At this point I'd like to state the obvious:
I feel my and Doggers donation is that of the rackspace, bandwidth and good keeping of MH. If you disagree please mail me to arrange to pay the upkeep :-)
Oh BTW, bloody good job teaLeaf, you've really got things moving.
this is just a sugestion that me and tutonic discussed, why not use an AMD system therefore saving a bit, then buy a water cooling kit and then safley over clock the booger to about 3GHZ, job done bish bash bosh,
soz about donating its going to be very difficult at the moment as im a poor struggling student. but if u need it i have a spare case and powersupply.
Watercooling??!! Fek me, doggers is gonna have kittens!!
I think the spec we've come up with is more than adequate for the task, and will also allow for future upgrades.
Yep, Stryker, I think you and DM are doing a fine job and, personally, don't think you need to contribute anything other than what you're doing! :D
I think the words 'water cooling system' when combined with 'rack mounted above lots of other expensive systems' would make DM & Stryker a little nervous. Just a guess of course, but I think it would :wink:
Anyway, taking the thread back to the topic:
Total Funds Raised To Date: £340
Still needed: £282
We're closing in on the target - Please Pledge Now !!
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the water cooling system is a totally self contained unit so there is no scope for leekage, they are amazing, some one who i meet at i10 had a 1ghz processor running at 1.5ghz with a temp. of 24 degrees C, which if u dont no is far cooler than cpu's normally run at. and you also have to bear in mind that the room temp. was around 22degrees c
8O
QuoteI do beleive some non -=[dMw]=- types offered their support. At least they did that night we were playing on a lagging MH and were talking about an upgrade. (you may not of been on our team :-)
Yep and I'm waiting for DM to amend my permissions so that I can post a similar message in the public section fo the forums. Private Message sent to him earlier this afternoon.
QuoteI feel my and Doggers donation is that of the rackspace, bandwidth and good keeping of MH.
You'll have no arguments from me here. Homer is a tremendous asset to the Clan and it would be a crying shame to see it disappear in a galactic-proportioned perpetual lag spike :roll:
Total Funds Raised To Date: £340
Still needed: £282
We're closing in on the target - Please Pledge Now !! TL. 8)
QuoteYep, Stryker, I think you and DM are doing a fine job and, personally, don't think you need to contribute anything other than what you're doing! :D
Well said, Gandy. Couldn't agree more.
Yep put us down for £50 as well.....and keep up the good work admins and maintaineance crews.
Pledge from Anonymous of £50 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £390
Still needed: £232
We're closing in on the target - Please Pledge Now !!
TL. 8)
Pledge from Rad_Man of £50 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £440
Still needed: £182
We're closing in on the target - Please Pledge Now !!
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In just 24 hours we have managed to raise £440 - so a big thank you to those of you who have pledged money for the server upgrade. You should all by now have received information via a private message on this forum, telling you how to make the payment - if you have not, then please let me know.
The remaining money needed is just £182.
Come on folks - dig deep and let's get this thing dusted by Friday evening shall we?
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BTW - the fund raising post will be going onto the public section shortly - but at the moment I can't post it to what I believe would be the most appropriate forum section, Announcements. Hopefully that will be fixed shortly.
Quotesoz about donating its going to be very difficult at the moment as im a poor struggling student. but if u need it i have a spare case and powersupply.
Trick friends into donating by telling them a great porkie about an investment you know is going to go really well....... after all, it IS in a good cause 8)
Tell the radical students it's all going towards guns for a freedom fighter group in Kownterstrykonia. And the conservatives, tell them it's to help buy arms to fight the terrorists in Kownterstrykonia...
:D
Yeah, they keep shooting each other in the back I've heard :-)
Thanks chaps.
Ciao
Don Stryker
Like Sheepy i am but a poor student!
But i can spare £20, and so i hope that can count as my donation!
Ok, so water cooling is a little.... extreme.... but you could still get an AMD system for at least 100 quid less than a P4 system, plus it would probably out perform it.
I'm the same boat as sheepy as far as funds are concerned, if I had money to spare I'd gladly donate some.... but I dont ;(
Pledge from Anonymous of £100 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £540
Still needed: £82
It's almost a done deal - Just £82 more - Please Pledge Now !!
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Pledge from Frenzy of £20 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £560
Still needed: £62
Almost there - £62 to go - Please Pledge Now !!
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Put me down for £50
- my kids will have to starve for a month, i'll forgoe my mortgage payment and lose my house probably ending up in divorce...hmmmm well worth it then
Pledge from SecretSquirrel of £50 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £610
Still needed: £12
Note: As you will have noticed, the public thread has a larger amount listed as the target. This is because the original 'shopping list' included a rack mounted server case (reasons given in the public thread). It was decided that including the case may make the initial goal seem so high that many -=[dMw]=- members may not contribute at all, so we dropped it from the list with the aim of getting it at a later date. However, seeing as we have done so well, so quickly, the server case has been put back on the shopping list in the hope that non-dMw forum members can contribute for it.
Just £12 more to get the CPU, RAM and Mobo - Please Pledge Now !!
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Pledge from Anonymous (non-dMw) of £10 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £620
Still needed: £2
Just £2 and then the case........Muhahahahahaha..
On the basis of the pledges received thus far I will try to purchase the CPU, RAM and Mobo later today. I'll keep all posted.
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ill do the remaining £2.
there u go.
its only 1 pint after all. :D
but on the other hand it is a pint :(
/me panics at the thought of 1 less pint,
/me smiles at thought of a spinky new server
:? :? :?
The downward spiral continues eh :D
Pledge from Anonymous (non-dMw) of £20 received. Thank you.
Total Funds Raised To Date: £640
CPU, RAM & Mobo achieved :D
Still needed: £133 for the server rack case
Pledge Now !!
Pledge from Sheepeh of £2 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £642
CPU, RAM & Mobo achieved
Still needed: £131 for the server rack case
Pledge Now !!
that is 1 damn expensive case
Mr. Geldof Sir..quick question
EErrrmm this isnt going to turn out that just as we get close to this target there is something else to buy is there? 8O :? 8O
No. But as my dear friend Bob would have said on daytime children's TV:
Get your ferkin wallets out noooooow
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Quoteits only 1 pint after all. :D
but on the other hand it is a pint :(
:? :? :?
or a woman for the night (of your standards at least). I'd hate to think we'd done you out of your monthly pull m8 :-)
Pledge from BlueBall of £30 received. Thank you.
Total Funds Raised To Date: £672
Still needed: £103
Not much more to go - keep pimping it to people on the server.....
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Pledge from (ex-UK-TMF) Strike of £10 received. Thank you. :D
Total Funds Raised To Date: £682
Still needed: £93
Keep it going folks - just £93 left to go....
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