Server Upgrade - Donations Needed

[TeaLeaf]

I have spent a fair amount of time looking into this for the community and have now come up with my final recommendation for the proposed hardware purchase which has now been approved by the Admins.

Background
Currently we have a half height P4 2.4GHz system with 1GB RAM and it is worked hard when the servers we want running are operational and with players connected.  It is our wish to upgrade the server to provide us with a significant step up in performance to allow us to easily cope with the increasingly CPU intensive loads placed on it by modern games.  We also want a good degree of future proofing in whatever we buy as we are a community relying on donations to fund our purchases.

NEW SERVER
I have reviewed a number of options and the recommended server has the following specs:

2 x Opteron 265 (Dual Core Opteron)
2U Case
460W PSU
4GB DDR ECC Reg3200 (4 x 1GB sticks to allow further RAM if needed)
2*74GB Western Digital 10K Raptor HDD
Aopen Chameleon DVDRW
Tyan s2882G3NR-D Motherboard

BUDGET
We currently have cash at bank of £1,824.58 and expect further receipts of £540 from LAN VIII, making our total funds £2,364.58.  This leaves a shortfall of £343.42 which I am confident we can raise very rapidly from the community.

If you wish to make a donation then please either post here or PM me and I will provide details of how to make the donation.

Thank you.

TL.

[Whitey]

Could you post or PM the details required to do a bank transfer.  I'd rather avoid the Paypal charges.

[Anonymous]

PM sent but it may be worth just publishing the preferred method

[TeaLeaf]

Preferred method is direct to the bank account held by me, but I am not posting those publically.

TL.

[JB]

Originally posted by TeaLeaf@Sep 20 2005, 08:01 PM
Preferred method is direct to the bank account held by me, but I am not posting those publically.

TL.

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Like to help if I can, PM me the details of somewhere I can pay, paypal, direct transfer etc,  would donation at the LAN be too late?

[TeaLeaf]

Originally posted by JB@Sep 20 2005, 09:08 PM
Like to help if I can, PM me the details of somewhere I can pay, paypal, direct transfer etc, would donation at the LAN be too late?

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Donation at LAN time would be fine, but it will be purchased before the LAN, so I would need to know the guaranteed amount beforehand.  Let me know, or I will send you the bank details.

TL.

[Vincentvega]

Originally posted by Whitey@Sep 20 2005, 07:59 PM
Could you post or PM the details required to do a bank transfer. I'd rather avoid the Paypal charges.

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yup i agree

[Grimnar]

I will give you some at the lan  If that is k with you.

[Apoc]

Originally posted by TeaLeaf@Sep 20 2005, 09:01 PM
Preferred method is direct to the bank account held by me, but I am not posting those publically.

TL.

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Pm me then please, will send some moolah your way after payday

[suicidal_monkey]

cripes, is that really how much a server costs!? :blink: and here's me fretting about eh amount my replacement desktop is likely to cost in a year or so...



bugger, PM me the relevant numbers too ? I don't suppose the dMw goodie bag has anything in it that needs getting rid of? I don't need a "half height server" but things like pc3200 ram are always nice esp with BF2...

[DuVeL]

TL, I'll give some money again at the LAN as it's easier for me. Don't put it in you beerfunds though  .

[delanvital]

TL - I will donate as we talked about. Having PayPal account problems, waiting for them to sort it out.

[TeaLeaf]

Pledge received from BlueBall - £30 - Thank you!

TL.

[TeaLeaf]

Pledge received from VincentVega - £30 - Thank you!

Funds Raised = £60

TL.

[TeaLeaf]

Pledge received from TeaLeaf - £30 - Thank you!

Funds Raised = £90

TL.