[Dev] Request to use Parabola funds (for heat sinks)

[Bruno Cichon]

If he need it , I think it is reasonable request.

Freemor <freemor at freemor.ca> writes:

> This seems like a very reasonable request to me. Tho I feel like I'd have
> little say in the matter as I am fairly new to the project.
>
> But seems to me that important infrastructure being held online by 
> zip-ties is a bad thing.
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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 02:21:08PM -0400, Luke Shumaker wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> As you may know, we still have some funds left over from when we were
>> accepting donations.  I'm requesting that we use some of those funds
>> to buy me some new heat sinks.
>> 
>> The build server is overheating because I cheaped out on heat sinks
>> and got a pair of Supermicro SNK-P0043P's.  I believe that they should
>> be replaced with active heat sinks.  (In the mean time, I've moved one
>> of the fans and zip-tied it to the side of the heat sink on the CPU
>> that beefcake is pinned to.)
>> 
>> I'm thinking a Dynatron A13 and a Dynatron A14, although if anyone has
>> suggestions on better sinks, let me know.  The height constraints are
>> 138mm on one socket and 78.1mm on the other.  I like the side-mounted
>> fans because I'm trying to direct the air flow from the front of the
>> case to the back.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Happy hacking,
>> ~ Luke Shumaker
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