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Expo day 2018

Today we had our project expo to showcase the IMY 300 games. It was a great atmosphere and we are very proud of all the hard work put in by the students.

The prizes awarded were as follows:

  • Best booth: Straight Up Dumpling (Ray Leong)
  • Best games:
    • 1st prize: Stranded by Bathtub Gaming (Monica Oleastro, Kyle Oosthuizen, Paul Wood)
    • 2nd prize: Moonwalker by Straight Up Dumpling (Ray Leong)
    • 3rd prize: Psycat by The Loneliest Number (Michaela van Zyl)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Below are some photos of the day. The games will be posted soon.

 

Straight Up Dumpling
Escape Games
Solo Fro
Future Entertainment
The Loneliest Number
Bathtub Gaming
Inceptive Studios
GoLine Games
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Recommended PC spec 2018

Hi everyone

We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2018. The PC will cost an estimate of R 18 000 (based on sources like Takealot) excluding the monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard, and will last you for the 3 years of your studies.

The specification can be found below:

  • Intel Core i5-8400 CPU (1151)
  • MSI Z370 SLI PLUS Intel Motherboard
  • Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB DDR4-3600 – CL17, 1.35V x2
  • MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC
  • Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB HDD/8GB SSD 3.5″ SATA6G
  • Cooler Master Elite 311 Chassis – Black/Silver (ATX,USB3.0,Win)
  • Cooler Master B Series V2 500W
  • LG 22″ 22MP58VQ IPS Monitor
  • 120mm fan x2
  • standard mouse & keyboard
  • 2.1 speakers

 

CPU:

  • 6 physical cores
  • 6 threads
  • Base frequency: 2.80GHz clock speed
  • Max Turbo frequency: 4.00GHz

Motherboard:

  • SATA slots x4
  • 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
  • DDR4 4000(O.C.)/3866(O.C.)/3733(O.C.)/3600(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3333(O.C.)
  • DDR4 3300(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133
  • 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode) (for the graphics card)

Memory: 16GB DDR4 RAM
Storage: 1TB HDD/8GB SSD SATA6G Hard drive
Graphics card:

  • Boost / Base Core Clock: 1759 MHz / 1544 MHz
  • Memory Clock Speed: 8008 MHz
  • Memory: 3GB GDDR5

Power supply:

  • 500w
  • Connectors
  • CPU 4+4 Pin x 1
  • PCI-e 6+2 Pin x 2 (for the graphics card)
  • SATA x4 (for hdd)
  • Peripheral 4 Pin x 3

Case:

  • length: 250mm+ (to fit graphics card)
  • 120mm fan placements x2 (1 for front, 1 for rear)
  • Must fit accompanying power supply
  • Must fit accompanying motherboard

Cooling: 120mm fan x2
Display: 22″ full HD monitor
Mouse & keyboard: standard
Audio: 2.1 speakers