Folding PC
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$500 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 309 |  |
| Motherboard | Asus P5KPL-VM | 83 | |
| RAM | 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit | 24 | |
| Hard Drive | Spare small hard drive, big enough for OS | - | |
| Optical Drive | - | - | |
| Graphics Card | Galaxy 9600 GSO | 98 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Foxconn TSAA805 | 48 | |
| Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 464 + Postage |
This machine is designed to pump out plenty of workunits for Team 24 for not a lot of cash. Since you don't need a huge hard drive for it (enough for OS and F@H is plenty), I've not included one (most of us will have a small spare, and there's threads in the Distributed Computing forum about cheap small hdds, hell, if you want, you could even set up an OS off a flash drive). Similarly, I've not included an optical drive, since all it'll need is a basic one to install the OS, which can afterwards be removed.
I'm considering adding an ATI video card to it, but I'll need confirmation on this (whether it's worthwhile building a Folding box with an Q6600 and an ATI video card or just buying a PS3).
