Workstation

Revision as of 23:07, 27 October 2012

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD FM2 Trinity A4-5300	59
Motherboard	Asrock FM2A55m-DGS	65
RAM	Gskill 4GB DDR3 1333	$22
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD Blue 500gb	$60
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	Radeon 7480D
Case	Cooler Master Elite 341 + 420w Powersupply	59
Power Supply	Packaged With Case	Generic 420w PSU ]
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost		$265 + Postage

Some people are on a limited budget, and want a nice simple desktop for Internet/Office use and the like. This machine is more than enough for even the heaviest of web-apps. This system, a cheap keyboard/mouse, a basic copy of Windows 7/Windows 8 or a Open Source variety Operating System like Linux which is FREE, a nice easy distribution is Ubuntu add a secondhand LCD monitor and it will provide a nice cost effective basic setup.

Basic Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Celeron 420	39
Motherboard	Asus P5S-MX-SE	55
RAM	1GB Kingston DDR2-667	24
Hard Drive	160GB Samsung SATA HDD	45
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	29
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	59
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	251 + Postage

Here is an Intel version of the workstation, for those who prefer Intel's products.

$500 AMD Updated 27/10/2012

Part	Model	Price
CPU	[http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series%20A10-5800K.html AMD Trinity A10 5800k	[hhttp://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=A10+5800k&spos=1 130]
Motherboard	Asrock FM2A55m-DGS	65
RAM	G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3 1333	$35
Solid State Drive	OCZ Agility 3 60gb	$62
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	Radeon 7660D
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
! Case	BitFenix Shinobi with Window	$72
Power Supply	Antec Neo 450w	$55
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	424 + Postage

This is a fairly good base system. The case isn't too bad, its cheap but not sore on the eyes.

$500 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E7200	143
Motherboard	Gigabyte G31M-S2L	59
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	45
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	59
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	29
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	59
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	392 + Postage

$750 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	215
Motherboard	Intel DG33BU	111
RAM	4GB Corsair DDR2-667	100
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	59
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	29
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	602 + Postage

With a quad core CPU and 4GB of RAM, this machine is a lightning fast workstation.

This machine can handle some serious numbercrunching. Could easily be upgraded with a discrete video card (such as those found in the following recommendations) to be a very good CAD machine. This machine would be very adequate for research purposes, where numbercrunching power is the key.

$1000 Intel, CAD Machine

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	215
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3L	99
RAM	4GB Corsair DDR2-667	100
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	59
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	29
Graphics Card	nVidia Quadro FX 560	335
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	915 + Postage

$1500 Intel, CAD Machine

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	215
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3L	99
RAM	4GB Corsair DDR2-667	100
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	59
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	29
Graphics Card	nVidia Quadro FX 1500	688
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1278 + Postage

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-| [http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_15331_15332,00.html AMD Phenom X3 8450] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Phenom+8450 142]
+| [http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series%20A10-5800K.html AMD Trinity A10 5800k || [hhttp://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=A10+5800k&spos=1 130]
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 ! Motherboard
-| [http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=AN-M2&fMTYPE=Socket%20AM2 Abit AN-M2] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=AN-M2 69]
+| [http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=FM2A55M-DGS Asrock FM2A55m-DGS] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Asrock+A55+DGS&spos=1 65]
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 ! RAM
-| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 45]
+| [http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=314 G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3 1333] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Gskill+F3+8gb&spos=1 $35]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
-! Hard Drive
+! Solid State Drive
-| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP2504C.asp 250GB Samsung SP2504C] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=250GB+SATA 59]
+|[http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-agility-3-sata-iii-2-5-ssd.html OCZ Agility 3 60gb] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=OCZ+agility+3&spos=1 $62]
-|- bgcolor="#efefef"
-! Optical Drive
-| LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=H62N 29]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Graphics Card
-| Onboard from motherboard || -
+| Onboard from motherboard || Radeon 7660D
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Sound Card
 | Onboard from motherboard || -
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
-! Case
+! ! Case
-| [Coolermaster Elite 334 ] || - [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Elite%20334&start=21&links=20&showadres=1&pos=2 80]
+| [http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/shinobi/ BitFenix Shinobi with Window] ||[http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Bitfenix+Shinobi+window&spos=1 $72]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Power Supply
-| Included with Case || -
+| [http://www.antec.com/pdf/flyers/NeoEco450C_flyer_EN.pdf Antec Neo 450w] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Antec+Neo+450w&spos=1 $55]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Cooling