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Revision as of 23:13, 27 October 2012

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AMD "Internet/Office Machine" updated 27/10/2012

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD FM2 Trinity A4-5300 59
CoolerMaster Elite 341 60
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

See also Whirlpool Basic Machine Configs

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 Case
CPU Intel Celeron 420 39
Asus TA-881
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 Case
CPU [http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series%20A10-5800K.html AMD Trinity A10 5800k $130
BitFenix Shinobi
Motherboard Asrock FM2A55m-DGS 65
RAM G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3 1333 $35
Hard Drive Western Digital WD Blue 500gb $60
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 - 480 + 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 Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 143
Asus TA-881
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 Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 215
Antec SLK1650B
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 Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 215
Antec SLK1650B
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 Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 215
Antec SLK1650B
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