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Revision as of 11:12, 8 January 2016

Contents

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 Pentium G860 75
Asus TA-881
Motherboard Asus P8H61-MX-USB3 59
RAM Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 23
Hard Drive 500GB Seagate Baracuda ST500DM002 60
Optical Drive LG CH12LS28 12X BD-R Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive 55
Graphics Card Onboard from motherboard -
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Coolermaster Elite 341 59
Power Supply Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 271 + Postage

Above 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.

$1200 Intel Updated 08/01/2016

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3 369
Silverstone ps09
Motherboard Gigabyte B85M-D3H-A 112
RAM 2x8GB 1600c9 1.5v 116
SSD SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB 155
Hard Drive Hitachi 3TB NAS SATA 7200RPM 179
Optical Drive Pioneer BDR-209 (Optional) 85
Graphics Card GeForce GT 730 2GB 78
Sound Card Onboard MB ALC892 -
Case Silverstone Precision PS09 45
Power Supply SeaSonic G 360W 80Plus Gold (Only 4 sata on 1 cable) 89
Cooling - -
Additional SATA Cable MB only has two 2
Total Cost - $1139-1230 + 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