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Revision as of 22:20, 4 March 2008
Contents |
Basic AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
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CPU | AMD Sempron LE-1100 | 35 | |
Motherboard | Abit NF-M2SV | 55 | |
RAM | 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 24 | |
Hard Drive | 160GB Samsung SATA HDD | 55 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 63 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 267 + Postage |
Some people are on a limited budget, and want a nice basic desktop for Internet use and the like. This machine should be fine for basic tasks. This system, a cheap keyboard/mouse, a copy of Vista Basic or XP Home and a secondhand 17" CRT would provide a nice basic machine for just under $500.
Basic Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
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CPU | Intel Celeron 420 | 43 | |
Motherboard | Asus P5S-MX-SE | 55 | |
RAM | 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 24 | |
Hard Drive | 160GB Samsung SATA HDD | 55 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 63 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 275 + Postage |
Here is an Intel version of the workstation, for those who prefer Intel's products.
$500 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
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CPU | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ | 132 | |
Motherboard | Abit AN-M2 | 74 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 48 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 63 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 419 + 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 Pentium Dual Core E2200 | 99 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte G31M-S2L | 76 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 48 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 63 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 391 + Postage |
$750 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 289 | |
Motherboard | Intel DG33BU | 129 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 48 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 77 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 648 + Postage |
With a quad core CPU and 2GB 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. If the budget allows, another 2GB of RAM wouldn't hurt, though.
$1000 Intel, CAD Machine
Part | Model | Price | Case |
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CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 289 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 110 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 48 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | nVidia Quadro FX 560 | 339 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 77 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 958 + Postage |
$1500 Intel, CAD Machine
Part | Model | Price | Case |
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CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 289 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 110 | |
RAM | 4GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 115 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | nVidia Quadro FX 1500 | 767 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 77 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1463 + Postage |