Workstation

Revision as of 09:47, 8 January 2016

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 Pentium G860	75
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
CPU	[http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series%20A10-5800K.html AMD Trinity A10 5800k	$130
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.

$1000 Intel Updated 08/01/2016

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3	269
Motherboard	Gigabyte B85M-D3H-A	112
RAM	2x8GB 1600c9 1.5v	116
SSD	SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB	168
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	-	$965-1054 + 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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+| [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerbase.de%2F2014-05%2Fintel-xeon-e3-1231-v3-nachfolger-1230-test%2F%3Futm_source%3Dnewsletter-webarticle%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3Dhtml%26utm_term%3Dcontent-label%26utm_campaign%3Dnewsletter-webarticle&edit-text= Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Intel+Xeon+E3+1231+v3&spos=3 269]
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-| [http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2693 Gigabyte G31M-S2L] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=G31M-S2L 59]
+| [http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5417#ov Gigabyte B85M-D3H-A] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Gigabyte+B85M-D3H-A&spos=1 112]
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-| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 45]
+|  2x8GB 1600c9 1.5v || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=16g+1600c9&spos=1 116]
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+| [http://www.anandtech.com/show/8170/sandisk-extreme-pro-240gb-480gb-960gb-review SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=SanDisk+Extreme+Pro+240GB&spos=1 168]
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-| [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]
+| [https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Hitachi+3TB+OS03662&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=cPOOVsWkHeHvmAXE3rXoAw#q=Hitachi+3TB+hgst+review Hitachi 3TB NAS SATA 7200RPM] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=hitachi+3tb&spos=1 179]
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-| LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=H62N 29]
+| Pioneer BDR-209 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=bdr%20sata&start=1&links=20&showadres=1&pos=2 (Optional) 85]
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-| Onboard from motherboard || -
+| GeForce GT 730 2GB || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=gt+730+2g&spos=1 78]
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-| Onboard from motherboard || -
+| Onboard MB ALC892 || -
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 ! Case
-| [http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=7&l2=37&l3=94&l4=0&model=1116&modelmenu=1 Asus TA-881] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=TA881 59]
+| [http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2014/05/27/silverstone-precision-ps09-review/1 Silverstone Precision PS09] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=silverstone+ps09&spos=1 45]
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 ! Power Supply
-| Included with Case || -
+| SeaSonic G 360W 80Plus Gold (only 4 sata on 1 cable) || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=360+g+seasonic&spos=1 89]
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-| - || -
+| SATA Cable MB only has Two || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=sata+cable&spos=1 2]
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 ! Total Cost
-| - || 392 + Postage
+| - || $965-1054 + Postage
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