Workstation

Revision as of 10:42, 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.

$600 Intel Updated 08/01/2016

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core i3 6100	170
Motherboard	GA-H110M-S2H	97
RAM	8GB DDR4 2133	62
Hard Drive	Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM	69
Solid State Drive	Transcend SSD370 128GB	68
Graphics	IGP Intel HD 530	-
Sound Card	Onboard MB ALC887	-
Case	Silverstone Precision PS09	45
Power Supply	SeaSonic G 360W 80Plus Gold (Only 4 sata on 1 cable)	89
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	600 + Postage

$1200 Intel Updated 08/01/2016

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3	369
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
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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-==== $500 AMD Updated 27/10/2012 ====
+==== $600 Intel Updated 08/01/2016  ====
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+| [http://www.techspot.com/review/1087-best-value-desktop-cpu/ Intel Core i3 6100] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=i3+6100&spos=1 170 ]
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-| [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]
+| [http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5606#ov GA-H110M-S2H] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=H110M+DDR4&spos=1 97]
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-| [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]
+| 8GB DDR4 2133 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=DDR4+8g&spos=1 62]
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 ! Hard Drive
-| Western Digital WD Blue 500gb || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Western+Digital+WD+Blue+500gb+&spos=1 $60]
+| Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=toshiba+1tb&spos=1 69]
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 ! Solid State Drive
-|[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]
+|[http://www.legitreviews.com/transcend-ssd370-128gb-sata-6gbs-ssd-review_150465 Transcend SSD370 128GB] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Transcend+SSD370+128GB+&spos=1 68]
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-! Graphics Card
+! Graphics
-| Onboard from motherboard || Radeon 7660D
+| IGP Intel HD 530  || -
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 ! Sound Card
-| Onboard from motherboard || -
+| Onboard MB ALC887 || -
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-! ! Case
+! Case
-| [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]
+| [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]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Power Supply
-| [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]
+| 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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 ! Cooling
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-| - || 480 + Postage
+| - || 600 + Postage
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-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 ====