Workstation

Revision as of 14:34, 16 June 2007

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Sempron 3200+	46
Motherboard	Asus M2N8-VMX	65
RAM	1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit	49
Hard Drive	80GB SATA HDD	45
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	59
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	310 + 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 over $500.

The Sempron 3200+ has built-in Cool 'n' Quiet technology, which enables the CPU to lower its clockspeed and fan speed at lower load, which makes the system quieter, and uses less power.

$500 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ EE	79
Motherboard	Gigabyte MA69VM-S2	77
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	80
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	59
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	416 + Postage

This is a fairly good base system. The AMD chipset means it has reasonable ATi X1200 video. The case isn't too bad, its cheap but not sore on the eyes.

The system might be pushing the budget a little with the 2GB of RAM, but if you're planning to run Windows Vista, it's definitely worth it.

$500 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140	110
Motherboard	Asus P5GZ-MX	69
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	80
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	59
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	439 + Postage

$750 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E6420	248
Motherboard	Intel DG33BU	144
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	80
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	681 + Postage

With a Core 2 Duo CPU and 2GB of RAM, this machine is a very quick workstation. Now this system uses an Intel DG33BU motherboard, which uses an Intel G33 chipset, which has superior performance to the 945G chipset (including video, uses the GMA X3100 chipset). This board also supports 1333FSB CPUs, for future proofing :)

$1000 Intel, CAD Machine

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E6420	248
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-S3	115
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	80
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	78
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	Quadro FX 350	275
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	930 + Postage

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