Workstation

Revision as of 23:19, 14 October 2007

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Sempron 3400+	46
Motherboard	Asus M2N-MX SE	55
RAM	1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit	42
Hard Drive	80GB SATA HDD	46
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	58
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	281 + 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.

$350 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Celeron 420	48
Motherboard	Asus P5S-MX-SE	58
RAM	1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit	42
Hard Drive	80GB SATA HDD	46
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	58
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	286 + Postage

Here is an Intel version of the workstation, for those who prefer Intel's products.

$500 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+	145
Motherboard	Gigabyte MA69VM-S2	70
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	60
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	58
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	434 + 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.

$500 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180	110
Motherboard	Asus P5S-MX-SE	58
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	60
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Asus TA-881	58
Power Supply	Included with Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	390 + Postage

$750 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	320
Motherboard	Intel DG33BU	132
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	60
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	704 + Postage

With a quad core CPU and 2GB of RAM, this machine is a lightning fast workstation.

$1000 Intel, CAD Machine

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750	219
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-S3L	120
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	60
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	nVidia Quadro FX 550	299
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	890 + Postage

$1400 Intel, CAD Machine

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	320
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-S3L	120
RAM	2x 2GB Kingston DDR2-667	120
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	34
Graphics Card	nVidia Quadro FX 1500	526
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec SLK1650B	88
Power Supply	Included With Case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1278 + Postage

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-Similar to the above, but taking the RAM up to 4gb and going to a Quadcore processor, 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.
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