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Revision as of 23:28, 14 October 2007
Contents |
$300 AMD
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Sempron 3000+ | 29 |  |
| 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 | - | 264 + 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 | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 | 110 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte G31MX-S2 | 99 | |
| 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 | - | 431 + Postage |
$750 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 124 | |
| 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 560 | 359 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Antec SLK1650B | 88 | |
| Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 954 + Postage |
$1250 Intel, CAD Machine
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 320 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 124 | |
| 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 | - | 1282 + Postage |