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Revision as of 19:54, 31 October 2007
Contents |
$300 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD Sempron 3200+ | 38 | |
Motherboard | Asus M2N-MX SE | 55 | |
RAM | 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit | 42 | |
Hard Drive | 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA HDD | 58 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
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 |
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 |
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CPU | Intel Celeron 420 | 44 | |
Motherboard | Asus P5S-MX-SE | 58 | |
RAM | 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit | 42 | |
Hard Drive | 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA HDD | 58 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 58 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 295 + 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+ | 144 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 | 70 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 65 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 58 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 439 + 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 |
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CPU | Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 | 105 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte G31MX-S2 | 97 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 65 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Asus TA-881 | 58 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 430 + Postage |
$750 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
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CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 318 | |
Motherboard | Intel DG33BU | 131 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 65 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 88 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 707 + 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 |
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CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 124 | |
RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 65 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
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 | - | 960 + Postage |
$1250 Intel, CAD Machine
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 318 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 124 | |
RAM | 2x 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 130 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
Graphics Card | nVidia Quadro FX 1500 | 543 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 88 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1309 + Postage |