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! CPU
| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2quad/index.htm Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Q6600 245]
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| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2quad/index.htm Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Q6600 215]
 
| rowspan="12"| [[Image:SLK1650B.jpg|right|Antec SLK1650B]]
 
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! Motherboard
 
! Motherboard
| [http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG33BU/index.htm Intel DG33BU] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=DG33BU 116]
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| [http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG33BU/index.htm Intel DG33BU] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=DG33BU 111]
 
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! RAM
 
! RAM
| 4GB Corsair DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=4GB+DDR2+Corsair 95]
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| 4GB Corsair DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=4GB+DDR2+Corsair 100]
 
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! Hard Drive
 
! Hard Drive
| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP2504C.asp 250GB Samsung SP2504C] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=250GB+SATA 68]
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| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP2504C.asp 250GB Samsung SP2504C] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=250GB+SATA 59]
 
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! Optical Drive
 
! Optical Drive
| LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=H62N 32]
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| LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=H62N 29]
 
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| [http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=91654# Antec SLK1650B] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=SLK1650 77]
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| [http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=91654# Antec SLK1650B] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=SLK1650 88]
 
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! Power Supply
 
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Revision as of 12:47, 14 June 2008

Contents

Basic AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Sempron LE-1100 34
Asus TA-881
Motherboard Abit NF-M2SV 51
RAM 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 24
Hard Drive 160GB Samsung SATA HDD 45
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 29
Graphics Card Onboard from motherboard -
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Asus TA-881 59
Power Supply Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 241 + 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 about $400.

Basic Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Celeron 420 39
Asus TA-881
Motherboard Asus P5S-MX-SE 55
RAM 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 24
Hard Drive 160GB Samsung SATA HDD 45
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 29
Graphics Card Onboard from motherboard -
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Asus TA-881 59
Power Supply Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 251 + Postage

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

$500 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X3 8450 142
Asus TA-881
Motherboard Abit AN-M2 69
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 45
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 Asus TA-881 59
Power Supply Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 403 + Postage

This is a fairly good base system. The case isn't too bad, its cheap but not sore on the eyes.

$500 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 143
Asus TA-881
Motherboard Gigabyte G31M-S2L 59
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 45
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 Asus TA-881 59
Power Supply Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 392 + Postage

$750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 215
Antec SLK1650B
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 Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 245
Antec SLK1650B
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 99
RAM 4GB Corsair DDR2-667 95
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 68
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 32
Graphics Card nVidia Quadro FX 560 335
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec SLK1650B 77
Power Supply Included With Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 941 + Postage

$1500 Intel, CAD Machine

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 245
Antec SLK1650B
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 99
RAM 4GB Corsair DDR2-667 95
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 68
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 32
Graphics Card nVidia Quadro FX 1500 752
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec SLK1650B 77
Power Supply Included With Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1368 + Postage