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Revision as of 22:01, 27 October 2012
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AMD "Internet/Office Machine" updated 27/10/2012
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD FM2 Trinity A4-5300 | 59 | |
Motherboard | Asrock FM2A55m-DGS | 65 | |
RAM | Gskill 4GB DDR3 1333 | $22 | |
Hard Drive | Western Digital WD Blue 500gb | $60 | |
Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | Radeon 7480D | |
Case | Cooler Master Elite 341 + 420w Powersupply | 59 | |
Power Supply | Packaged With Case | Generic 420w PSU ] | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | $265 + Postage |
See also Whirlpool Basic Machine Configs
Some people are on a limited budget, and want a nice simple desktop for Internet/Office use and the like. This machine is more than enough for even the heaviest of web-apps. This system, a cheap keyboard/mouse, a basic copy of Windows 7/Windows 8 or a Open Source variety Operating System like Linux which is FREE, a nice easy distribution is Ubuntu add a secondhand LCD monitor and it will provide a nice cost effective basic setup.
Basic Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Celeron 420 | 39 | |
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 | |
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 | [Coolermaster Elite 334 ] | - 80 | |
Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 424 + 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 | |
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 | |
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 | 215 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 99 | |
RAM | 4GB Corsair DDR2-667 | 100 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 59 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 29 | |
Graphics Card | nVidia Quadro FX 560 | 335 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 88 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 915 + Postage |
$1500 Intel, CAD Machine
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 215 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 99 | |
RAM | 4GB Corsair DDR2-667 | 100 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 59 | |
Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 29 | |
Graphics Card | nVidia Quadro FX 1500 | 688 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Antec SLK1650B | 88 | |
Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
Cooling | - | - | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1278 + Postage |