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| − | | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 | + | | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 50] |
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Revision as of 20:28, 19 December 2007
Contents |
Basic AMD
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Sempron LE-1100 | 40 |  |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte M61SME-S2 | 58 | |
| RAM | 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit | 31 | |
| Hard Drive | 160GB Samsung SATA HDD | 56 | |
| Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Asus TA-881 | 63 | |
| Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 283 + 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.
Basic Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Celeron 420 | 43 | |
| Motherboard | Asus P5S-MX-SE | 47 | |
| RAM | 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit | 31 | |
| Hard Drive | 160GB Samsung SATA HDD | 56 | |
| Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Asus TA-881 | 63 | |
| Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 275 + 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 5000+ | 126 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 | 70 | |
| RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 50 | |
| 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 | 63 | |
| Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 411 + 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 | 105 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte G31MX-S2 | 94 | |
| RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 50 | |
| 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 | 63 | |
| Power Supply | Included with Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 417 + Postage |
$750 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 315 |  |
| Motherboard | Intel DG33BU | 129 | |
| RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 54 | |
| 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 | 77 | |
| Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 680 + 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 | 110 | |
| RAM | 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 54 | |
| 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 | 77 | |
| Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 924 + Postage |
$1500 Intel, CAD Machine
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 315 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 110 | |
| RAM | 2x 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 | 108 | |
| Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung SP2504C | 70 | |
| Optical Drive | LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | nVidia Quadro FX 1500 | 768 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Antec SLK1650B | 77 | |
| Power Supply | Included With Case | - | |
| Cooling | - | - | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1483 + Postage |