$350 AM2
| Part
|
Model
|
Price
|
Case
|
| CPU
|
AMD Sempron 3000+ |
40
|
|
| Motherboard
|
Gigabyte M61VME-S2 |
65
|
| RAM
|
1GB A-DATA DDR2-667 |
71
|
| Hard Drive
|
80GB SATA HDD |
49
|
| Optical Drive
|
16x Pioneer DVR-111D |
39
|
| Graphics Card
|
Onboard from motherboard |
-
|
| Sound Card
|
Onboard from motherboard |
-
|
| Case
|
Foxconn TSAA805 |
49
|
| Power Supply
|
Included with Case |
-
|
| Cooling
|
- |
-
|
| Additional
|
- |
-
|
| Total Cost
|
- |
313 + 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 over $500.
$500 AM2
This is a fairly good base system. Whilst primarily a 'work machine', you could possibly do some light gaming due to the onboard GeForce 6150 on the M2NPV-MX . It also features 1GB of RAM which is sufficient to run Windows Vista. The case isn't too bad, its cheap but not sore on the eyes. You can have a look at it by clicking on the link.
With the recent AMD price drops, it has become worthwhile to include a dual-core CPU in this system. It could use 2GB of RAM, though.
$750 Core 2 Duo, Workstation
With a Core 2 Duo CPU and 2GB of RAM, this machine is a very quick workstation.
$1000 Core 2 Duo, Entry-Level CAD Machine
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