$350 AMD
| Part
|
Model
|
Price
|
Case
|
| CPU
|
AMD Sempron 3400+ |
46
|
|
| Motherboard
|
Asus M2N-MX SE |
55
|
| RAM
|
1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit |
42
|
| Hard Drive
|
80GB SATA HDD |
46
|
| Optical Drive
|
LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW |
34
|
| Graphics Card
|
Onboard from motherboard |
-
|
| Sound Card
|
Onboard from motherboard |
-
|
| Case
|
Asus TA-881 |
58
|
| Power Supply
|
Included with Case |
-
|
| Cooling
|
- |
-
|
| Additional
|
- |
-
|
| Total Cost
|
- |
281 + 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
|
| CPU
|
Intel Celeron 420 |
48
|
|
| Motherboard
|
Asus P5S-MX-SE |
58
|
| RAM
|
1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit |
42
|
| Hard Drive
|
80GB SATA HDD |
46
|
| Optical Drive
|
LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW |
34
|
| 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
|
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+ |
145
|
|
| Motherboard
|
Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 |
70
|
| RAM
|
2GB Kingston DDR2-667 |
60
|
| Hard Drive
|
250GB Samsung SP2504C |
70
|
| Optical Drive
|
LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW |
34
|
| Graphics Card
|
Onboard from motherboard |
-
|
| Sound Card
|
Onboard from motherboard |
-
|
| Case
|
Asus TA-881 |
58
|
| Power Supply
|
Included with Case |
-
|
| Cooling
|
- |
-
|
| Additional
|
- |
-
|
| Total Cost
|
- |
434 + 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
$750 Intel
With a quad core CPU and 2GB of RAM, this machine is a lightning fast workstation.
$1000 Intel, CAD Machine
$1400 Intel, CAD Machine
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