NickF 1 Posted May 11, 2006 (edited) Low End Work Station This machine will do web browsing and Microsoft office for you just great! Case/Power supply Antec Solution Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case & 400Watt SmartPower 2.0 PSU: $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129163 CD/DVD LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM: $17.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106028 Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s: $51.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822135106 Memory G.SKILL 512MB DDR 400: $33.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231029 Motherboard MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150: $76.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813130529 Processor AMD Athlon 64 3000+: $113.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103537 Total Price $372.96 Mid End Work Station This machine will do web browsing and Microsoft office for you just great! It will also burn CDs and DVDs, and store digital photography and music! Case/Power supply Antec Solution Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case & 400Watt SmartPower 2.0 PSU: $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129163 CD/DVD NEC Black CD/DVD Burner : $37.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s: $85.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136009 Memory Kingston HyperX 512MB DDR400: $46.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231029 Motherboard MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150: $76.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813130529 Processor AMD Athlon 64 3200+: $154.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103535 Total Price $480.96 Mid-high End Work Station This machine will do web browsing and Microsoft office for you amazingly! It will also burn CDs and DVDs, and store even more digital photography and music, and it multitasks! Case/Power supply Antec Solution Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case & 400Watt SmartPower 2.0 PSU: $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129163 CD/DVD NEC Black CD/DVD Burner : $37.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s: $130.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003 Memory G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) Dual Chanel: $70.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231027 Motherboard MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150: $76.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813130529 Processor AMD Athlon 64 3700+: $235.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103539 Total Price $629.97 High End Work Station This machine will do just about any kind of work you want it to. It will web browse, use office, burn a couple of DVD's and play some nice music all at the same time, with no lag! It will hold tons of music, videos and digital photogrphy without a hitch. Case/Power supply Antec Solution Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case & 400Watt SmartPower 2.0 PSU: $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129163 CD/DVD NEC Black CD/DVD Burner : $37.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar SE 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s: $194.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136004 Memory Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR500 Dual Channel $110.88 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220009 Motherboard MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150: $76.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813130529 Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+: $357.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103547 Total Price $856.85 Extras Any extras you should add to any of the above computers! Please double check for compatibility! Hard Drives: Boot your computer Up faster than ever before with one of these WD Raptor Drives! Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144200 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150:$160.00 ($130.00 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144160 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150: $274.99 ($254.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136012 Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 $335.00 [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136011 CPU Cooler: Run your CPU cooler than with the stock heatsink/fan, and great for overclocking! These are the 2 best coolers ever! ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED: $63.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118223 Thermaltake Big Typhoon:$54.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835106061 GPU Cooler: Card running too hot? Need to cool it off? Want to overclock it more? Buy on of these babies! Zalman VF700:$28.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118117 ZALMAN VF900:$46.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118001 ARCTIC COOLING NV Silencer 5 Rev.3: $28.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835186133 ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X1: $39.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835186001 Mouse/Keyboard In case you don't have one, here you go! Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard:$9.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16823126167 Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse: $36.89 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826104178 Monitor These are all good monitors, and should fare well while gaming! Envision 17" CRT BLACK: $99.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824197010 NEC 19" CRT BLACK: $179.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824197010 Acer AL1716BBD Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor:$204.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824009074 SAMSUNG 940b-Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor $299.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824001066 Speakers Need some new speakers? These are in order from worst to best performance, but all of them should be crisp! Logitech S-100 BLK 5 Watts 2.0: $12.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121125 Logitech X-230 32 Watts 2.1: $35.89 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121123 Logitech X-530 70 watts 5.1: $55.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121126 Logitech Z-2300 200 watts 2.1: $98.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121122 Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Speaker: $149.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836119101 Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts 5.1: $113.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121121 Logitech THX Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1: $228.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121120 Klipsch PROMEDIA ULTRA 5.1 470 watts 5.1: $297.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836119106 Creative GigaWorks S750 700 Watts 7.1: $429.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836116142 Gaming Headsets: Buy one of these babies to play all your favorite games! PLANTRONICS Audio 90: $19.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826106014 SENNHEISER PC 130: $27.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826106348 SENNHEISER PC 150: $34.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826106346 eDimensional Audio FX Force Feedback Gaming Headset: $41.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836504001 Sound Cards Take full advantage of your speakers and headphones and buy a new soundcard! Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS: $69.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102178 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic: $106.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102188 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS: $278.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102189 Operating Systems and Other software: All the good stuff :) Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2: $89.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16837102059 Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2: $144.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16837102062 Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Single Pack $134.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16837102065 Microsoft Works Suite 2006 $74.95 ($54.95 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16832102362 Open Office.org: FREE http://www.openoffice.org Edited May 11, 2006 by NickF Share this post Link to post
SHUK4KU 0 Posted May 11, 2006 (edited) that's a nice faq there. Edited May 11, 2006 by SHUK4KU Share this post Link to post
NickF 1 Posted May 11, 2006 Its not really a how to, and its not set in stone. Its more of a guideline. Share this post Link to post
Senior Airman Vudoo. 40 Posted May 12, 2006 worksstation now not a gaming comp? lol Share this post Link to post
Senior Airman Vudoo. 40 Posted May 12, 2006 most SMART people build there own computer becuase its cheaper and better Share this post Link to post
NickF 1 Posted May 14, 2006 Unless its a laptop :o XGhozt, what are your stats? Share this post Link to post
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