Updated pricing now that AMD released their price cuts on July 24th. As a result, I’m pushing straight towards basing our low end systems around the AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ chip.
The base costs for the system are (these are common, no matter which CPU we use):
$0099 BA30107 Antec Sonata II w/ SmartPower 2.0 450W PSU $0131 AA15070 WindowsXP Pro OEM $0299 AA24200 Microsoft Office Pro 2003 OEM $0045 80GB Hard Drive $0018 DVD-ROM $0009 Floppy drive ===== $0601
Costs for the entire system are:
$0833 AMD Sempron 2800+ AM2 w/ 1GB RAM $0852 AMD Athlon64 3000+ 939 or AM2 w/ 1GB RAM $0933 AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ 939 or AM2 w/ 1GB RAM $0984 AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ AM2 w/ 2GB RAM
As you can see, it makes a lot of sense to spend the extra hundred per system to go from a Sempron 2800+ to a X2 3800+. Especially since it will extend the lifespan of the machine for a few extra years.
It’s a pity we couldn’t move away from MSOffice in this upgrade cycle because it would’ve saved us $299/system. Plus the WinXP cost of $131/system. Putting this together as a Ubuntu system with OpenOffice v2 and you could have a system for $433 to $551.
939-based bundles
$0070 MB-BA21443 AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ 939 $0076 Asus A8N-VM CSM 24+4 PSU $0096 Kingston 2x512MB DDR400 $0009 Test Bundle ===== $0251 1GB RAM $0327 2GB RAM (+$76)
$0151 MB-BA21810 AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800+ 939 $0076 Asus A8N-VM CSM 24+4 PSU $0096 Kingston 2x512MB DDR400 $0009 Test Bundle ===== $0332 1GB RAM $0408 2GB RAM (+$76)
AM2-based bundles
$0052 MB-BA22672 AMD SEMPRON 2800+ AM2 $0085 Asus M2NPV-VM $0086 Kingston 2x512MB DDR2 533 $0009 Test Bundle ===== $0232 1GB RAM $0283 2GB RAM (+$51)
$0070 MB-BA22668 AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ AM2 $0085 Asus M2NPV-VM $0086 Kingston 2x512MB DDR2 533 $0009 Test Bundle ===== $0250 1GB RAM $0301 2GB RAM (+$51)
$0152 MB-BA22656 AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800+ AM2 $0085 Asus M2NPV-VM $0086 Kingston 2x512MB DDR2 533 $0009 Test Bundle ===== $0332 1GB RAM $0383 2GB RAM (+$51)
Misc parts (from MWave)…
$40 BA30087 ThermalTake TR2 430W W0070 $99 BA30107 Antec Sonata II w/ SmartPower 2.0 450W PSU $131 AA15070 WindowsXP Pro OEM $299 AA24200 Microsoft Office Pro 2003 OEM $45 small hard drives $18 DVD-ROM $9 Floppy drive