High performance workstation

Component Brand Price($) Specs Review
Case/PS Roswill Tu-155 Black with 400W P/S 71  
Motherboard ASrock 939 Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ULI M1695 76
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz Dual Core processor with Heat sink/Fan 300  
Memory Two Corsair 512MB PC-3200 dual channel kit 90  
Hard Drive Seagate Barracude 7200.9 160GB SATA II 7200rpm 5yr Warr. 88  
DVD-RW drive NEC 3520A -- 16x DVD+R,8x DVD+RW,4x DVD+R DL DVD RW drive 47  
Video Card ASUS EN6600/TD/256 Geforce 6600 256 MB DDR PCI-Express x16 125  
Assemble and Test 4 Hrs @ $40/hour($0 if TSA coupons can be used*) 160
  Total 957

NOTES
OS not included. Windows XP Pro is approximately $140. Redhat Linux Fedora Core 4 is free.
This system is very high performance. The motherboard is the core of any system. Just read the review from Tech Reports about 3 dual Opteron motherboards. The ASUS came out on top. Note that the system uses the latest in buses, PCI-Express.
Any component can be upgraded(e.g. 2.0 GHZ or higher Opterons, more hard disk space, RAM (up to 24GB max), etc.)

* TSA coupons can be used for labor, if department is Physics, Chemistry or Geology and is approved.)
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