New motherboard bundle listing

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
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$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.

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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
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$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
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$0332 1GB RAM
$0408 2GB RAM (+$76)

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AM2-based bundles

$0052 MB-BA22672 AMD SEMPRON 2800+ AM2
$0085 Asus M2NPV-VM
$0086 Kingston 2x512MB DDR2 533
$0009 Test Bundle
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$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
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$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
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$0332 1GB RAM
$0383 2GB RAM (+$51)

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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