I'm a mechanical engineering about to start my Ph.D. program and need a workstation for my office. I will be using it for matlab, mathcad, and excel, but also looking at using comsol and fluent for some 3D modelling work. This is what I have so far any input for increase power or decrease cost will be greatly appreciated.
Monitors: Acer S211HL 21.5 x2 = $240
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003U4IROY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Case: Cooler Master Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower ATX Case $50
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O8J11E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 watt 80 Plus $60
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2T2UQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
MB:ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 Intel Z68 ATX $105
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005N5Q2MW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
CPU:Intel Core i5 3550 - $210
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SZ0EJW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
RAM:Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 - $49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QBUL1C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
GPU:ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1 GB DDR5 - $130
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004RJJN9Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
OS: Windows 7 home 64bit $100
I have an extra hard drive and optic drive to put it in.
Total - $944
Would like to keep it under $900.
Monitors: Acer S211HL 21.5 x2 = $240
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003U4IROY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Case: Cooler Master Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower ATX Case $50
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O8J11E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 watt 80 Plus $60
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2T2UQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
MB:ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 Intel Z68 ATX $105
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005N5Q2MW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
CPU:Intel Core i5 3550 - $210
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SZ0EJW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
RAM:Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 - $49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QBUL1C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
GPU:ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1 GB DDR5 - $130
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004RJJN9Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
OS: Windows 7 home 64bit $100
I have an extra hard drive and optic drive to put it in.
Total - $944
Would like to keep it under $900.