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Old 04-05-2007, 02:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Comp for engineering/design

for heavy CAD applications you are definitely looking at a Workstation not a gaming machine
Dual Xeons or opterons
quadros in SLi
4-8GB of RAM
RAID controller and multiple HDDs
£2000 is probably not going to cover it let alone $2000
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