I am finally building a new comp, yey. The last time i built one was back in 2003 and it is what i still have. I would love some ideas on what a great CAD comp would consist of.
I mainly use my computer for CAD - mainly autocad (civil 3d) and 3ds max.
i will be using my dell 24" monitor and all my periphials
after doing some research this is my list
you will want 4gb of ram for cad programs and a set of g-skill ram will give you better performance
you need a graphics card (this depends on whether this is for gaming aswell or exclusively design)
power supply is way too much you only 550W and that is with headroom for upgrading
if you wait till july 22nd there is an intel price drop so everything will be cheaper e.g. quad core $266
Your motherboards look really expensive why??? I assume you won't use all the sockets and functions or the extra sata ports...... a gigabyte -DS3, asus p5n/p5b, abit AW9D there all good overclockers and cheap
I would definitely get the quad core, for $266, like saltynay said. It would help alot for CAD. Also, you have a 24" monitor. Go with the 8800GTS 640mb.
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