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Hello!
Have gotten a job from a friend to build a budget PC that can handle the demands of an interior designer who will be using various bits of software, most notifiable being Vectorworks and Photoshop. Now I have read a little about the program and apparently it does like multi-threading, so cores are good. Graphics wise, I would like to stick something dedicated inside it as the user will be using these programs over 2 1080p screens.
Now before you all say "£650 for a work station?! Can't be done!", the designer won't be CADing up bridges and rendering skyscrapers. I've ran similar programs on my PC and they work alright with an old i5 and a 6870 inside them, however something more modern would be nicer for this build!
For the form factor I would like to look at MATX and Mini-ITX boards, since the end user won't be needing 10 hard drive bays and room for 3 Titans like a full size tower would bring and allot of the slots on a full size board wouldn't ever be used. For that reason, I am looking at the cases from BitFenix and their Prodigy range (damn fine looking cases!). Ideally, I would like Mini-ITX, as BitFenix have more colors in that size.
Finally, storage wise... (a loooong shot!) but I would love to have a small SSD to stick the programs and windows onto it and another larger HDD to store files on it.
The TL;DR varient:
I will throw up my suggestion in a little! And here it is!
MB: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G MicroATX £53
Has some spare slots for more RAM if needed.
CPU: FX-8 8320 Black Edition £114
FAN: Arctiv Cooling Alpine 64 GT £11
Will give the CPU a small overclock to get more juice out of it. 8 cores should help with rendering nicely.
PSU: Akasa Venom 55w Modular £56
Need me that modular goodness.
RAM: TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB £60
GPU: HIS R9 270X 2048MB £156
Will use the free game as my "payment"
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Optical: OcUK 24x
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB SSD £80 and Seagate 2TB £62
Total Price: £672.85, slightly over budget and didn't get the Mini-ITX but got everything else.
Thanks allot,
Grady
Have gotten a job from a friend to build a budget PC that can handle the demands of an interior designer who will be using various bits of software, most notifiable being Vectorworks and Photoshop. Now I have read a little about the program and apparently it does like multi-threading, so cores are good. Graphics wise, I would like to stick something dedicated inside it as the user will be using these programs over 2 1080p screens.
Now before you all say "£650 for a work station?! Can't be done!", the designer won't be CADing up bridges and rendering skyscrapers. I've ran similar programs on my PC and they work alright with an old i5 and a 6870 inside them, however something more modern would be nicer for this build!
For the form factor I would like to look at MATX and Mini-ITX boards, since the end user won't be needing 10 hard drive bays and room for 3 Titans like a full size tower would bring and allot of the slots on a full size board wouldn't ever be used. For that reason, I am looking at the cases from BitFenix and their Prodigy range (damn fine looking cases!). Ideally, I would like Mini-ITX, as BitFenix have more colors in that size.
Finally, storage wise... (a loooong shot!) but I would love to have a small SSD to stick the programs and windows onto it and another larger HDD to store files on it.
The TL;DR varient:
- £650 budget
- Needs to be able to run Vectorworks well
- Needs dedicated graphics for 2 x 1080p screens
- Ideally, Mini-ITX or if not MATX
- Would like the case to be a BitFenix Prodigy one
- Finally, would love a small SSD and a HDD
- Doesn't need to include windows
I will throw up my suggestion in a little! And here it is!
MB: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G MicroATX £53
Has some spare slots for more RAM if needed.
CPU: FX-8 8320 Black Edition £114
FAN: Arctiv Cooling Alpine 64 GT £11
Will give the CPU a small overclock to get more juice out of it. 8 cores should help with rendering nicely.
PSU: Akasa Venom 55w Modular £56
Need me that modular goodness.
RAM: TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB £60
GPU: HIS R9 270X 2048MB £156
Will use the free game as my "payment"
.Optical: OcUK 24x
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB SSD £80 and Seagate 2TB £62
Total Price: £672.85, slightly over budget and didn't get the Mini-ITX but got everything else.
Thanks allot,
Grady
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