CAD Build

mish4444 · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:50

I posted earlier this week about a new build for a bulldozer I have sold this now and going for an intel build

The aim is speed of rendering and the ability to run 2 monitors and different CAD packages, I find my self running 2 windows of rhino, 1 of auto cad as well as other engineering programs and the usual Itunes and internet browser

bellow is my proposed spec I am able to get hold of a case and Coolermaster 650W GX PSU.

Any advice?
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £191.99

MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £39.98

In terms of OS i have lots of old 32bit XP licenses can i then use the upgrade to 64bit windows 7? and is it worth installing the OS to a SSD? for the 80 quid investment

mish4444 · 2 Dec 2011 at 13:03

cheers NG i will eventually end up using sli/crossfire and over clocking at some point but i need the system work reliably from day one so will have to wait for workload to lighten before i can play around with over clocking.

ideally i would like to spend around the 600 pound mark for everything but a case and psu i have monitors ect so basicaly just everything to go in the box.

The case is a coolmaster storm enforcer case

mish4444 · 4 Dec 2011 at 11:09

Hi Gazjam,

Thanks for the reply I am keen to have 16gb of ram and is one of my main aims and i was just trying to cut corners with windows and try to upgrade on the cheap.

Also I dont kinow much about CUDA but i dont think the programmes i use are enabled. but some of the ones i use for time to time are like labview. is this worth it do you use it? is it easy to setup and use?

thanks

mish4444 · 6 Dec 2011 at 10:45

Hi Gazjam

thanks again I think ill be going for the spec that you suggested but with the cheaper graphics card as i would only use it for cad or maybe Assassins Creed when i'm mean to be working and only on low res

do you run and SSD?

cheers