Skylake better value for AutoCAD (2D)

Kurgen · 2 Mar 2018 at 12:55

is skylake better value, are there any cheaper motherboards coming out that dont have circus lights

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £299.99
1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99

Total: £358.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

pastymuncher · 2 Mar 2018 at 13:18

If the software you are using can make use of the extra cores I would be looking at a Ryzen build. You get a lot more for your money than you do with Intel. There are some good deals to be had on Ryzen at the moment. In any case, I wouldn't touch Skylake now. We have had two new generations of cpu since Skylake launched and it's practically no upgrade at all from a 4790k. If you are intent on going Intel at least buy the latest generation such as the 6C/12T 8700k. I know there are no cheaper motherboards than Z97 and it doesn't look like there will be any until at least when the new cpu's launch later in the year but you will have a up to date platform.

Kurgen · 2 Mar 2018 at 16:58

something like this then, also has 4 dims so don't have to commit to 16gb RAM

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-A320MA-M.2 AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £64.99

Total: £233.88 (includes shipping: £9.90)

C-Roy · 2 Mar 2018 at 17:34

As above go for Ryzen. Though cad 2D runs on near enough anything as long as you have 1-2gb gfx card.

pastymuncher · 2 Mar 2018 at 18:58

I would go for a B350 motherboard rather than a A320 board and definately nothing from MSI (wouldn't touch any of their motherboards). This is a cracking price at the moment:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £72.95

Total: £83.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Kurgen · 3 Mar 2018 at 09:19

C-Roy said:
As above go for Ryzen. Though cad 2D runs on near enough anything as long as you have 1-2gb gfx card.

ok, GPU fine its a decent quadro

pastymuncher said:
I would go for a B350 motherboard rather than a A320 board and definately nothing from MSI (wouldn't touch any of their motherboards). This is a cracking price at the moment:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £72.95

Total: £83.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)

noted pasty, cheers, if he comes round to doing will do a build check for rest of components closer time