Spec for 3D Drawing work

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l3g3ndfi3rc3

l3g3ndfi3rc3

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Hi,

Bit of a general question that has been raised by my son,his boss has asked him to spec him,two new computers for his work where he wants fast loading pc's used for 3d design drawing work,i am not sure exactly which software they use but i would think something along the lines of a basic cad type thing,though i do not think they are doing very advanced stuff,so if you knowledgeable people could help would be much appreciated.If there is a premade which is suitable that would be good option too.
 
3D drawing is CAD work i assume, so Soldiworks, AutoCAD ect.

These don't actually require a huge amount of power. a lot of RAM is useful. Nvidia CUDA technology also helps.

What kind of budget? and are both PCs the same? or for different uses?

At a low budget, something like this will be perfect.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte HA65M-D2H Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £36.8
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £542.70 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Thanks for quick reply ,that looks good i would say budget upto 600-700 ,would it be better with 16 gb of ram for this sort of work, i also need to find out if they already have os too.
 
16Gb would be good. If its not too intense 8GB will suffice.

I was doing a render (from solidworks) a few months ago and i ran out of RAM. It was using all 8GB to do a render. It was a super-high quality A1 sized render though.

Another Spec: This has an ivybridge i5 and 16Gb of RAM


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3550 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £164.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £77.99
1 x MSI B75A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98
2 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £43.99 (87.98)
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £640.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Would certainly go for 16Mb of memory.
I see OP not sure about o/s , but I would consider W7 Pro 64bit OEM , would avoid W7 home, as it's limited to 16gb of memory.

Doomedspeed: What's that Geil Dragon memory like, have you used it?
 
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