Spec for general usage and CAD usage?

Scythe said:
Is such a big card really required? With my work it's mostly processing power I lack, although a dedicated card will be needed. Possible place to cut back? I'm not sure
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if your doing complex stuff in a decent CAD/CAM program, then a decent Nvidia GPU is a must

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stulid, do you really think the onboard graphics will be enough for CAD/cam work?
obviosuly if the OP is planning to make nothing more complicated than a chair then any old onboard graphics will cope with that, but complex cad/cam work takes a lot of graphics power
 
Reaper 392 said:
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stulid, do you really think the onboard graphics will be enough for CAD/cam work?
obviosuly if the OP is planning to make nothing more complicated than a chair then any old onboard graphics will cope with that, but complex cad/cam work takes a lot of graphics power
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If it was me, I would want the GTX460+ i5 2300 option.
 
stulid said:
If it was me, I would want the GTX460+ i5 2300 option.
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Ok, thank you, I think I'll go for it :)

I will need a dedicated graphics card by the looks of things now then, I'll be doing lots of complex drawings so I suppose it will be for the best

Thanks for your help people
 
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Because you cant overclock with a H67 motherboard it makes sense to get the fastest CPU core speed you can.
 
Why can't you overclock with a H67? I really shouldn't have lost interest in computers, as I'd have a better idea still!

Might look into having a mild overclock applied, to 3Ghz or so from 2.8Ghz. This should be easy without much increase in temperature surely?

EDIT: Just saw it is a micro-atx board. Wouldn't it be simpler and cheaper to get a standard ATX board, full size and everything should be better for cooling as it is spread out?
 
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H series motherboards have a locked multiplier. since this is the only way you can overclock with the new sandybridge chips is with the multiplier you cant overclock on these boards

the multiplier is locked to bring down costs, and is mainly for people who arent very computer literate and dont know what overclocking is.

the great thing is, it was perfect for people who wanteda budget sandybridge motherboard. however, now that OcUK sell a P67 series motherboard for £8 more than the H67 motherboard that you want, its really a no brainer to go p67
 
Reaper 392 said:
H series motherboards have a locked multiplier. since this is the only way you can overclock with the new sandybridge chips is with the multiplier you cant overclock on these boards

the multiplier is locked to bring down costs, and is mainly for people who arent very computer literate and dont know what overclocking is.

the great thing is, it was perfect for people who wanteda budget sandybridge motherboard. however, now that OcUK sell a P67 series motherboard for £8 more than the H67 motherboard that you want, its really a no brainer to go p67
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Same socket etc?
 
stulid said:
Pity you have had to use a rubbish case and a psu.
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PSU is about as good as the bequiet as far as i can tell. your right about the case though, its a shame the midguard isnt back on its offer :(

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the PSU is exactly the same price as the bequiet, so you can take your pick from them. as far as i can tell they are of similar quality, almost exactly the same 12V power and very similar cables. i went for the OCZ because it was modular
 
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Why not get a cheap 2nd hand quadro card? If you're not gaming they're mint for CAD work if you're using Solidworks/Inventor/ST3 etc.
 
because there are only a handful of professional CAD/CAM programs that require a quadro card. because of this the quadro cards are very expensive. if you wanted a GTX 460 Quadro equivilant, your looking at blowing the entire £450 budget on the card
 
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