Work PC to run AutoCAD 2019, Civil3D, Map3D

miracleboy · 27 Feb 2019 at 16:14

Hi all,

The following has been recommended as a build to run heavy professional graphics packages such as the above. The PC's we have are beginning to struggle with the demands of the up to date packages and what we're using them for. I've been out of PC building for 10 years or more, so could do with some advice.

Immediately things like the HDD raise questions, do we need 1TB HDD if the PCs are network connected and data stored centrally, wouldn't a fast small SSD be better for performance?

Here's the recommended specs for the software packages;

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...oCAD-2019-including-Specialized-Toolsets.html
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...tem-requirements-for-AutoCAD-Map-3D-2019.html
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...-requirements-for-Autodesk-Civil-3D-2019.html

And here is the spec we have been recommended;

HP Z4 G4 i77820 32G 512G NO GFX WIN10
1TB HDD
NVIDIA QUADRO P2000 5GB GRAPHICS 350

Many thanks, M

Danny75 · 27 Feb 2019 at 17:08

The "512G" could be a 512GB SSD. Noticed that the RAM is described as "32G" instead of "32GB" as well. Maybe ask to make sure. Could be something like this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Samsung 970 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £142.99

Total: £151.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

orbitalwalsh · 27 Feb 2019 at 17:48

Haven't used this cad program before .
Help with programs like Pix4D that stitches together thousands of high Res pics to form a 3D model, for that SSD speed is key !!!!!

Learning from above program, not just the amount of cores but the speed of them! And Autocad does favour intel for its raw speed and DDR speed

What's the budget looking to be spent ?

miracleboy · 5 Mar 2019 at 11:43

We may need to go with two tiers, one for the normal CAD user and one for the power user that needs the extra power. I guess around £2k for the power user.

orbitalwalsh · 5 Mar 2019 at 13:15

miracleboy said:
We may need to go with two tiers, one for the normal CAD user and one for the power user that needs the extra power. I guess around £2k for the power user.

see you were listed 8 Core x299... to be honest could cut down the pricing using consumer grade 8 core/16 thread i9 9900k and z390 board for top end , if you know what your doing with a good cooler can clock to 5ghz all cores for 24 hour use if no AVX is being used , which I dont think it will .

standard rig could use intels i7 8700 6 core/12 thread without overclock feature on B360 board to cut costs yet still perform quickly!

HP system you were also recommended didn't use ECC ram, bit surprising but guessing no urge .

are you using ture 10 bit monitors by any chance and current resolution of the monitors and amount being used for each of the proposed systems ?

depending on how hard your pushing , you can get away with consumer grade GPU, specially since they have Turing GPU

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/civil-3d-forum/graphics-card-requirements/td-p/7358782

£400 p2000 5gb ddr5, 1050 pascal cuda cores vs £250 GTX 1660ti 6GB 1500 Turing cuda cores

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1ar-gi.html

Lifted from someones personal experience

Professional Digital Artist here, I have a Quadro m6000 in my workstation at the office and its hot garbage. The cost vs performance is laughable. You primarily pay for stability when working with heavy GPU strain, like with GPU rendering. I work with 3D Studio Max, Vray, Zbrush, and the Adobe Creative Suite.

I have a 1080ti in my personal home workstation/gaming rig and it destroys compared to my office work station. If you are running autocad and adobe software go for the 2060, they are inexpensive and should have decent reliability.