ethanlatimer

Here's what I suggest. With CAD, I have a friend who just built a desktop mainly for that purpose. We used Nvidia and Intel build, but AMD works too. For GPU, Quadro is the way to go, get the best on your budget, but if you want a cheaper option, AMD FireGL and FirePro. The issue is gaming. They do work with games, but you will probably have to compromise to either get better gaming, or bedder modeling and drafting. For CPU, get any standard I7 for easier board compatibility. Xeon might be out of budget. We got a 4790(~$250-300 on sale, sometimes without a stock heatsink) from Intel's arsenal. The GPU is really the biggest decision though. Ram, 32 max probably. DDr3 and ddr4 aren't that much different, but shoot for 16-32GB either way. We just went with ddr4 because we could upgrade to 64Gb later. I'd also recommend SSD over HDD anyday. Personally purchased https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-850-PRO-2-5-Inch-MZ-7KE512BW/dp/B00LF10KTO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501197103&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+pro+ssd and it works great. It's not in RAID, and it's the only drive, so any games and software as well as OS are all on that drive. Those are really the biggest things. Since his isn't for gaming, we didn't worry about that aspect, but in your case, I'm faily certain you will need to compromise on CAD or gaming, because the GPU is specialized for the process. At your low budget, you'd need a pretty expensive workstation card to game with the performance you received before. Best of luck.

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Open source will always have my back. Go AMD!!

Should work, I checked the Motherboard of your Desktop before I commented. Here's your PCI-E slots Expansion Slots: 1 PCI Express x16 3 PCI Express x1 1 PCI Express Mini Card x1 It should fit into your x16 slot fine. However, the x1 slots should be able to run the card, but you could get reduced performance from not using x16.

Try un-checking the option "Align to grid"

GeForce GT 610, cheap, single slot, 29W max, works with 300W power supply, and it's cheap. The 750Ti is over budget, and it's used. It also is recommended to have a 400W power supply.

Hey Techies, I have a quick question, and I think someone may have a solution. I've already spent 2-3 hours trying to fix this, and research, but I have had no luck. I have an Epson Powerlite 83+ with XGA(1024x768) and I have a chromecast hooked in with a HDMI to VGA adapter. It works great, except for the resolution. The projector tooks to the chromecast for resolution, while the chromecast looks to the projector for resolution, they both appear to be dynamic towards one another. Is there something that I can put between the two of them that would set the resolution to a static 720P or 1080P. The monitor supports 1080p, but will scale it down. Otherwise, it usually displays my chromecast feed in 1400x900, so i have a significant part of the screen cropped out. Occasionally, the projector does detect a 1080p signal and accepts it, but that is on a rare occasion. The projector will take a static input and display it without cropping, it's only when there is a device such as a chromecast that it doesn't. Does anyone know of a device that could accomplish this? Or is the only option to purchase a 1080p projector? I appreciate any help I can get, Ethan