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So I know his is slightly over $500 but this would be a great system for CAD and 720p High to 1080 Low/Med gaming. PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8cyzTB Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8cyzTB/by_merchant/ CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC) Video Card: ASRock - Radeon RX 570 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg) Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair - VS 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.98 @ Newegg) Total: $543.71 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-08 13:50 EST-0500 This is also highly dependent are part availability in your area.

Streaming wise I've been under the impression that more cores wins out, so r7 4 cores game 4 cores encoding. I also read some articles that showed that most CAD softwares can scale to 8 effectivelly and my intent was to maximize that.

So... I think I have my build mostly figured out (alot of research), as the title says trying to build kind of a jack of all trades on a budget. Gaming and CAD are the most important, but I guess if your machine can do either well it is probably ok for some light streaming. Gaming 50% CAD 45% Gaming/Streaming 5%. Budget is hard cap of $1200, but preferably under $1000. CAD is usually pretty light but I do sometimes get into very large assemblies and simulations. CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($165.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.62 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($169.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($284.98 @ Newegg) Case: Corsair - 270R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg) Total: $980.54 Open to input. At the moment I have peripherals (monitors, keyboard, mouse, etc.) they would be upgraded later to take advantage of the hardware. So some questions: Would a 2700X give me meaningful gains over the 2600, for litteraly 2x the cost? Would 8 gig of RAM with a 1070/1070ti better for gaming at 1080 ultra wide high/ultra settings than 16 gig with a 1060 6gb? (about the same cost) Would the 8 + 1070 or 16 + 1060 be better for CAD? Would 8 gigs ram be to detremental to CAD to even consider? Any other input is welcome.