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Hi Everyone, A while back, I could have sworn that Alex did a laptop review for an expensive laptop that he thought was one of the best on the go laptops for video designers and creators. I've got a cousin who's going to engineering school soon, and my aunt was asking which laptop to buy him, so I immediately thought of this video. Unfortunately I can't find the video anymore no matter how hard I've tried. I've looked on LTT channel, Short circuit, and general YouTube searching. Was there a reason why this video was taken down? Or perhaps I'm not looking for it correctly? Can someone help me out here or maybe if Alex happens to seize this he could jump in and let me know what happened? Thanks! Edit: Looking for something with an i9 or Ryzen 7, 32GB RAM, latest generation NVidia card, 15 or 17 in (although I am assuming 17 in could help with the design as long as resolution is proportionate), and minimum 1920x1080 (although a 2k screen would probably be best balance of power vs accuracy). Color accuracy in the monitor would be a plus, but not necessarily required. Size/weight is not necessarily an issue as long as power requirements are met and it's not something ridiculous (e.g. the dual power supply laptops).

Hi, so I am currently running an HP Specter x360 13 inch, with an intel i7-7500U and 8GB of ram. I am currently and engineering student and the laptop has being doing alright until I started doing a lot more of 3D modeling in SolidWorks and AutoCAD, and that's when I started to run into problems. I have a $2000 budget, also plan on playing some games on the new system such as Squad and racing sims. Any recommendations would be great thanks !

Budget (including currency): $500 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Sketchup, Cad, Adobe Suite, Video Editing, Rhino, Rendering etc. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Any tips or ideas are appreciated

TL;DR version: I am looking for an ultrabook/Macbook for around 900 dollars (pre-tax). I am concerned that I cannot get on-par performance for the same amount of money that I spent on my laptop in 2015. Here are my specific questions, but all ideas and suggestions will be much appreciated. 1- Will there be an M1-like chipset from AMD/Intel that will bring any Windows laptop to M1 Macbook performance levels (within similar packaging/thermal constraints)? 2- Is this an exceptionally bad time to buy a laptop? Should I delay it by a year if possible? 3- What would be a set of specifications for a laptop ready for the next 5 years? Feb 21 Update: Tentatively decided to wait for Macbook Air/Pro with M2. --------------------------------Post starts here. ----------------------------- I am looking for something in the same price range as my previous laptop. However, I won't "upgrade" to a new laptop if I won't get a substantially better device, naturally! I also want to treat this as a practice in exploring how much 'newer and faster technology' has become more accessible over the last 5 years. To establish the baseline, let me quickly go over the specs of my current laptop. In June 2015, I bought the ASUS UX303L-Signature Edition with the following specs for 800 USD (equiv. to 873 in Dec'20 1). 13.3'' 3200 x 1800 with touch Intel Core i5-5200U 8GB DDR3L 1600 MHz 256GB SSD (around 400 MB/s read and write) Intel HD Graphics 5500 1.46 kg My review of the device: It had good(not Macbook level, but satisfactory) battery life. It was an absolute beast for high school. Its construction is rigid. Storage has been fine. Processor has just started feeling sluggish in the last year. Yellows look mustard-y, but it is not bothersome. Great for someone who needs a computer for classes and extracurriculars. Why change it now? The hinge snapped a few times. For now, it's held together by epoxy. Battery life has gone downhill, too. Also, now that I am deep into the college life, I'm doing more engineering work. That means CAD modeling and MATLAB analysis. Also Python. I am sure thousands of people would understand the workload. Novice engineer work. It is getting laggier by day. Note: I don't have a workstation. Looking at the current market Note: I still need to carry this device everywhere and use it on battery power. Loads of typing is inevitable, too. I would love to have a 14'' or 15'' display this time. I also don't have good enough Internet connection for any modern Wi-Fi standard to be an issue. 16:10 aspect ratio is preferred, but 16:9 is acceptable. Also, MacOS is fine (well, except Solidworks, and ARM Bootcamp support will be an interesting question, but I may use university computers for SW.) I'd quit following laptop prices after buying mine, and I am shocked to see how much prices have gone up. I've checked out a few competitors (in the ultrabook category) that sprung to mind, and here's what I can get for the same price in Jan'21: ---------SKIP THIS SECTION IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH CURRENT PRICING ON ULTRABOOKS ---------- DELL: 900 USD OLD XPS 13: i7-10510U , 8GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz , 256 GB PCIe SSD,13'' FHD non-touch 2 1000 USD NEW XPS 13: i3-1115G4, 8GB LPDDR4 4267MHz , 256 GB PCIe SSD,13''FHD non-touch 2 ASUS: 1000 USD ASUS ZenBook Duo UX481: i7-10510U, 8GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz, 512 GB PCIe SSD, 14'' FHD touch3 800 USD ASUS Zenbook UX325JA-XB51: i5-1035G1, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, 13'' FHD non-touch3 1000 USD ASUS Zenbook UX325JA-DB71: i7-1065G7, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, 13'' FHD non-touch3 900 USD ASUS Zenbook UX431FL-EH74 : i7-10510U, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIE SSD, 14'' FHD touch?, NVIDIA GeForce MX2503 ... similar options at similar prices 800 USD Asus Zenbook UM433DA-DH75 : Ryzen 7 3700U, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, 14.0" FHD touch?3 HP: 835 USD HP ENVY x360 15'' BASE: i5-1135G7m 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB Intel(?) SSD, 15.6'' FHD touch4 +60 USD i7-1165G7 +60 USD + GeForce MX450( still 2gb vram) +90 USD 16 GB DDR4 RAM +200 USD 4K touch +100 USD 512 GB PCIe SSD 720 USD HP ENVY x360 15'' BASE: Ryzen 5 4500U, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB PCIe SSD, 15.6'' FHD touch4 +90 USD 16 GB DDR4 RAM 900 USD HP ENVY X360 13-ay0021nr: Ryzen 7 4700U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB PCIe SSD, 13'' FHD touch4 Note: Cheapest 13'' Spectre x360 starts at 1150 USD, so I've skipped them. Note: I am not sure about the battery life/thickness of Envy series, battery capacity: 51Wh. ACER: 800 USD Acer Swift 3 : i7-1165G7, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM , 256GB PCIe SSD, 14'' FHD non-touch5 LENOVO: 940 USD IdeaPad Slim 7 82A40012US : i7-1065G7, 16 GB DDR4R AM, 512 GB PCIe SSD, 14'' FHD touch6 -----------------------BORING PRICE AND SPECS LISTS ARE OVER, YOU CAN CONTINUE ---------------- Looking at these prices, I see that I can get a 10th or 11th gen i5 processor, 256 GB of faster SSD, and 8 GBs of faster RAM for the same price. If I sacrifice on battery life/build quality/ thin-and-light aspect, I can get an i7/Ryzen 7, 16 GB of RAM for a bit above my budget. That makes me concerned about how future-proof my new laptop would be. I bought my ultrabook when 12 GB RAM was the absolute maximum on an ultrabook and SSD had just gotten cheaper. It has served me well, but now I need something that will serve me equally well for at least another 5 years. I also have another option- getting my brother's 2016 Macbook Pro (i5-6267U, 256 GB SSD, 8GB DDR3 2133 Mhz, Iris 550) to use for a year. I know benchmarks are not perfect. Especially across operating systems. But here's one comparison list: PassMark (Multi-thread) - CPU i5-5200U : 2,512 (Current) i5-6267U : 3,236 (Loaner Mac) i3-1115G4 : 6,465 i7-10510U : 6,997 i5-1035G7 : 8,414 i7-1065G7: 8,967 i5-1135G7 : 9,774 i7-1165G7 : 10,414 Ryzen 5 4500U : 11,267 Ryzen 7 4700U : 13,802 PassMark shows significant increase in performance. However, I'm not sure what that would mean for me, the workloads I have do not benefit drastically from more cores/threads. I feel that RAM would be a bigger factor, for example. Or maybe I should consider a -weak but still much better than integrated- GPU. Main Question: I feel insulted about waiting 5 years and still getting a laptop with 8GB of RAM. Looking at the rate of development at desktops, I feel terrible about paying so much when a desktop would be 10 times faster, more reliable and future proof. But I need a laptop. I am open to all ideas, all suggestions, all recommendations. Specifically, I also want to ask: 1- Will there be an M1-like chipset from AMD/Intel that will bring any Windows laptop to M1 Macbook performance levels (within similar packaging constraints)? 2- Is this an exceptionally bad time to buy a laptop? Should I delay it by a year? 3- What would be a set of specifications for a laptop ready for the next 5 years? SOURCES [1] https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm [2] Dell USA Pricing [3] Amazon pricing [4] HP USA Pricing [5] Acer USA Pricing [6] Lenovo USA Pricing Thanks for reading my long post. Sorry for any grammatical errors, typos, and other mistakes. I'll proofread it when I get up. Cheers, egemen404.

Hello, Im working on a new PC for 3D Rendering in programs like Vectorworks and Autodesk AutoCad. The case I've chosen has 6 available 3.5 HDD slots and two 2.5 SSD slots built in along with 7 NVME M.2 SSD slots on the motherboard giving me plenty of SSD storage and I had theorized about using the HDD as a internal, external storage unit but was unsure how or if this was possible. Thanks for any advice you can offer. I'll list the build specs below. **note: this is only a plan, I am waiting to purchase any items until chips become more readily available and prices lower from there current extravagant highs. Yes I know it's overkill but its meant to last and not need upgrades for a significant time span. Motherboard: MSI TRX40 Creator CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990x GPU: 2x Nvidia Titan RTX with NVLink bridge Case: Fractal designs Define R6 SSD: 10 TB NVME M.2 , split over 7 drives (seagate barracuda's) HDD: 6x 12 TB Ironwolf Pro's NAS, for 72TB total RAM: 128GB Corsair Dominator **admin** if this is in wrong spot please remove and DM to let me know, thanks.

Budget (including currency): 800 - can be stretched but less = better Country: Slovenia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: autoCAD - 2d, 3d, civil, rev (whatever that means lol) Other details Friend asked me to build him a new PC for work - he is working in construction and mostly uses AutoCAD. He is currently using a Huawei matebook 13 pro (i5-8265U, Nvidia MX150, 8GB Ram) and is having issues with anything but 2d. Autocad hardware requirements are more or less pointless so I have no idea what I'm looking for really, not even sure if autocad prefers CPU or GPU. Any help is appreciated.

Hello, I am Simon from France :) I am writting this topic because, my current laptop just stopped to work after 5 years of usage. Unfortunately, i really need a laptop for school. Thus i have only one question. What laptop should i buy ? I am a little confused as there is a lot of different choices. I use my laptop for personnal use such as streaming or chrome usage. But i also use it for school where i use softwares like Solidworks or other CAD softwares and so some flow simulations. I don't play a lot on PC. I like to use it on my desktop plugged to my monitor so the thunderbolt 3 experience with a dock station seems really cool but not mandatory. I need your help. What laptop do you think is the best for my usage ? i am looking for one between 1500 and 2000 € and can go a little bit higher if its needed. Thank you in advance

Budget (including currency): ~£250 gbp Country: England Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: cad modeling and simulation Current rig: Ryzen 5 2600 oc'ed to 4.2 asrock b450 steel legend Corsair Vengence Pro RGB 2666 cl16 32GB oc'ed to 3200 cl15 GTX 970 strix SSD storage Corsair CM450 Corsair 220T I'm hopfuly starting my areospace engineering course at UWE in september, and one of the year one modules is cad and simulations. I'm assuming I'll have access to Uni tech but I would like to be able to do it on my own pc as well. I dont know what software they are using, but at a guess id say its probably solidworks. At the moment, I should have around £250 in hand, however as I upgrade I intend to sell my old parts on, so I could probably get another 100 each for gpu/cpu. If I sell my CPU and add that money to the pile, I would be looking at around ~350, which raises the question of what would bring me the most benifit, a ryzen 7 3700x or a ryzen 5 5600x as they are both similar prices, or would I be better getting a ryzen 7 2800x second hand and saving money for a better gpu? I was looking at maybe asking for a 3060ti for my upcoming birthday, but would the larger vram of the regular 3060 give me more benifits over the faster cores? Finally, if anyone out here using solid works could tell me if my cpu is actually fine and I only need a GPU or vise versa. Any help is appricated and I'm trying to keep the budget low

Budget (including currency): ??? AUD Country: Australia Im looking for a CAD designer to help me design a custom waterblock for my laptop im planning on turning into a watercooled gaming frakenstein. Its a G7 17 (7790) that has an i7-9750H and RTX 2060 in it and I use it alot for gaming and other general uses. Although I dont play any super intesive games it still get very very hot due to the Aussie heat and poor cooling design from Dell. Even with the undervolt I have on it (-0.128V), any lower and it becomes unstable over long term. Its constantly bordering thermal throttling and can never boost too its max boost clocks because of it. Ive dabbled into designing one myself using Autodesk Fusion 360 but its simply not my forte. If any of you have seen or go look at my other posts you will know that I have been looking to do this for a while and Im also looking to put and a better CPU in it which would just make things even hotter. Before any of you start blasting this topic with just get a new laptop or get a new computer or anything like that please note that I do not wish to get a new laptop or computer. I am aware of the risks and costs. I just want to make a custom laptop cause I can and it would be cool. I have put some thought into the waterblocks design and the whole watercooling loop but need the help of someone who could assit in making it a reality. Im obviously willing to pay, even more so if you could help me get it properly fabricated too. Any help is appreciated ^^

Budget (including currency): below 65000 rupees Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Revit, CAD software Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Building from scratch. I am trying to build a PC for my friend, he needs it for running CAD applications. I have selected the components but i need an opinions on the build. Here's the list, CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x MOBO: ASUS TUF B450-Plus RAM: 16 GB GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 2GB(GV-N710D3-2GL) PSU: Cooler Master MWE 550W,80+ White 230V A/UK Cable Power Supply Cabinet: Deepcool Matrexx 55 Mesh ADD-RGB 4F Middle Tower Computer Case (DP-ATX-MATREXX55-MESH-AR-4F) HDD: WD Blue 1TB SSD: Samsung EVO 860 250GB Monitor: Dell 21.5 inch I thought of looking at 3500 or 3500x but i heard that Revit depends on multi threading and I thought the more cores the better do I have gone for 2600x.(2600x costs more than 3500x as of now).

Hey everyone Tech Newbie here, So a couple of weeks back I bought a premium laptop from Dell called the Dell Inspiron 15 7501 and I bought it for my uni's mechanical engineering program. Having in mind the 3d modeling software I'll be dealing with throughout the course, the specifications and build quality seemed to be in line with what I needed. The specifications of the laptop are as follows:- 1) 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H (12MB Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 6 cores) 2) NVIDIA® GeForce GTX® 1650 Ti 4GB GDDR6 3) 16GB (8GB onboard + 8GBx1 SODIMM), DDR4, 2933MHz 4) 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive Coming to the quality of the laptop, the laptop boasts a full aluminum build along with really good thermal management with multiple vents allowing better airflow. Having briefly described the laptop, there was a certain doubt which arose on the laptop's GPU on whether it was enough to run 3d modeling software like CAD, Solidworks which as most of you already know are used widely in the mechanical engineering program. So I searched it up on many places to see on whether this particular GPU was powerful enough to run this software and I couldn't find satisfying answers (mixed review) as in some people suggest the RTX lineup cause of its ray-tracing feature, while others suggest the Quadro lineup and finally a few who agree with it stating that it worked for them even with an old I5 and an Nvidia 940mx laptops. I'm anxious about it and if it doesn't fully support this 3d modeling software I seriously don't see the need of having this GPU. I'm seriously not willing to game over it cause I want the laptop to be future proof. And yeh just to be clear I won't be using this software like every day but time to time practicals and I don't think it's gonna be high-end modeling so yeh please help this poor soul here. And if you wonder why I didn't go with the RTX GPUs with then the answer is simple you can see that the specs are almost the same as the Dell XPS 15 (India) with the XPS being one of the best lineups of dell for all-round purpose and thus this laptop seemed to be perfect for what I need for college.

I've been struggling to find a way to do this for a while, i have a laser profiler (scanner) that I have retro fitted to a CNC router to scan surfaces to look at the undulations, I have to export these out of the proprietary software to a .csv file in order to stich multiple together (still working on this but am close) but i have then no way of viewing these images again as the software does not then allow you to import the .csv file back into it and will only open a .lhi file. I don't need it back into that software as i can use fusion 360 to open it, but i need to make it into a file format that will understand. fusion 360 allows a lot of 3d file types, and does have an option to import .csv files but it doesn't seem to work with the way the original software wrights the .csv files I have attched the .csv file for reference any ideas would be greatly appreciated, Thanks csv_file.zip

I recently decided to build a pc for the first time, so I am not very knowledgeable on all of the parts. I intend to use the PC for both gaming as well as 3D CAD and testing software. I am unsure what cpus are the best of both worlds since I can only find the best of each use separately. Should I wait to see what’s coming from AMD soon?

Hi what is the best processor, for a $1000-1400 PC build, which includes a RX 6600, for someone who uses CAD, does some programming in languages like VB and Java, uses virtualization to a lower extent, and also is an avid High Graphics FPS Gamer. I live in the US and am wanting to use the MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard. Thx in advance, WeTuLo

Hi all, I am working on my PC build and was wanting your opinion on which Radeon RX 6600 XT was the best when coupled with an i7-12700 and a small-form factor? I have heard that the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card is really good at staying cool and performing well, but I was wanting to hear which one you all prefer. I play games such as Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) and do programming, virtualization, and will be working with CAD. Thx in advance, WeTuLo

Budget (including currency): Total PC build: $1000-1400 USD Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CAD, Oracle Virtual Box, VB & Java programming, Star Wars Battlefront II (2017), Civilization 4+ Other details (Refurbished) Intel(R) Core(TM) I5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20GHz, Installed RAM 12.0 GB, Win 10 OS Hi all, I am going into aerospace engineering, likely going to be doing CAD and I already have done some programming, and am needing to upgrade (seriously upgrade) my PC. I am also a gamer, who likes to play new-title, high-graphics, FPS and RTS PC games. I was wanting some advice as to what processor I should invest in? I am not partial to Intel or AMD. Also what motherboard and graphics card would be a good fit? Thanks in Advance, WeTuLo

Budget (including currency): 2000€ Country: Portugal Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CFD, CAD, FEM and occasional rendering (keyshot) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hi, we are a student group from Portugal looking to upgrade our current PC which has something like a gen4 i7 and 16GB of RAM. We can only buy products from this one store, so that limits us a bit. Either way, I've put together a list of parts and I wanted your opinion on possible incompatibilities or bottlenecks, as well as some help deciding between components. CPU - Seen some reviews showing better results than the Ryzen 5950X in CFD, CAD, etc despite the eight efficiency cores, so i think it is the right choice. We can't go to any Xeons or Epycs because the store doesn't sell the more reasonably price models. INTEL Core I9-12900K Motherboard - Chose it because of the support for DDR4, am I making the right choice by staying away from DDR5? Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WIFI D4 RAM - Going for DDR4, we have 3 options: 32GB at 3600MHz, or 64GB at 3200MHz (2x 32GB or 4x 16GB). Is the added memory and less latency more beneficial to our workloads? And if we go for the 64GB option, is there any disadvantage in going for the 2 stick 32GB each? That way we could upgrade to 128GB in the future. 1x RAM DDR4 CORSAIR Vengeance (4 x 8 GB - 3600 MHz - CL 18) 2x RAM DDR4 KINGSTON Fury Beast (1 x 32 GB - 3200 MHz - CL 16) 2x RAM DDR4 KINGSTON FURY Beast (2 x 16 GB - 3200 MHz - CL 16) SSD - From my limited research and knowledge, the Samsung has the benefit of having AES 256-bit encryption, is that something needed? Apart from that, the Kingston is at the same level and is cheaper. Was thinking of staying away from de WD because of thermals, is that a real issue? SSD Samsung 980 PRO 1TB SSD KINGSTON KC3000 1TB SSD WESTERN DIGITAL SN850 1TB AIO cooler - I heard it's difficult to keep the i9 under cool temperatures, is it worth going for the bigger, 3 fan radiator and mount it in the front? Or would the smaller one do the job fine? CORSAIR Hydro iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 120mm CORSAIR Hydro iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 120mm Power Supply - Is it worth saving a buck in this high end system going for a cheaper power supply like the Enclave? (Low power PS considering a not too powerful GPU) CORSAIR RM650 (ATX - 650 W - 80 Plus Gold) KOLINK Enclave (ATX - 650 W - 80 Plus Gold) GPU - Which one should we go for? STAR CCM+ (CFD software) now features a graphics acceleration feature that uses CUDA cores to do some of the computation, but it's something very recent so we don't really know what to do... Apart from CFD, is it worth having a good GPU for our other workloads? And which one to get, considering even a GTX 1660 costs around 400€ in Portugal?

Budget (including currency): 2300 € Country: Europe (Italy) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Most of the AutoDesk software ( mainly REVIT, CAD etc...), Program for Rendering ( like Luminosity ), and general gaming ( would like to play in 2k ) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Storage is no needed ( already have like 3 TB of ssd ), just need hardware for the pc ( no storage )

I have a set of drawings (top down, side elevation, rear elevation). I need to convert them into a 3D model, but I have no idea how. Is there way I could hand them over to software and have it make me a 3D model? It doesn’t have any holes in it, just a solid object. If you need any other details, let me know, I’ll see what I can do to aid my own rescue (deadlines are on the way). If you have any critiques of my CO2 powered dragster you can add that too if you so desire.)

I'm searching for the dimensions and hole positions of the NZXT H7 Flow panels (left, right, top and front) to apply a Vinyl Wrap Skin to the case. Do you know where I can find the drawings of the case panels? The manual of the case on the official site doesn't have detailed dimensions, and I wasn't able to find additional resources. https://www.datocms-assets.com/34299/1653378210-case_h7-flow_digital-manual-en_pdf_2203.pdf

Budget (including currency): 500€ (base workstation is free or very cheap) Country: Austria Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ALLPLAN, OBS, Zoom, Cinema 4D, Lumion Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Status: conceptional phase Monitors: for now 2 HD or WQHD but in future maybe 3-4 alternatively 1 4K monitor Peripherals: for now Mouse, Shuffle Board USB Controller, USB microphone, 1080p webcam in future: phantom powered large diaphragm microphone, hooing up some used DSLR for content creation In the next months i might have the opportunity to get my hands on an old DELL workstation free or very cheaply... We used it for professional work in the company I am working for but we got new beasts of workstations equipped with the best i9 series 12x and 16GB graphics cards so some old stuff hast to go... The why: I teach the software ALLPLAN to students at universities in german speaking countries (in person and online) and take part in third party financed research projects for the uni with the software. My current laptop (i7 4700mq and GTX 770M) used to handle most functions very well, never had performance issues up till now, but the GPU is not supported bythe software anymore (OpenGL version too old and no more driver updates) and some visual features dont work anymore (openings in walls not showing up, some 3D perspectives not working...) and it starts to impact the quality of my lessons. I also had the problem that the graphics card started freezing when I was attending a Zoom Meeting and sharing the CAD/BIM software. I got it to temporarily work again by setting throttle to 100% but thats no long time solution for me... I don't feel like buying a comparable up to date laptop right now for about 2000€ as there just was the first big leap in GPUs for quite some time (RTX30x and RTX40x) and with a laptop I am permanently stuck with whatever it comes with out of the box... and I see my work getting more mobile so I would prefer a ultrabook like the Surface Laptop Studio with something like a 3050 Ti (really any dedicated GPU should be enough in my experience) one or two years down the line My solution: Update 2xCPU workstation with a "cheapish" NVIDIA GPU and some RAM for CAD/BIM, 3D Modelling, Architectural Photo and Video Rendering and Live Streaming and Video Content Creation for Teaching and now and then some gaming in HD or WQHD Streaming in 4k when the districts fibreoptic cable is finished Case: To be honest i would even buy it for the nice case (DELL Precision T5600) its in... it has a steel carry handle on the front and the back and great accesibility with a removable side panel and lots of ventilation openings. Overall a lot of room to work with. I am responsible for basic IT support (software install and licenses and hardware related tasks, no server or network stuff) and I always prefered the older DELL cases to the new smaller Lenovo ones in nearly every aspect... Built out of suprisingly thick sheet metal and with lots of places for IO. CPU: Regarding CPU I am very open to your recommendations and suggestions. I know it can't match modern CPUs, even top end ones being suprisingly cheap compared to the crazy GPU prices, but for my usecase it might just work... Especially the cheap first option... Following are some ideas I have right now... 1/2 CPU Slot Intel Xeon CPU E-5 2620 0 2/2 CPU Slot empty Option 1) Because of my usecase I might actually benefit from filling the second CPU Slot. We have one Workstation with 2 matching CPUs and I notice the difference. You can get it used for around 10€ now - to be honest I am seconds away from just YOLO ordering that one XD Option 2) I am even thinking about getting the most powerfull CPU I can fit in the socket... It is an LGA2011 (Sandy Bridge) so an Ivy Bridge CPU is possible) I still have to find out if LGA2011-1 CPUs are the same as the LGA2011 I already know LGA2011-3 or LGA2011 v3 aren't compatible. I could get also one or two used Intel Xeon Processor E7 8893 V2 for about 100€ each from a professional IT supplier that cleans and tests them. Cooling: I will just by a matching Noctua Cooler or get a used cooler and add NEW ventilators to it before installing - for rendering jobs constant cooling is very important. I might also add some other ventilators from decommisioned workstations for taking air in and out of the workstation - as I have access to them... If I feel fancy, I might add some Noctua fans on the case itself and a fan controller. And some Noctua Thermal Paste or another non conductive Thermal Paste - not feeling like adding liquid metall as the motherboard is mounted vertically and I don't feel like taking this risk... Motherboard: unknown 2 CPU motherboard (likely OEM) with 2x4 RAM slots for DDR3 RAM RAM: at least one RAM slot is damaged (computer won't start if a RAM is installed, if you install more than one RAM the computer starts to throttle like a vacuum cleaner, so another one might have issues as well) currently equipped with 16GB of DDR3 RAM (slow one 1600MHz but we have faster ones in some Workstation and you don't notice the difference the software we use) we have many old DDR3 RAM Sticks laying around that I can also get just by asking so I just have to try around which slots still work and how much RAM i can put in at max... but i won't be needing any more than 16 to 32 GB for now I also have two old PCs standing around at home that have compatible RAM but were only equipped with ancient Intel i3 or i5... GPU some old AMD Firepro (not supported by the professional software I use) ONLY NVIDIA is recommended by the companies that produce the software I am using, so sadly AMD is not an Option at all I am not afraid of a used GPU, even one from a miner would be fine as it doesn't have to survive for years... But if I can't find a used one for a good price and from a trustworthy seller I might just buy a RTX 3060 Ti or RTX 3050 Ti... If I can't find anything matching my criteria I will just buy any GPU that runs the OpenGL specs I require... Because most of my usecases are CPU heavy rather than GPU - I tested the new 16GB CPUs my company bought - I had to try really hard to get them to 20% workload (mostly moving in the 3D environment at veery high resolution and frames per second - the software saddly doesn't really use the GPU for Rendering any of Camera Flights or pictures) Only real requirement is that it supports 3-4 monitors in HD or WGHD and some 4k streaming or video editing on a single monitor. SSD: some 512GB or 1TB SSD in sale or I keep the old one installed in the PC - after it is overwritten and deleted according to company policy... RAID or backup in general doesn't matter, as the important stuff is in the cloud and stuff that is personaly important to me is backed up to external drives manually but regularly Network: a 2x1Gbit Network Card is already installed doesn't have WIFI - will be added same for bluetooth SoundCard: thinking about adding an PCIe Soundcard https://www.thomann.de/at/esi_maya44_ex.htm may add one for using Large Diaphragm microphones (recording tutorials and streaming lessons) have one powered by USB, it has a nice sound quality but I have to stick close to it and talk a bit louder... I already tried phantom powered microphones at a friends place - even cheap record you much louder, more relaxing for me in the longterm PowerSupply: will uninstall and clean with compressed air and see if I have to get a more powerfull one... RGB: maybe some simple and cheap lighting just for fun XD the cooling openings would show light from inside the tower but nothing complicated USB: if i happen to stick with the device long term If i have fitting slots left i might add a USB3.0 or USB4.0 card for backing up projects (building models and Renderings and videos can get huge - no motivation to run a NAS or similiar server) Operating System: already comes with Win10 Pro maybe even Win11 Pro I will repost in this thread if I really start my project... Feel free to share your tips or opinions with me - I am very open to suggestions and criticism and happy to benefit from your experiences.

Budget (including currency): 1500USD Country: Norway Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Autodesk Fusion 360, Civilization VI, Stellaris, EVE Online (up to 4x multiboxing), maybe Flight Simulator IF I upgrade I think my now almost 9 year old CPU is due for a upgrade (I bought it in January 2012). I do a lot of Fusion 360 work for 3D printing and I think my CPU is showing its age when working on big complicated designs. For most games I play I still feel like it holds up with the PSU+GPU upgrade I did in 2015. Although I do need a new HDD. From what I've gathered CPU is used most in Fusion 360 so I'm considering the new Ryzen 5000 CPUs as I think I might upgrade to a Radeon 6000 series GPU at a later point and I'd like to have the Smart Access Memory option. Current setup: *Monitor: 2x BenQ 21,5" GL2250M @1080p *Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 Midi Tower Black *Case cooling: 1x Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 140mm, 2x Cooler Master Silencio FP 120mm *PSU: Seasonic Focus+ 850W 80+ GOLD PSU *GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming 8GB GDDR5 *HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 500GB SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 7200RPM, 3,5" *SSD: Corsair SSD Force Series 3, 120GB 2.5" SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA3.0), 550MB/510MB/s read/write, SandForce® SF-2281 MB: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, Socket-1155 CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K *CPU Cooler: 1x Noctua NH-U12S RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 4GB x4 (16GB total) * is what I plan to still keep. Here is what I am considering: MB: Gigabyte X570 AORUS Elite CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3600Mhz 2x16GB (32GB) HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 3.5'' HDD Misc: Noctua NM-AM4-UxS CPU Mounting Kit +Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm So what are people's thoughts? I know this setup is probably overkill for my gaming requirements, but for Fusion 360 I think the 12 cores will be very helpful. I did consider the 5800X, but I can afford the 5900X so I might as well go for that. If it lasts as long as my i7-2600K, it's a small investment over the years anyways. I'm planning on an extra fan for the Noctua NH-U12S, as I suspect the 5900X is hotter than my current CPU. Would I gain much more cooling by buying a NF-A12 fan instead? (or two?)

Budget (including currency): 250.000Ft-400.000Ft (Hungarian Forint) = 800USD-1300USD Country: Hungary Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016-2018, AutoCAD 2018 Other details Hi everyone! I'm looking for a build to replace my father's old workstation for a new one. Currently, his "fastest" workstation at his office has an i5-2400, 16GB of RAM and a Quadro FX 3800. Of course, with a WD Black HDD. It's struggling with 2D basic utility drawings which takes up about 5-15MB/file, so nothing heavy. When other things are running in the background, it's nearly useless. (I know, an SSD would be a big upgrade but AutoCAD is still lagging badly.) Currently, he's using 2 FHD monitors which won't be upgraded in the near future. Maybe after 5 years, 4K displays will be more consumer-friendly and affordable. Nothing 3D or very heavy task. He wants a future-proof computer, so he asked for his IT guy. He offered my dad a 3300USD workstation which is in my opinion, totally unnecessary. That one would have an i9-7920x, 64GB of RAM and a Quadro P4000. Now, he also sent me a link for an HP Z Tower G4 which is running on a Xeon-E-2274G, 32GB of RAM and a Quadro P2200. (+ 512GB PCIe SSD) I couldn't find price for that but with the same CPU, 16GB of RAM, half the storage and with integrated graphics, it costs between 1500-2000USD. This looks good but very expensive. I searched for an image what my father draws usually. Or something similar, maybe 2x bigger. (I will search for more similar drawings if needed or link one of his work if possible.) As I know, AutoCAD is not really a multithreaded application, so as I understand, the Single-thread performance on passmark is a very good point of the performance of that CPU. Now, I also made a list what I would buy which is this: Ryzen 3 3300X start with 16GB of RAM and upgrade that later if needed and a Quadro P2200. The other parts doesn't matter for now. (SSD, nice PSU, basic case, motherboard with 4 RAM slots, it doesn't need to be fancy, just a basic turnon-work-turnoff) As I checked the scores and comparisons, the Ryzen has a better single-core performance. I checked it on Passmark and on UserBenchmark. The Ryzen's TDP is half of the i9's. During these drawings, I don't think that the i9 would have a huge advantage at that price point. My father runs a single-employee business (him), so it would be good if the workstation was not really expensive. Thank you very much for any help or advice! Please, correct me if I'm wrong somewhere!

first off I'm moving from a Dell XPS 8700 Intel Core i7-4 790 12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz GeForce GTX 745 4GB DDR 3 1TB Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB 7200 rpm This machine has been awesome for me and a world better than my original alienware M11x R2...but i have recently started trying to play some newer games and the performance.. well its weak 1. Budget & Location 1300$US Texas 2. Aim I want to do some light cad work, smooth 4k video editing, and game at high settings(possibly streaming?) 3. Monitors Currently i have 2 1080p monitors and i would like to be able to upgrade later to 1 4K monitor. VR? I currently have these parts in mind but i don't know if they are the best for my application. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon Motherboard ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $143.99 @ Newegg Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $152.99 @ Amazon Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ B&H Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card $388.66 @ Amazon Power Supply EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $76.98 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1166.75 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-19 21:21 EDT-0400 I know.. there is no case i honestly have no idea what to get or have any preference. I also was intending on using the stock cooler, would this be enough? Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated as i have never built anything before and compatibility really worries me....

Hi, I'm trying to build a PC (preferably a mini ITX) for my 3D modeling and rendering, the PC would be mainly used for that purpose. My budget is around $1200 but would limit myself at $1500. I have not a lot of knowledge in the PC world but I need to get one since I have to use Solidworks. These are some parts I have found just exploring around and looking at different reviews etc. CPU: Intel i7 8700k GPU: Nvidia quadro p2000 Motherboard: Gibabyte z390 I Aorus pro wifi Mini ITX Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb (2 x 16) DDR4-3000 Storage: Western Digital blue 1TB m.2-2280 SSD Case: NZXT H1 (would include power supply and CPU cooler) According to PCPARTPICKER price is $1425 I have mainly based my choices from Javelin Tech Solidworks hardware recommendations (Here), would like any advice or parts or anything I can change to the parts list making sure that everything is comparable and will work together perfectly. Anything to keep the performance but lower cost would be amazing.