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Budget (including currency): unsure as of now but hopefully less than the current part list Country: US West cost. far from micro center =( Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: a heavy CAD workload with a lot of CAM, heavy and long blender renders, and other demanding games that eat resources 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): I want this to hopefully be a water-cooled build because it has to run in the same room as me while I sleep, the programs I use absolutely eat RAM and GPU mem and do need to run for long periods of time while remaining quiet if you want to know anything else let me know this is the build which is almost one for one of this build https://pcpartpicker.com/b/hC27YJ which in itself is based on the Ion by optimum tech and the tailwind from machines and more PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R9TRFs CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K 3.2 GHz 16-Core Processor ($405.98 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard ($258.89 @ Amazon) Memory: Crucial CT2K32G52C42U5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5200 CL42 Memory ($209.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Crucial MX500 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($219.00 @ Amazon) Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 10 GB Video Card ($849.99) Case: SSUPD Meshlicious (PCIe 4.0) Mini ITX Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair SF750 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply ($163.99 @ Newegg) Case Fan: Noctua A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan ($26.95 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Noctua A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan ($26.95 @ Amazon) Custom: PC Motherboard internal speaker by Corpco ($4.69 @ Amazon) Custom: Silverstone Tek 500mm Ultra Thin 6Gb/s Lateral 90-Degree SATA Cables with Custom Low-Profile Connectors (CP11B-500) ($18.19 @ Amazon) Custom: EKWB EK-PLUG G1/4" Acetal, Black, 10-pack ($21.99 @ Amazon) Custom: Alphacool Eiszapfen G1/4 Inline Temperature Sensor - Deep Black (17363) ($15.45 @ ModMyMods) Custom: Gorilla Tough & Clear Double Sided Mounting Tape Squares, 1 Inch Pre-Cut, Clear, (24 squares) ($6.14 @ Amazon) Custom: EKWB EK-Torque 90° Angled Fitting, Black, 4-Pack ($59.99 @ Amazon) Custom: MICRO CONNECTORS, Inc. 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Budget (including currency): 2500 USD Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AutoCad, Revit, Photoshop, Blender (sometimes sketchup + lumion (non ray tracing version)), also games Other details : I,m going to start my own architecture studio. I want the platform to be upgradable in the future. I'm not new to tech-related stuff, but this topic is making my head hurt and I need your opinion. Trying to minmax price and performance. I will probably use 2 monitors with this setup, that are not included in build. If you have a monitor that you can recommend please do. Also, going nvidia instead of radeon because of blender Proposed build: PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y97q34 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($410.59 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Loop 360 Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($358.96 @ MemoryC) Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($194.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: PNY XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB OC GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card ($1099.99 @ Amazon) Case: Jonsbo D40 ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.00 @ Amazon) Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Amazon) Total: $2506.50 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available As stated in the tile, build mainly for work and sometimes games. There are 2 things about this build that are bothering me, and its hard for me to find answears for them. Firstly, i want to be able to upgrade this pc in the future, so the question is what mobo should i choose. After doing some research, i basically found out that for my needs B650E chipset is enough, but i'm not confident if it will be a good choice for a future ryzen 9 9000 X(so in the build i chose more expensive option). Second thing is, if i get a subsidy for opening a new bussines i will be able to buy 7950x version, but i don't know if 4 cores justify 33% price increase. I'm moving from i7-7700k and i have to say that cpu is still doing well, but more complex models are starting to become troublesome. Thanks in advance.

(Repost) I am going off college beginning of august. I'm looking for windows laptops with at least a 30 series card, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. This laptop needs to have good battery life for when I am out and about using various CAD programs, capable of running video games at decent speeds (probably when plugged in), good cooling, and a relatively small size. I would preferably like to stay in the $1200-$1800 range with around $2000 being my absolute cap. I know that finding a laptop with all these requirements is a little tough and if sacrificing one of them is needed, then so be it. Thanks in advance for the help!

Hello everyone, I would like to get some input on a build for CAD use (Autodesk AutoCAD 2D and 3D workloads, Autodesk Inventor, mainly). I know that these programs depend mostly on single core performance. What would you pick between a 13700k and a 7700x, considering that the Intel costs 395 while the AMD is 265? I wouldn't go all the way to a i9 or R9 as I don't see much value in those chips for this kind of workload but I'm open to be proven wrong. For the motherboard I was looking at one of the options in the Asus CSM list, no particular needs, would be nice to have 2.5 or 10g ethernet. GPU wise it looks like the options available in this price range are RTX A4000 or RTX A4500 I am thinking about using a consumer GPU but I'm not sold on it. I would rather have something from the certified graphics hardware list https://www.autodesk.com/support/system-requirements/certified-graphics-hardware/inventor Budget (including currency): 2400 - 2600 EUR (excluding VAT) Country: Italy Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AutoCAD, Inventor Thank you for your input Here is an example build that I could go with NZXT H5 Flow (91 eur) do I need extra fans? Corsair RM850X (135 eur) ASUS Prime B650-Plus CSM (187 eur) AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (264 eur) Noctua NH-U12S (74 eur) Kingston 2x32GB 6000mt/s DDR5 CL36 with expo profile (237 eur) RTX A4000 (1024 eur) Samsung 990 Pro 1TB (95 eur) Logitech MX Keys (76 eur) Logitech MX Master 2S (59 eur) Logitech mousepad (29 eur) I'm sorry LTTSTORE Total 2271

I am going off college begging in august. I'm looking for windows laptops with at least a 30 series card, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. This laptop needs to have good battery life for when I am out and about using various CAD programs, capable of running video games at decent speeds (probably when plugged in), good cooling, and a relatively small size considering the rest of my desires for this machine. I would preferably like to stay in the $1200-$1800 range with around $2000 being my absolute cap. I know that finding a laptop with all these requirements is a little tough and if sacrificing one of them is needed then so be it. Thanks in advance for the help!

Budget (including currency): $1000+ us Country: usa Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: revit Other details Currently working at company that is using citrix workspace. They moved the switch to virtual machines before their move to Revit. it is a little slow when using Revit and would like to give them some options to maybe moving back to Single user single machine. Looking to build a revit machine that can handle huge models, not worried about rendering just the workflow. the budget for this project is $1000us but would also like to see what the best of the best would be also and if it would be worth the differance. 3 monitors 4k not needed to be in build price. Thank you

I'm gonna start my course in engineering in the near future, and i need a laptop for cad modeling and light gaming, and i got my eyes on the ASUS G15 RTX 3060, R9 5900HS, 16gb ram 8gb is soldered. Is it good for my use case or should I consider something else Also my budget is 1500 USD.

Budget: $2100, USA Use: basic college work and likely some simulation stuff idk I couldn't find much online but I am pretty sure as an engineering student I might run some CPU/GPU intensive stuff(correct me if I am wrong), gaming. I prob won't have a lot of time to game but I want the best experience possible when I have the time at least. 16GB RAM and hopefully a 1TB NVME. Is it worth going for 256GB and then buying your own 1TB NVME to save money or is it cheaper to choose the 1TB SSD already pre-installed(assuming that the laptop is upgradeable in that area)? IMPORTANT: must be a thin and light or at least as close as possible A high refresh rate would be nice nice screen(above 1080p) if possible at least 13.3 inch screen but I prefer 15-17 inch screen idc about RGB lights and stuff I like Razer but I heard that they aren't worth it, is is true? I need this computer by September of this year so if you know of any laptops that will be released later this year give me a heads up so I can check them out later on. This post is just to start a discussion so I have some ideas in my head as to what performance specs my computer should have. I know a bit about computers but I just want some expert opinions. Thank you

Hi I'm a 26y old Belgian BIM-engineer at a contractor and work with big pointclouds (car/metro tunnels). For reference: current project: 160+GB, 7+billion points with all scans combined. My collegue surveyor is using a Leica RTC360 scanner and uses Cyclone Register to process the data. I'm using Cyclone 3DR to make meshes of the clouds. Processing these files takes a lot of time, linking and working with these kind of clouds in Autocad/Revit is slow and laggy and trying to reduce the cloud to have less points is a RAM hungry process. Reducing pointclouds on my own workstation consumes all the recources so I can't realy do anything else than stare at my screen...for hours..and that's not so productive I guess... Our (me and surveyor) idea: convice our company to buy a powerhorse workstation ("supercomputer") that can be accessed remotely by him, me and maybe other departments aswell (e.g. graphical department that does rendering). I've found a nice article on this topic https://aecmag.com/workstations/workstations-for-point-cloud-processing-leica-cyclone/, based on that I've come up with the following specs. Budget: not important: best we can get but value/price in mind. Option 1: "ideal, part availability ignored" RAM G.skill Ripjaws V 128GB (4x32) DDR4-3600MHz CL18 The more RAM, the more CPU threads Cyclone will use. CPU R9 5950X (16C @ 4.9GHz boost) In the article they talk about i9-10900k having the best single core performance but they didn't include any of the AMD's R9 5000 series and instead compared it to threadrippers. Knowing that a lot of CAD software still utilises single or few cores but rendering uses many I was wondering what a good middleground would be. So I've went over some geekbench 5 scores: R9 5000X series, TR3000 (X/WX) series, lastest Epyc series VS 10th gen i9 and a handfull of Xeon W & E series. Surprisingly I found out my poor Xeon E5-1630v3 in my own workstation is worse than my i7-4790k in my personal desktop at home, which I wanted to replace by one of those non existing Ryzen 9 CPU's. Another conclusion: R5950X looks a good allrounder to me, having the highest single core performance and very decent multi-core scores. Storage 2TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD + a few TB 7200RPM HDD Seagate Barracuda Is it better to have a PCIe SSD aswell or maybe a 2nd M.2 to split write and read tasks on 2 drives and thus benefit from their full write/read bandwith (I've read that somewhere)? GPU Nvidia Quadro RTX4000 8GB or higher? Processing pointclouds isn't really GPU heavy, nor is CAD 3D modelling but my collegues that do rendering might like a decent card...? Since the workstation would be multi-purpose I would go with as high as my company is willing to pay for this. My own workstation has a Quadro K4200 which is not a bottleneck for pointcloud processes. MB ASRock X570 CREATOR ATX 10Gbit/s network would be realy nice to transfer large pointclouds from/to the server. Process files locally first and once done copy to the server. Is it better value if you buy a MB with a 10Gbit port or one without and add one via a PCIe card? CPU-Cooler Noctua NH-U12A PSU Seasonic PRIME TX 1000W 80+ Titanium Overkill or headroom, whatever you prefer. Case Fractal Design Define R5 Are there still simplistic designs with preferably good airflow and without tempered glass these days? Or maybe a rack mounted case if the workstation would be located in the server room? Any good options here? On the sharing-is-caring subject: would this kind of central workstation be powered on permanently or do I need special hardware to power this system on remotely (a motherbord with an SOC on it?)? Any improvements/ideas? Option 2: "best we can get right now" <insert some intel build here I guess> Any ideas? Thank you for reading all this, I tried to keep it short but I failed. Thanks in advance for the help!

I have a Lenovo legion T530 prebuilt with a rtx 2060 6gb, i7-9700 and 2*8 GB ram (green ram nothing like off the shelf stuff.) What if I wanted to replace the 2060 with an rtx 3090. What would need to be done to make it work? (Assuming the card fits in the case.)

My main rig is used mainly for photography work and some CAD work (I'm an engineer but mostly use this for personal stuff), I DO NOT use it for gaming (haters gonna hate). I built my PC a couple of years back and the spec isn't top end, but it was good at the time and was one of the best for single thread processing (as that was where photoshop got the most benefit). - i7 7700K OC to ~5gHz Watercooled AiO (may get upgraded later) - Asus RoG Maximus IX Code Motherboard - 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000MHz CL15 - 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVME 4 - 3TBx2 Raid Drives + another 16TB on TrueNAS server (just built :-p) - Gigabyte GTX1070 windforce OCii 8GB DDR5 Driving 2x 27" Benq 4k Monitors I would like to transfer that Graphics card to another system and get something better suited to what I use this one for, my Camera is a Canon 5DS with 50Mp sensor so pretty big files, especially when you're stacking images. Some of my CAD workalthough mostly hobby stuff can get pretty big and complex, though I don't do a lot of "photo realistic" rendering i certainly do work in 3D almost entirely. So working to a budget of £400 (about $550?) what is going to be my best banng for buck performance? 1. Keep the GTX1070 because in that budget, not much else will give more performace and get something budget friendly for my other rig (which is going to be used mostly for streaming and some video decoding)? 2. Get a Quadro K5000 and a Tesla K80 or something similar for the VRAM? (about £300-400 total possible) 3. Get a slightly higher end GPU (NVidia or AMD?) than the GTX1070, but will it give me much more performance? 4. Stretch the budget a little to get???????? Help, advice, comments welcome Steve

A certain marble loving YouTuber, who likes to use magnets to complicate things and weld everything together, has asked me to help him choose a new modeling PC. Budget (including currency): No real budget, but I prefer to keep my kidney(s) Country: France Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fusion360, Solidworks (rendering and modeling), maybe editing videos. 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): - You can view the complete list of current parts here, the prices are a rough estimate and can be ignored mostly. - No previous parts to use - Must be Windows since Solidworks is Windows-only - Later two monitors will be added, probably 1440p 60hz - As silent as possible, within the abilities. Watercooling is not an options since this PC wil not be maintained by me or the person who it's for. The build listed below started from following the Puget Systems recommended systems for Solidworks. There I found that AMD Threadripper would be best for rendering because of the massive amount of cores, even though most pre-builds I found online are built with Intel. For RAM I read somewhere that it's best to use as many of the slots as possible, hence the 8GB sticks. For the case I went with a big boi Corsair Crystal 680X to maximize airflow, but I'm looking into a smaller mid-tower or rack solution if it's needed, this is something I'll have to check. Sound and airflow would still be most important. The biggest help I would need is with choosing a decent GPU for this kind of work. Currently a Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 is chosen, but not for a particular reason. Let me know if you need verification that this is indeed for Winter-, oops, I mean, marble loving YouTuber©. Thank you so much in advance! With love from Belgium, Sebastiaan Jansen

Two points; we all know that the 3U rack size is the least liked by many server enthusiasts and manufacturers, and even hated by some for its odd size; many large servers use axial fans in 80, 92, and 120mm sizes, but very few beyond the 1U format will have squirrel-cage/blower fans for full system cooling. Even in the rare case which such fans are used, the air is always drawn in from the front of the chassis for obvious reasons. I have a random idea to design a chassis in 3U form factor that dedicates all of it's front-panel space to a pair of 8" HD (old HD, not 1080) screens for system telemetry, maintenance, and casually observing running workloads... but how to cool it? Through the top, of course! (my rack has an open 3U space in the top, so this works perfectly) But I couldn't just pick an axial fan to mount on the top and blindly believe it would work, no, I needed a more strategic approach to the issue-- so I looked at datasheets from the few manufacturers known to make high-speed fans, and found something perfectly fitting as well as energy efficient from San-Ace under their C133 line, model 9TJ48P0H01. To those of you wondering why I'd do such an odd configuration and with powerful centrifugal fans, the simple answer is; I was bored. (and I have a mad obsession with fans!) Because the fans I intend to use are proprietary in shape, the only way to mount them and effectively direct the airflow in a full-scale server chassis is to design a custom base and shroud to affix the fans and the inlet nozzle uniformly to the target chassis. I ran the numbers several times, and while at first I didn't think it would all fit, I made it work just barely staying within mechanical tolerances. Needless to say this is going to be ludicrously dense. Overall dimensions are 420mm wide, 140mm deep, and 107mm total height. Each fan (133mm wheel diameter) is separated at the midpoint by 140mm, leaving effectively 2mm of running space between each wheel and the walls of the shroud. Vertically it has about 5mm from the base plate to the bottom of the wheel, and some odd 12-13mm from underneath the cover plate to the top of the wheel. Am I concerned about the fan wheel rubbing against the side walls? Well first off that's what the screw holes on the base plate are for since that's how the fan is expected to be mounted, and second, as Linus would say; YOLO! Also a little side comment here; the numbers weren't quite what I expected, so I plan to split my 3U design idea internally; the system itself will live on a 2U upper-deck area (the effective cooling path for this fan model only covers 2U vertical area) inline with the custom fan assembly, while the power supply and other components will be in the bottom 1U of the chassis' usable space, making it possible to create a monster of a system! Here are renderings of the semi-final assembly I've made so far:

Hey there! I'm a student and currently looking for a laptop to replace my current HP one. I have a budget of around 1.2k USD (flexible) and I intend to do CAD work on fusion 360 and other softwares. I currently have a HP Elitebook 820 g3 with a i5-6200U so I need something more powerful. What do you guys suggest I get? Also, is the increase in silicon prices affecting laptop prices, if so, should I buy now or later once they get cheaper?

First of all, hello everyone. It's great to write here on LTT Forum. Budget (1400€): Country: Italy Used for:I will use the PC for 3D graphics and rendering, BIM and CAD / CAM, software use like Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Revit, Blender Other details: Part list: 12700k MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WIFI DDR4 (a bit expensive but I would like to overclock in the future) Seasonic FOCUS GX-850 Gold Kingston FURY Beast RGB 32GB 3600 DDR4 (CL18) Crucial P5 Plus PCIe 4.0 1TB ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB (it seems that it is more reliable than competition) MetallicGear Neo Qube ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB (3x120mm) X2 (1 kit for side and 1 for bottom) I have a Q6600 since 2007 with 8GB RAM, refreshed in 2015 with an SSD and a GTX 750 Ti, I will buy the components from Amazon that guarantees me to avoid customs and extra VAT, I am not particularly interested in gaming (although I love video games) The reason why there is no GPU in the list is that at the moment I can't / want to spend money on the shortage of GPU in the market. I think it is better to bet on a fast CPU and temporarily use the 750ti (please do not laugh ). In the future, maybe find a powerful average RTX to switch to the GPU rendering. Do you think it's the case to change the mobo as suggested by Igor'Lab and add the washers to avoid bending the CPU? I am open to any advice or suggestion. thank you all for your attention

Budget (including currency): $700-1000 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CADlink Signlab, office work, and maybe other light 3D work in future So I need something for the business I work for. Our current pc we use to design vinyl prints and sign structures is pretty slow and does not handle the workload well. I have been tasked with buying and building the pc because I'm the only one who know how, however I'm not really sure what to use as i usually build gaming pcs and not workstations. like what kind of motherboard should use for intel or amd and how much ram should I get (i'm thinking 32GB) This is what I'm looking at using https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XcfM8r

Hi I am looking around for a new laptop. My previous laptop ROG Zephyrus has had its Motherboard fried and i am in the market for a brand new one. I am looking for some recommendations on what i should purchase. I am not interested in MAC I will need this laptop for CAD, Spreadsheet work, Office 365 Applications, 3D Modeling. My Budget is big. I am going to write it off as tax anyway. Is there a better laptop on the market right now for my needs or should i just re-purchase a ROG Zephyrus.

Hey there! I'm a student and currently looking for a laptop to replace my current HP one. I have a budget of around 1.2k USD (flexible), and I intend to do CAD work on fusion 360. I would also be doing some light photoshop and lightroom stuff. I currently have a HP Elitebook 820 g3 with a i5-6200U so I need something more powerful. What do you guys suggest I get? Also, has increased silicon prices affected laptop pricing, if so, should I buy now or later once they are cheaper? Thanks!

Budget (including currency): Total: $1600, Remaining: $1050 (USD) Country: USA (Arizona) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games: Rainbow 6, Modern Warfare, Overwatch, Detroit:BH, Minecraft. Workload: Photoshop, Premiere, SolidWorks, CURA, AutoDesk Hey, so I'm a first time PC builder, I was always a laptop guy before this and I just used my work systems for my CAD programs. I've already got a pair of 1080p 60Hz monitors. Looking to upgrade them as well as grab a keyboard and mouse, but I'm leaving those out of the budget. (Total budget is closer to $2k, saving last chunk for peripherals, flexible cost anyway). I need the PC to run the above-listed CADs, and I'd love to get the best performance I can out of the above games. Not concerned too much about RGB or flashy aesthetics, but won't say no. Despite the shortage, I got my hands on an RTX 3060 for just $550. That's why the remaining budget is at $1050. Here is my preliminary list of parts my research has led to. I'd love critiques, comments, or suggestions. Thanks y'all. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NTv2Jf CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor - $278.99 MOBO: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard - $124.99 Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory - $84.99 Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive - $99.99 GPU: MSI RTX 3060 VENTUS 3x OC 12GB GDDR6 - $550 Already Purchased and received PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - $79.98 Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case - $89.99

What would you guys recommend for a GPU or GPU's in a sever. Planning on running 3-5 SolidWorks applications through virtualization as well as a few other VM's and have the server as a file server. We have good luck in our workstations with Quadro p1000 but that's for our more high end work.

Before i start with a question this i will give you some reference, i work in a office where we primarily use Inventor and AutoCad for all sorts of need for the plant and we all have a 3D mouse just a basic one like this one. This has caught my attention and i talked to all of my coworkers about the usage of this mouse, currently i am the ONLY one in the office that use it, finds it useful and that it actually speeds up my 3D work. If you are working in this 3D environment do you use it or consider it as a hindrance or maybe an expensive paper weight?

Hi, im thinking of making a small gamepad, would this design work well? (im gonna add a simple base attached with M3 bolts but i havnt modeled it yet)

Budget (including currency): ~$500 CAD Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Various 3D CAD applications and video editing (a bit of KSP after work :P) Other details : - Existing parts to bring over: Quadro P4000, My old TV - Upgrading from i7 2600k with 16G RAM Final Build: Ryzen 5 3600x 16G DDR4 @3600mhz Quadro P4000 1tb PCIe4 NVME WB Black I figured that a few of you might enjoy this build I am quite happy with how it turned out and am writing this post from it right now. I own a company (TimberWolf Cycles) which makes custom high performance bicycles out of wood and so I have more tools for working with wood at my disposal which is why this case ended up being built this way. The purpose of the machine is general CAD work as well as some video editing which I plan to do more of for the business as time goes on. I generally leave my workstation on a desk at my shop but fairly frequently take it home, or (when not limited by COVID) would use it to show prospective clients the design of their custom bike. A laptop able to work hard enough for me would be quite expensive and I don't really need that level of portability. I also own a 2012 MacBook pro which is fine for word processing and emails or meetings when CAD work is not involved so I am not in need of a laptop. A desktop however has too many bits to carry when going place to place which led me to the idea of the "LAN Party Rigs" of my youth . The original "THE RIG" was just a regular ATX Case with a handle bolted on the top and a screen bolted to the side with a bent steel cover slipped over the screen when left in the shop. The was great! because I could just grab the handle and toss the machine in the car on the way somewhere. Problem is, it was HEAVY! Like 4 2010-era enterprise grade hard disks and a 750W PSU heavy plus the steel case, the screen, the surge protector I crammed inside, yada yada. It was also getting old and while the I7 2600k still packs a pretty good punch for these workloads, NVME was out of the question and PCIE 2 was a bit of a bottleneck for the Quadro P4000 I had acquired the year before to replace my aging (not well) Quadro 4000. I debated just refiling the case with new components but to really maximize the benefits of the upgrade, decided to give it some flair! I decided to build THE RIG MKII the other way around essentially. Rather than mount the screen to the case, I would mount the case to the screen. This let me shrink the case, and use a bigger screen in the form of my modest Samsung 30" TV that I didn't need and is bright and has a nice wide viewing angle which will be helpful for showing things to customers. I had to modify the TV Stand to tilt the TV up a bit so it would be comfortable to view from a desk, and also move the centre of the support back to keep it under the centre of mass of the combined unit. The case itself would have to stay thin for this to work out well so I chose an unconventional but very practical component arrangement that resulted in a 1U thick case. I didn't want the machine to be loud so commercial 1U PSUs were out. I ended up dismantling a PSU and placing the fan adjacent to the circuit board to draw air out of the case and over the heat sinks. I left space for an ATX board beside that but I would argue there would be very little reason to ever put a full ATX board in this thing and there would be no way to use the extra PCIe slots anyway. As it is, I use the X16 slot and one X4 slot for my WIFI card (I know you can get boards with WIFI obviously but this one came up for sale and the guy tossed in a WIFI card which actually is essentially a riser for m.2 letting me put in a wireless AX later if I like. Both slots are obviously connected via riser cables. The GPU which is really the heart of this machine is turned on its side overtop of the expansion part of the board with the fan facing the back of the case. This lets it draw its own fresh air and gives it its own exhaust. It can run full bore in this crazy tight case without warming up the case much at all. A sweet 1U CPU cooler with heat pipes keeps the profile low and also draws in fresh air directly but exhausts into the case. The PSU fan (which sucks air out of the case) is sized for a higher flow rate so even at max CPU fan speed the case is below ambient pressure. There are two small intakes near the VRMs that draw in make up air and keep those cool. All said and done, the GPU idles at 35C in a 21C room and the the CPU at 39C and each peak at 79C when fully loaded so I am very happy with the airflow design. The goal was never overclocking and the temperatures are very reasonable. The other motherboard temperatures including the PCIE4 NVME drive sit very steady at 40C to 45C no matter the load. The consistency of this temperature is optimal for NVME drive life. But what about shielding in a wooden case?! Most of you wouldn't likely care but I figured since I had unboxed the PSU (removed its shielding) and am building a nice stable workstation, I should shield both the PSU area of the case and the MB area. I did this with a combination of stainless wire mesh on the intakes, a fan grill on the main exhaust, and a lot of copper foil tape with conductive adhesive. I also used a more open mesh between the PSU and the MB to ensure that dust was less likely to collect inside and more likely to collect on the intake screens where I can vacuum it (remember I build wooden bikes so there is lots of dust at times!). The case is made of poplar core plywood with mahogany veneer and closed with MANY tiny brass screws which electrically connect the shielding. Inside the PSU area I did the other 120VAC connections including the leads to power the TV and a standard household socket on the side for my second monitor at the office, or a laptop charger or whatever. On the top of the case, I put the on-button (a button that used to be the engine start button in my old car made from a defrost button painted red) and the totally unnecessary RGB button from the PSU. Also on top of the case I put two front panel USB3 ports for thumb drives and a marine panel mount quickcharge 3.0 module wired into the 12V from the PSU. The Molex connector to power that was harvested from the ancient 128mb hard drive that I found had escaped many a tech purge . A very rare external port to add is found on the bottom which is a SATA3 data and power connector that I use with a cable I made up to connect a standard internal type optical drive if I want to burn a DVD for the old folks in my life etc. If you have any questions or want to build something like this yourself, jump in on this thread and I would love to chat (yes I also use an Orbweaver Chroma for CAD shortcuts... Sacrilege!) Tossed in a pic of the latest bike in progress for the the curious among you

I do CAD work in Fusion 360 on a GT 730 4gb. It doesn't work the greatest and I was going to upgrade it to a GTX1050 ti now that GPU prices are lowering. Would I be able to run them together to get a total of 8gb of VRam?

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).