Posted May 23, 2019 I'm an engineering student and my current laptop can't really run any of the even basic models in NX and Solidworks. I will be doing nodal analysis in the future along with more complex assemblies and parts so I'm planning on building a new computer. I'm hoping this would last me a very long time; something I can use when I'm well versed as a full time engineer. Originally I was going to pick up a new laptop with an eGPU, but it turned out to be way too pricey so I'd rather just build a new PC and do work from home. My budget for the build is no more than $2000 CAD, I currently run everything on 1080p, however I do plan on picking up an affordable 4k monitor down the line. So far, the heart of my system will be an i7 9700k with 16 or 32gb of RAM. Also to note, I do play some games, including LoL, CSGO, Fortnite, OW, Apex, basically anything mainstream and big in the esports scene. However, gaming performance is not a concern for me since I'll be playing all of those at 1080p anyway, and I know whichever card I pick, I'll get over 60fps (I don't mind tuning down the settings). I also do work in photoshop and lightroom (hence why I plan on picking up a 4k monitor) and the occasionally work in premiere (just for fun, nothing professional). The title only includes the RTX 2060 and RX 580, but I'm also open to any other potential cards. I was looking into quadros, but being I do plan on playing some games, I don't think that would be the best choice. From what I've seen, the RX 580 seems to be the best option and also the cheapest. While price isn't really a concern, I'd like to spend less than $500 CAD on the GPU. I don't think getting an RTX 2070 for example would be much benefit to me. Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 2000 cad for the tower? or anything else included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 Author Just now, LukeSavenije said: 2000 cad for the tower? or anything else included? just the tower but I really don't want to spend that much if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 Author For reference, PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $507.75 @ Vuugo CPU Cooler Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler $99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Motherboard Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $229.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $196.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $104.00 @ Newegg Canada Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $469.99 @ Memory Express Case Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case $108.50 @ Vuugo Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $121.99 @ PC-Canada Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1839.16 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-23 12:47 EDT-0400 I put this together quickly. Then I realized the RTX 2060 might not be the best card. Great gaming card but I wont need that much performance for the games play. Some SPECviewperf benchmarks I saw, the RX 580/590 destroyed most of the GTX and RTX cards, and it's cheaper, so now I'm conflicted. I just want a final answer since I'm not sure if VP benchmarks are even what I should be looking at for my use case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 25 minutes ago, Beovy said: I'm hoping this would last me a very long time; something I can use when I'm well versed as a full time engineer. I would go with the RTX 2060, not to "futureproof", but simply because CUDA will probably be more beneficial to you in the long run. Several friends of mine that are still in University engineering programs use CUDA-friendly software often. CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X Cooler: Corsair H100i Platinum SE Mobo: Asus B550-A GPU: EVGA RTX 2070 XC RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200MHz 16CL 4x8GB (DDR4) SSD0: Crucial MX300 525GB SSD1: Samsung QVO 1TB PSU: NZXT C650 Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Monitor: Asus VG259QM (240Hz) I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button. Unraid Server CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Node 304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Beovy said: For reference, PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $507.75 @ Vuugo CPU Cooler Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler $99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Motherboard Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $229.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $196.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $104.00 @ Newegg Canada Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $469.99 @ Memory Express Case Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case $108.50 @ Vuugo Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $121.99 @ PC-Canada Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1839.16 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-23 12:47 EDT-0400 I put this together quickly. Then I realized the RTX 2060 might not be the best card. Great gaming card but I wont need that much performance for the games play. Some SPECviewperf benchmarks I saw, the RX 580/590 destroyed most of the GTX and RTX cards, and it's cheaper, so now I'm conflicted. How about vega 56? Performs a tiny bit off the 2060 in games, but absolutely demolishes the rx 580/590 and 2060 in a lot of workstation stuff. And you get 8gb vram unlike on the 2060. It's the best of both worlds and it's cheaper than the 2060 too. And you get HBCC in case you run out of vram. It's the perfect workstation card. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $507.75 @ Vuugo CPU Cooler Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler $99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Motherboard Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $229.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $196.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $104.00 @ Newegg Canada Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card $425.04 @ Amazon Canada Case Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case $108.50 @ Vuugo Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.99 @ Newegg Canada Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1792.21 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-23 12:55 EDT-0400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, Beovy said: The title only includes the RTX 2060 and RX 580, but I'm also open to any other potential cards. I was looking into quadros, but being I do plan on playing some games, I don't think that would be the best choice. These should give you an idea what to expect, it seems the RX 580 for your desired workload is the best pick between the two. - Personal Desktop": CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot: SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro. Luna, the temporary Desktop: CPU: AMD R9 7950XT |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Beovy said: just the tower but I really don't want to spend that much if possible PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $295.45 @ Amazon Canada Motherboard MSI - B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.99 @ Memory Express Memory Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $96.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Patriot - Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $64.99 @ Amazon Canada Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card $425.04 @ Amazon Canada Case Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $44.99 @ Memory Express Power Supply BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $89.90 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1127.35 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-23 13:07 EDT-0400 well... i can do better than some of that overpriced stuff in yours... focus has ripple issues too on some cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 Author 50 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said: How about vega 56? Performs a tiny bit off the 2060 in games, but absolutely demolishes the rx 580/590 and 2060 in a lot of workstation stuff. And you get 8gb vram unlike on the 2060. It's the best of both worlds and it's cheaper than the 2060 too. And you get HBCC in case you run out of vram. It's the perfect workstation card. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $507.75 @ Vuugo CPU Cooler Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler $99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Motherboard Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $229.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $196.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $104.00 @ Newegg Canada Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card $425.04 @ Amazon Canada Case Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case $108.50 @ Vuugo Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.99 @ Newegg Canada Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1792.21 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-23 12:55 EDT-0400 38 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $295.45 @ Amazon Canada Motherboard MSI - B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.99 @ Memory Express Memory Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $96.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Patriot - Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $64.99 @ Amazon Canada Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card $425.04 @ Amazon Canada Case Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $44.99 @ Memory Express Power Supply BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $89.90 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1127.35 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-23 13:07 EDT-0400 well... i can do better than some of that overpriced stuff in yours... focus has ripple issues too on some cards What about a GTX 1070? There's one on newegg right now for ~$450 https://www.newegg.ca/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-gv-n1070wf3-8gd/p/N82E16814932146?Description=gtx 1070&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-932-146-_-Product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Beovy said: What about a GTX 1070? There's one on newegg right now for ~$450 https://www.newegg.ca/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-gv-n1070wf3-8gd/p/N82E16814932146?Description=gtx 1070&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-932-146-_-Product 1070 is worse performing than the vega 56 is. Vega 56 is closing in on the 1070ti, if not on par. And vega demolishes the Pascal cards in Vulkan titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Beovy said: What about a GTX 1070? There's one on newegg right now for ~$450 https://www.newegg.ca/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-gv-n1070wf3-8gd/p/N82E16814932146?Description=gtx 1070&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-932-146-_-Product that's way too much for a 1070, I've seen them in evga's sale for 220 with less warranty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, Beovy said: What about a GTX 1070? There's one on newegg right now for ~$450 Sees RX 590 destroying a GTX 1080 Ti on the tasks you will use. Decides to buy a GTX 1070 for whooping 450 Dollars.... Spoiler Personal Desktop": CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot: SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro. Luna, the temporary Desktop: CPU: AMD R9 7950XT |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 Author 5 minutes ago, Princess Luna said: Sees RX 590 destroying a GTX 1080 Ti on the tasks you will use. Decides to buy a GTX 1070 for whooping 450 Dollars.... Reveal hidden contents 10 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said: that's way too much for a 1070, I've seen them in evga's sale for 220 with less warranty Fair..lol Should I also wait for Zen 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Beovy said: Should I also wait for Zen 2? Highly advised if you can, we will probably find out the release date next week. Personal Desktop": CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot: SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro. Luna, the temporary Desktop: CPU: AMD R9 7950XT |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Princess Luna said: Highly advised if you can, we will probably find out the release date next week. or tease us hard as hell again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 41 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said: or tease us hard as hell again if they did, then literally everyone would murder them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 1 hour ago, GoldenLag said: if they did, then literally everyone would murder them WaIt FoR E3 Spoiler /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said: WaIt FoR E3 Reveal hidden contents /s if its more than 2,5 week after the end of computex im reeeing AMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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