Office Build Plan

[lehyuun]

Hello LTT forums! Me and my friend were having a discussion about what would be the ideal office workstation for engineers.  The purpose of the workstation is mainly for general office work purposes. Now the catch is, the workstation must be affordable. Can you give us any advice what would be the ideal build for high end and for the mid-range so that we could compare it. 

[Caennanu]

What kind of software / workloads will these engineers be using / doing?

[lehyuun]

5 minutes ago, Caennanu said:

What kind of software / workloads will these engineers be using / doing?

Microsoft productivity softwares and Auto CAD.

[Caennanu]

Right, so i had to pull up the system requirements for autocad to jog my memory. It seems i was correct in assuming that it is more of an memory application than anything else.

It recommends 16GB and a GPU that has a bandwidth of 106GB/s, which is basically any video card with a 128-bit bus on memory (with GDDR5+) or higher. And comes down to a 1050TI or higher (to be save).

 

So .  . i'd recommend just about any budget build out there that has a dedicated GPU, IGP such as the ryzen 2200, 2400, 3200 and 3400 won't cut it. And simply add the memory.

 

So something like this should be sufficient.

From here its fairly easy to add bells and whistles

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$139.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card	$189.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$758.77
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$718.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-02 06:08 EDT-0400

 

[Caennanu]

The cpu cooler is in there by 'mistake' used a previous template i had saved and didn't remove it.

Can simply use the stock cooler.

[lehyuun]

Thank you so much!

[Akira Shimazu]

1 hour ago, Caennanu said:

Right, so i had to pull up the system requirements for autocad to jog my memory. It seems i was correct in assuming that it is more of an memory application than anything else.

It recommends 16GB and a GPU that has a bandwidth of 106GB/s, which is basically any video card with a 128-bit bus on memory (with GDDR5+) or higher. And comes down to a 1050TI or higher (to be save).

 

So .  . i'd recommend just about any budget build out there that has a dedicated GPU, IGP such as the ryzen 2200, 2400, 3200 and 3400 won't cut it. And simply add the memory.

 

So something like this should be sufficient.

From here its fairly easy to add bells and whistles

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$74.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$139.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card	$189.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$758.77
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$718.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-02 06:08 EDT-0400

 

Autocad definitely smooth with this spec.