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4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

What CAD software, and what budget/Country? Are the monitors already large 4K monitor? How many PCs?

Autocad and revit

Budget 4000 per station

USA 

1080p

3 pc

2 minutes ago, Napoleon429 said:

 

What CAD software, and what budget/Country? Are the monitors already large 4K monitor? How many PCs?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Napoleon429 said:

Autocad and revit

Budget 4000

Not sure how many cores that software scales with, but you probably want a workstation GPU, unless the models get really complex, or you do a ton of actual rendering out, the WX 7100 should be fine.

Could also Get PCI-e 4.0 SSDs, likely not needed.

Also build a local NAS of some kind if you don't have one already.

The motherboard with built in 10 gigabit is $499, that one has 2.5
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/t8Kbtp

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 ACE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($184.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 8 GB Video Card  ($493.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA PQ 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1751.83


Threadripper ends up cheaper for a slower per core 12 core CPU, and the motherboard just has built in 10 gigabit with more PCI-e lanes if you end up wanting or needing more high speed SSDs.

But threadripper 3000 comes out in November and that might have new motherboard chipsets and designs specifically for 4.0 support, we just don't know yet. EPYC 3000 uses the same SR3 socket, so maybe just new chipsets and X399 MIGHT maybe possibly get updated for 4.0 support with the new CPUs.
 

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CPU: AMD Threadripper 1920X 3.5 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright SilverArrow TR4 130 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X399 Professional Gaming ATX TR4 Motherboard  ($359.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($184.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 8 GB Video Card  ($493.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA PQ 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1527.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Or buy 011 Dynamic cases just because they look nice.
 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Napoleon429 said:

Cool thanks you helped a lot

And obviously just build like one system first and do a bunch of testing on it to see where it might need to be improved.

Hard to find testing for workstation GPUs and sotware.

https://techgage.com/article/radeon-pro-vs-quadro-a-fresh-look-at-workstation-gpu-performance/

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-pro-wx-7100,4896-3.html

 

 

 

 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Holy crap, I wish my Revit workstation was a $4k setup. ?

 

Do not bother putting an expensive, powerful graphics card in there. As of 2019, Revit will not leverage the graphics card at all for rendering. I run an RX 460 2gb with dual monitors and it's more than sufficient. Spend less on the graphics card and more on the processor and motherboard. More cores/threads are good, Revit will use up to 32 threads for rendering. Most tasks are single-threaded though, so unless you're rendering all the time, buy something with powerful cores instead of a lot of them. 9900k is probably a good choice, or Ryzen 3000 series. Not sure how big of models you tend to work on are, but 16gb of ram has been sufficient even for large hospitals that I work on. That said, 32gb of memory isn't too much these days, so buy it.

 

If I were to put something together, this is probably what I'd go with:

 

-9900k

-Quality Z390 board

-32gb of reasonably fast memory, (although high MT/S not super-critical)

-1TB (assuming your local files are not massive) SATA SSD is fine, you won't see much difference with PCIe storage VS SATA

-Go with a basic Radeon Pro or Quadro, no need to spend huge here. Getting a validated GPU is a good choice in an office though

-Quality PSU

-Case with great air flow, and a good processor cooler.

 

 

For comparison, my setup at work is:

 

-4790k

-Asrock H97 MoBo

-16gb memory

-RX 460 2gb

-128gb SSD

 

No problems with it, our terrible server bottlenecks saves more than my computer.

AMD Ryzen 5900X

T-Force Vulcan Z 3200mhz 2x32GB

EVGA RTX 3060 Ti XC

MSI B450 Gaming Plus

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB

WD 5400RPM 2TB

EVGA G3 750W

Corsair Carbide 300R

Arctic Fans 140mm x4 120mm x 1

 

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2 hours ago, Napoleon429 said:

We work on buildings like car dealerships and what-not

32gb of ram cannot hurt. With such a high budget you could probably squeeze 64gb in since really there's no need to drop a lot on a graphics card, but 64gb is a huge amount for Revit. A Radeon WX5100 is probably your best bet for graphics, only because the large frame buffer would let you run plenty of displays if you want, and I think it's the lowest-end Radeon Pro that has full-height brackets. Plus, it's certified in Revit 2020.

 

EDIT: Scratch that, the WX3200 comes with a full-height bracket and is certified. It still has 4gb of VRAM too.

 

 

AMD Ryzen 5900X

T-Force Vulcan Z 3200mhz 2x32GB

EVGA RTX 3060 Ti XC

MSI B450 Gaming Plus

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB

WD 5400RPM 2TB

EVGA G3 750W

Corsair Carbide 300R

Arctic Fans 140mm x4 120mm x 1

 

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