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I am looking for an Engineering PC in the $1500 US range.  I want it to be able to handle most of the things that I throw at it in AutoCAD and Solidworks.  I know that with such a comparatively small budget it won't be able to do everything as a lot of good engineering workstations cost minimum another $500 and go way more expensive.  I would also like to do a little gaming but I don't think that I will need a top of the line graphics card because my current monitor is only 1080p.  I also want this to be a fairly future proof/upgrade-able system as I am in college and it would be nice to have a good investment.  I have all of the peripherals already so don't include those.  I am upgrading cause currently I am on a laptop that has Intel graphics and an i7 7y75 (honestly it isn't horrible on Solidworks as it prefers single core high clock speeds).  I have a basic system that I am thinking of that would be good but want opinions on and I know this is stupid but I am a huge fan of the case it is in so I would like that to stay the same and an NVME drive is needed.  Thanks so much guys!

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/M7hcGc

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($397.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100x 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair Crystal 280X MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($99.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1385.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-14 13:04 EST-0500

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