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AUTOCAD 2D workstation

LeafCanada
By LeafCanada
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Budget (including currency): 

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Autocad 2D

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'm building a workstation for a landscape architect. Can anyone provide any insight into what components are important and features to look for?

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You’re providing next to no information.

 

What’s the budget? What is their current system? Are they a professional or a hobbyist?

 

What’s “Autocad 2D”? Are you referring to AutoCAD LT? 

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Just a normal "good CPU + enough memory and storage + not bad graphics card" is enough. what you should get still depends on budget and project complexity however.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

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Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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never heard of Autocad 2D but I would assume that you don't need a fancy gpu as its just 2D work and not 3D.

 

so any modern cpu (newer than i5 9th gen or i7 7th gen for intel option) or (newer than r5 3rd gen or r7 2nd gen for amd option)\

at least 16gb 3000mhz

at least a 1660 super

at least 400W power supply

hopefully you can afford at least 500gb ssd (m.2)

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