$1500 Workstation/Gaming PC

[QuantumBit]

Budget (including currency): $1500 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CAD (Modeling/Rendering), gaming

Other details: Monitor has to be within the $1500.

 

Hello!

I haven't really been paying attention to PC parts since around 4 years ago, so I am completely lost as to where different CPUs and GPUs stand for certain tasks (any knowledge helps)

My friend needs a workstation PC (AutoCAD/Modeling/Rendering), but he'll be doing some gaming on it as well, so it does need to be multipurpose in that sense. His budget is $1500 including the monitor (he has the other peripherals). He does not care about size or flashy-ness (the less LEDs the better)
 

[Michael2]

made up this build, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8pjQVw didnt include a gpu since prices vary between regions

[da na]

9 minutes ago, Michael2 said:

made up this build, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ didnt include a gpu since prices vary between regions

It's empty, is this just an issue for me?

[Michael2]

2 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

It's empty, is this just an issue for me?

fixed it

[brob]

Stock cooler is fine.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700F 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($312.97 @ Walmart) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($58.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($459.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: LG 27QN600-B 27.0" 2560x1440 75 Hz Monitor  ($229.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1475.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-25 20:23 EST-0500

[4PcBuilder]

You should go with this: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Pcbuild12123/saved/#view=9Hgt3C, it is a bit over your budget but you can shave a bit off the case and go with o11 air mini or 4000x as well as an air cooler but this is a solid 1500 build tho and also the dominator Corsair ram in there is a placeholder since I could not find the ram on pcpartpicler so here is the ram: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-5200MHz-Desktop-KF552C40BBK2-32/dp/B09KCM59ZK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2PIBK82DP8ZFL&keywords=kingston%2Bddr5%2B16gb&qid=1645840441&sprefix=kingston%2Bddr5%2B%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1&th=1&psc=1 some people say Ddr5 is overkill but I just like future proofing. And 2 last things if you don’t need over clocking on the cpu or don’t need that much performance you can shave a full 100 off the cpu by goin with a 12400f which you can use to upgrade motherboard or even get nicer ram which you really don’t need. Get the gpu fast those go out of stock quickly

[QuantumBit]

23 hours ago, brob said:

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22 hours ago, 4PcBuilder said:

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23 hours ago, Michael2 said:

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Thank you guys!

 

I thought Ryzen was better for multipurpose, especially since it's going to be render/modeling type stuff. Did this change?

[Michael2]

16 minutes ago, QuantumBit said:

 

 

Thank you guys!

 

I thought Ryzen was better for multipurpose, especially since it's going to be render/modeling type stuff. Did this change?

Before intel 8th gen AMD had more cores and threads on comparable products but this isn't the case anymore

[brob]

3 hours ago, QuantumBit said:

 

 

Thank you guys!

 

I thought Ryzen was better for multipurpose, especially since it's going to be render/modeling type stuff. Did this change?

 

Yes. As a general statement Alder Lake (Intel 12th gen) cpu have similar core counts with higher IPC.  AutoCAD tends to have better performance on higher IPC cores.

 

Either platform will do a good job. 

[MrP6k]

https://www.antonline.com/Evga/Computers/Video_Cards/Graphic_Cards/1444450
consider this bundle + a 12400f system

[4PcBuilder]

On 2/25/2022 at 7:57 PM, 4PcBuilder said:

You should go with this: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Pcbuild12123/saved/#view=9Hgt3C, it is a bit over your budget but you can shave a bit off the case and go with o11 air mini or 4000x as well as an air cooler but this is a solid 1500 build tho and also the dominator Corsair ram in there is a placeholder since I could not find the ram on pcpartpicler so here is the ram: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-5200MHz-Desktop-KF552C40BBK2-32/dp/B09KCM59ZK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2PIBK82DP8ZFL&keywords=kingston%2Bddr5%2B16gb&qid=1645840441&sprefix=kingston%2Bddr5%2B%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1&th=1&psc=1 some people say Ddr5 is overkill but I just like future proofing. And 2 last things if you don’t need over clocking on the cpu or don’t need that much performance you can shave a full 100 off the cpu by goin with a 12400f which you can use to upgrade motherboard or even get nicer ram which you really don’t need. Get the gpu fast those go out of stock quickly

Oh yeah and if ur fine with it You can get an open box 011d at adorama for 45 dollars less.

[GeorgeMKane]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xgktJM

 

Went with 32GB of RAM and a 2TB M.2 NVME SSD. Hope it helps!