Budget Engineering Build

[Coach Carty]

Budget (including currency): $500 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fusion 360, MATLAB, FreeCAD, Unity Engine (maybe) 

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):

 

Hi all. I am going back to school after 10 years and my MacBook Pro isn’t holding up to new programs as much as I need it to. I am a foster father and currently have 6 kids, 4 bio and 2 adopted, living with me so I don’t have a massive budget. I am thinking I need to get a PC but honestly I don’t really know where to start. I play console games so I won’t be gaming on it. I just need a system that will help me get through my classes and won’t cost me a 3rd mortgage.

I do get free software because I am a student like Windows, Microsoft Office and others so I won’t have to add that. Also I have 2 monitors, keyboard and mouse so all I really need is the tower itself. Thanks