Autocad Rig Questions.

[le_fourniquet]

Hey forum, gonna need your good advice once more.

 

My roommate is studying in a program close to engineering (in french it's called Mécanique du bâtiment, No clue what's the right name in english) and he will need a pc to do his homeworks and projects. his budget is around 800$ CANADIAN(I know, I know, not easy). I was wondering the best route to go for this one, would he have more performance if he went with workstation parts or with gaming parts, or even a mix of the two. I'm pretty confident in my knowledge of the gaming parts, but know next to nothing about workstation gear. one thing to note is that he's totally ok with starting with only a small ssd as storage, he will add a capacity drive later on.

 

Help and setups would be appreciated.

 

Thanks guys !

[Lstaffor5]

I am also in engineering but I mostly run solidworks and catia my suggestion is go on solidwork and catia and check the others rigs and find a nice mix.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/shareyourscore.htm

I would say you have to go with gaming card most likely nvidia I'll check some out quick though

[Lstaffor5]

Hey forum, gonna need your good advice once more.

My roommate is studying in a program close to engineering (in french it's called Mécanique du bâtiment, No clue what's the right name in english) and he will need a pc to do his homeworks and projects. his budget is around 800$ CANADIAN(I know, I know, not easy). I was wondering the best route to go for this one, would he have more performance if he went with workstation parts or with gaming parts, or even a mix of the two. I'm pretty confident in my knowledge of the gaming parts, but know next to nothing about workstation gear. one thing to note is that he's totally ok with starting with only a small ssd as storage, he will add a capacity drive later on.

Help and setups would be appreciated.

Thanks guys !

I can't really give you a build but I would suggest maybe a quadro 600 it cost as much as a gtx 960 I believe but meant for solidworks then go with at least 8gb ram and ssd as for the cup best bet is a i7 but not really in budget so that one is either or for the i5 and and as Xeon is not in budget either. Don't completely follow what I say also go on solidworks forum and do some research there they have some builds on there too.

[brob]

Mécanique du bâtiment literally translates to "building engineering". I believe the actual English equivalent would be Building Services.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($327.63 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.49 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($83.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Silicon Power S70 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($78.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($72.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $796.47
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 13:04 EDT-0400

[Prysin]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.78 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.90 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($374.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $971.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 13:34 EDT-0400

 

 

Take the R9 290X, flash the bios for a Firepro W9100 or W9000 bios that is hacked to work with 8GB of VRAM... Then BAM, you got yourself a monster workstation rig.

Yes, it is way over budget, yes, it is DAMN stronk

[le_fourniquet]

Mécanique du bâtiment literally translates to "building engineering". I believe the actual English equivalent would be Building Services.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($327.63 @ DirectCanada)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.49 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ NCIX)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($83.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Silicon Power S70 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($78.88 @ Canada Computers)

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($72.50 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Memory Express)

Total: $796.47

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 13:04 EDT-0400

Thanks but no GPU and adding one will wreck the budget. Thanks anyway

[le_fourniquet]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.78 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.90 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($374.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $971.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 13:34 EDT-0400

 

 

Take the R9 290X, flash the bios for a Firepro W9100 or W9000 bios that is hacked to work with 8GB of VRAM... Then BAM, you got yourself a monster workstation rig.

Yes, it is way over budget, yes, it is DAMN stronk

it is way over budget, and also in US prices, I checked these exact parts for canada, it's 1400. so no, but thanks for the idea of the 290X

[brob]

Thanks but no GPU and adding one will wreck the budget. Thanks anyway

 

For basic autocad work the HD 530 igpu of the i5-6600K is more than adequate.