Posted March 15, 2017 So im helping a friend build a computer, She has a pretty tight budget of $1000 Cad for the whole computer. She needs a monitor, keyboard, wireless card, plus the computer in that budget. Although i have a copy of windows 10 She would prefer a smaller pc, like a micro atx build. She is doing a design coarse that is mainly using Revit and some other autocad programs i've been out of the loop when it comes to pc parts the last year so any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 CAD needs CPU power, right? how much would a strong GPU help? QUOTE/TAG ME WHEN REPLYING Spend As Much Time Writing Your Question As You Want Me To Spend Responding To It. If I'm wrong, please point it out. I'm always learning & I won't bite. Desktop: Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 - Lots of RGB lights I never change Laptop: HP Spectre X360 - i7 8560U - MX150 - 2TB SSD - 16GB DDR4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 Just now, wrathoftheturkey said: Not enough. Just throw in a 1050 for CUDA. I'd probably get a Ryzen CPU too for dem cores. Does it use CUDA specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 Depends are you only using Autocad? is there anything else you like to run in it? You could have a $500 machine for Autocad. Let me know more and I will be happy to tell you my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 It's slightly over budget, and the monitor is basically the cheapest. (and pretty damn small) but I tried to squeeze in a Ryzen CPU for those extra cores. (maybe wait until Ryzen motherboard prices drop a bit? or until the A320 chipset drops? or until Ryzen 5?) https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/tgXnKZ QUOTE/TAG ME WHEN REPLYING Spend As Much Time Writing Your Question As You Want Me To Spend Responding To It. If I'm wrong, please point it out. I'm always learning & I won't bite. Desktop: Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 - Lots of RGB lights I never change Laptop: HP Spectre X360 - i7 8560U - MX150 - 2TB SSD - 16GB DDR4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 26 minutes ago, RJ211 said: So im helping a friend build a computer, She has a pretty tight budget of $1000 Cad for the whole computer. She needs a monitor, keyboard, wireless card, plus the computer in that budget. Although i have a copy of windows 10 She would prefer a smaller pc, like a micro atx build. She is doing a design coarse that is mainly using Revit and some other autocad programs i've been out of the loop when it comes to pc parts the last year so any help would be appreciated. PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/88TPGf Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/88TPGf/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($330.99 @ PC Canada) Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($58.00 @ Vuugo) Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($108.95 @ Amazon Canada) Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card ($140.98 @ DirectCanada) Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX) Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ NCIX) Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.99 @ Memory Express) Monitor: AOC i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada) Keyboard: Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($13.98 @ DirectCanada) Total: $987.84 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-14 20:41 EDT-0400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 Same stuff but cheaper http://www.microcenter.com/product/434176/core_i7-4790k_40ghz_lga_1150_boxed_processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 Author 3 hours ago, jpms24 said: Depends are you only using Autocad? is there anything else you like to run in it? You could have a $500 machine for Autocad. Let me know more and I will be happy to tell you my experience. yeah autocad and youtube, no gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 Author 3 hours ago, RadiatingLight said: It's slightly over budget, and the monitor is basically the cheapest. (and pretty damn small) but I tried to squeeze in a Ryzen CPU for those extra cores. (maybe wait until Ryzen motherboard prices drop a bit? or until the A320 chipset drops? or until Ryzen 5?) https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/tgXnKZ As much i would like too, her school starts in 3 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 3 hours ago, RadiatingLight said: It's slightly over budget, and the monitor is basically the cheapest. (and pretty damn small) but I tried to squeeze in a Ryzen CPU for those extra cores. (maybe wait until Ryzen motherboard prices drop a bit? or until the A320 chipset drops? or until Ryzen 5?) https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/tgXnKZ EVGA 450B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 15, 2017 Just now, RJ211 said: As much i would like too, her school starts in 3 weeks Ah ok. if you could go a bit over budget and get a Ryzen, it would be WAY better than anything else at that price point. you could let go of either the HDD or SSD to get below $1000CAD, and then add those later if needed. QUOTE/TAG ME WHEN REPLYING Spend As Much Time Writing Your Question As You Want Me To Spend Responding To It. If I'm wrong, please point it out. I'm always learning & I won't bite. Desktop: Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 - Lots of RGB lights I never change Laptop: HP Spectre X360 - i7 8560U - MX150 - 2TB SSD - 16GB DDR4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 16, 2017 Has anyone done any benchmarks of ryzen and modeling software? Are those extra core really taking advantage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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