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Hi guys I want to build a pc for solidworks I have a pretty much decent wage 2000$ (what I believe is decent) I need help basically with the motherboard, the amount of ram, cpu, gpu and the amout of power supply I need (I mean like 220 volts or more or less); the cooling system, the case, audio and network card ill see it. Please help.

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$2000 will get you a really nice PC capable of running pretty much anything. Any color scheme preference? Want a glass window? 

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Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

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PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

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2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

$2000 will get you a really nice PC capable of running pretty much anything. Any color scheme preference? Want a glass window? 

it would be amazing to have red with glass window but it doesn't matter actually as long as it runs hahahaha

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3 minutes ago, Lethalmonk said:

$2000 for solidworkds is a bit overkill, by any chance, are you doing any other stuff witht the pc? audio stuff,gaming etc. 

not really the main reason is just solidworks, the pc is what gets me prtty much worried than the other stuff, for the monitor I was going to get a 4k display or any high definition

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Just now, FireGerugex said:

it would be amazing to have red with glass window but it doesn't matter actually as long as it runs hahahaha

At that price point, you can get pretty much anything you want within reason. One PCPartPicker black'n'ed build link coming! I assume you're in the US?

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Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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Just now, FireGerugex said:

not really the main reason is just solidworks

one last thing then, do u really want to spend 2000 buckaroos? Noones stopping u. also considar perhaps gaming or some other things for your pc to get ur full potential out of it. id do SW and autodesk too, i also game and do some other stuff with my pc

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2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

At that price point, you can get pretty much anything you want within reason. One PCPartPicker black'n'ed build link coming! I assume you're in the US?

nope but from the first moment I knew I had to buy the stuff from internet

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Just now, Lethalmonk said:

one last thing then, do u really want to spend 2000 buckaroos? Noones stopping u. also considar perhaps gaming or some other things for your pc to get ur full potential out of it. id do SW and autodesk too, i also game and do some other stuff with my pc

of course gaming, but I guess that if it can handle SW it can game hahaha maybe not at ultra setting but at high, or med but with full render

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Just now, FireGerugex said:

of course gaming, but I guess that if it can handle SW it can game hahaha maybe not at ultra setting but at high, or med but with full render

It'll handle Ultra.

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CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

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Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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Here: It's mostly black, with red LEDs on the mobo and red fans: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fmdgHN

 

Sadly, MSI doesn't have the 1080 Ti in a non-reference model, and they usually are a nice black and red. So you got an EVGA 1080 Ti Black edition. It'll handle basically anything on high or ultra. It's more powerful that the Titan X (Not to be confused with the Titan Xp, which just came out). Oh, and an overclockable top of the line i7. It's about $1990 US, after mail in rebates.

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sgdgHN this is a decent pc- change what u want if u want a different case or watercooling. if u want u can step down to a 1070 and get a i7-7850 or whatever its called. u might want to considar peripherals into the fact. also if u want to get good audio, get an external dac/amp

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3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Here: It's mostly black, with red LEDs on the mobo and red fans: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fmdgHN

 

Sadly, MSI doesn't have the 1080 Ti in a non-reference model, and they usually are a nice black and red. So you got an EVGA 1080 Ti Black edition. It'll handle basically anything on high or ultra. It's more powerful that the Titan X (Not to be confused with the Titan Xp, which just came out). Oh, and an overclockable top of the line i7. 

 

2 minutes ago, Lethalmonk said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sgdgHN this is a decent pc- change what u want if u want a different case or watercooling. if u want u can step down to a 1070 and get a i7-7850 or whatever its called. u might want to considar peripherals into the fact. also if u want to get good audio, get an external dac/amp

amazing guys you are the best  (I'm new in this thing of quotes) thanks so much

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4 minutes ago, Lethalmonk said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sgdgHN this is a decent pc- change what u want if u want a different case or watercooling. if u want u can step down to a 1070 and get a i7-7850 or whatever its called. u might want to considar peripherals into the fact. also if u want to get good audio, get an external dac/amp

 

4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Here: It's mostly black, with red LEDs on the mobo and red fans: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fmdgHN

 

Sadly, MSI doesn't have the 1080 Ti in a non-reference model, and they usually are a nice black and red. So you got an EVGA 1080 Ti Black edition. It'll handle basically anything on high or ultra. It's more powerful that the Titan X (Not to be confused with the Titan Xp, which just came out). Oh, and an overclockable top of the line i7. 

 one more thing what about the incompatibility notes ?

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Just now, FireGerugex said:

 

 one more thing what about the incompatibility notes ?

None of them have any compatibility problems. It's just telling you the M.2 SSD takes the resources of two SATA ports, sou you can have one M.2 and like 4 SATA drives, still plenty for most people. 

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CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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6 minutes ago, Lethalmonk said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sgdgHN this is a decent pc- change what u want if u want a different case or watercooling. if u want u can step down to a 1070 and get a i7-7850 or whatever its called. u might want to considar peripherals into the fact. also if u want to get good audio, get an external dac/amp

His list is pretty good, go for this if you want 32GB RAM, but a slightly lower GPU.

6 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Here: It's mostly black, with red LEDs on the mobo and red fans: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fmdgHN

 

Sadly, MSI doesn't have the 1080 Ti in a non-reference model, and they usually are a nice black and red. So you got an EVGA 1080 Ti Black edition. It'll handle basically anything on high or ultra. It's more powerful that the Titan X (Not to be confused with the Titan Xp, which just came out). Oh, and an overclockable top of the line i7. It's about $1990 US, after mail in rebates.

This is my one, go for it if you want a better GPU but 16GB RAM (still good for pretty much anything).

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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Just now, Lethalmonk said:

@Zando Bob msi does have a 1080ti in non reference.

Where? I didn't see it on PCPartPicker. Maybe the OP should just buy it separately, as the MSI colors match the build color scheme perfectly.

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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20 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Where? I didn't see it on PCPartPicker. Maybe the OP should just buy it separately, as the MSI colors match the build color scheme perfectly.

yeah  they do, its about a week old tho. and i agree msi matches OP's build scheme perfectly and they are above par when it comes to quality.

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31 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

His list is pretty good, go for this if you want 32GB RAM, but a slightly lower GPU.

This is my one, go for it if you want a better GPU but 16GB RAM (still good for pretty much anything).

yes he is correct. if u want an  awesome gpu, get the 1080ti with 16gb of ram. if u need more ram (32gb) go with the 1080 and 32gb like i have in mine. 

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