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Got someone that is going to be doing CAD work at home. Even though they want a laptop I'm persuading them to do a desktop setup instead.
I've been given carte blanche to custom built their PC. What motherboard/cpu/gpu combination is best? I already have the other items thought of (however, I will take suggestions).
I'm leaning towards at least an FX-60 chip with 4Gb of Ram and either a x1900 or a 7800 video card (ATI and nVidia).
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Posted 2006-May-12, 10:05
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Posted 2006-May-12, 10:13
Comment 1: System requirements will very much be a function of the amount of simulation work that they plan to do. The expression "CAD" coers a lot of ground. I've seen relatively simple home achitecture systems described as a CAD application. I've also seen VERY intense modelled for injection moldings and the like. Without more information, its hard to make a valid recommendation.
Comment 2: The FX-60 is a dual core AMD processor. I'm a big fan of the company. I also like dual core designs for power users. I don't know anything specific about the processor itself, but its probably a good choice. With this said and done, i'm a cheap bastard. I normally prefer to purchase a couple generations past the bleeding edge.
Comment 2: The FX-60 is a dual core AMD processor. I'm a big fan of the company. I also like dual core designs for power users. I don't know anything specific about the processor itself, but its probably a good choice. With this said and done, i'm a cheap bastard. I normally prefer to purchase a couple generations past the bleeding edge.
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Posted 2006-May-12, 10:28
Richard,
If this helps: Specifically the CAD applications will be for civil engineering applications.
I think I'm going to use an ASUS M-Board if I can find one that will support 4GB of DDR2 RAM with Socket 939 specs. That, and the pesky video card....choices, choices.
The HD I'd like to use SCSI, but I'm probably going towards SATA and/or RAID type setup.
If this helps: Specifically the CAD applications will be for civil engineering applications.
I think I'm going to use an ASUS M-Board if I can find one that will support 4GB of DDR2 RAM with Socket 939 specs. That, and the pesky video card....choices, choices.
The HD I'd like to use SCSI, but I'm probably going towards SATA and/or RAID type setup.
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Posted 2006-May-12, 10:57
Without wishing to denigrate Richard's expertise, isn't a PC hardware forum likely to be more helpful?
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Posted 2006-May-12, 12:27
I don't think that with 4GB RAM SCSI or RAID is neccessary.If you take 2 SATA disks one for the system and programm and one for the data that should be good enough.
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