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Re: A good, CHEAP PC for Autocad
As for memory, I you shouldn't need more than 512 MB in order to do what you need to do with Inventor or AutoCAD (I have 640 on mine and am far from porblems with either (I'm running Inventor 8 Pro and AutoCAD 2005 (which FIRST just sent us)). Anything less than 512 is asking for trouble, as I found out last year when I became extremely frustrated with my 256MB computer in doing the simplest thigns in Inventor 7.
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Re: A good, CHEAP PC for Autocad
The processer can even be as low as 733-900 Mhz, all that you (or I needed for a 3ds Max computer) really need is 1Gig of ram (even as little as 512mb will work), a nice video card, and if you plan on doing any audio/video sinc, a nice video card. I built the following for under $300 and it works fine for max (and unreal tournament 2004) .
pIII 733Mhz (overclocked) 1 Gb of RAM 256 MB Radeon 9600 Video Card AGP SoundBlaster live 5.1 sound card dolby 5.1 speakers 3com 10/100 fast ethernet world connect 10/100 fast ethernet invidea G-force 128mb video card AGP now, remember I was on a budget and did most of my shopping on ebay, but I'm sure that if you already have windows XP, you can assemble a comp with a better processor for less than $750. Last edited by Cody Carey : 03-03-2005 at 17:42. |
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Re: A good, CHEAP PC for Autocad
With this comp, you qualify for the free beta of XP Pro 64 bit edition on MS's website. CAD should not have any problems with a 64 bit computer, but I'm not sure.
I just bought a computer very similar to this one for myself, haven't had a chance to test it yet, I'm waiting for my case to arrive. Rosewill Value Series Black ATX Mid-Tower Super Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "R103A" -RETAIL ASRock "775V88" VIA PT880 Chipset Motherboard for Intel LGA775 CPU -RETAIL Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 630 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache Processor w/ Hyper Threading Technology - Retail 2 WINTEC AMPO 184-pin 512MB DDR PC-3200, Model 35145588-P - OEM Jetway ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "96XT-AD-128C" -RETAIL Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model 6E040L0, OEM Drive only Rosewill BLACK 52X32X52 CDRW Drive, Model RR-521, Retail Final price for this? $634.34 + shipping Note: This is without a monitor. I recommend going to a local store to get one, as shipping would be very expensive for one. Its also without a floppy drive.. they aren't used much anymore IMO. The processor and MB on this are pretty much cutting edge stuff. The computer won't dissapoint you, I think. This is probably overkill for doing CAD work.. However, you probably wont need to buy another one for awhile. |
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