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790884 2009-07-11 10:20:00 Hi all, a friend of mine is going to built himself a new PC. What would you recommend. He's not into gaming but wants to run Auto CAD At the moment he has the harddrive a WD 1.5 TB SATA .
Thanks
Wayne
WayneMiddy (14028)
790885 2009-07-11 12:36:00 What is the budget?
What is the scope of the Auto CAD? ie how much work is getting done on it.
Tuneznz (13203)
790886 2009-07-12 00:10:00 Price Range?

What else does he use his PC for. And how much AutoCad does he use..
Blam (54)
790887 2009-07-12 01:35:00 Blam stop copying me, haha. Tuneznz (13203)
790888 2009-07-12 06:50:00 Not sure what his budget is not sure he knows himself he was talking $800 but then he's talking $500 for the graphic card alone he paid $230 for the hard drive so i am guessing around $1500 all up.He will use his old OS which is XP pro.
Not sure how much Auto CAD just stuff at home current spec PC gets locked up on Auto CAD
Thanks Wayne
WayneMiddy (14028)
790889 2009-07-12 07:21:00 Not sure what his budget is not sure he knows himself he was talking $800 but then he's talking $500 for the graphic card alone he paid $230 for the hard drive so i am guessing around $1500 all up.He will use his old OS which is XP pro.
Not sure how much Auto CAD just stuff at home current spec PC gets locked up on Auto CAD
Thanks Wayne

Is he wanting a new monitor as well, or just the "box"?
davidmmac (4619)
790890 2009-07-12 08:48:00 If he's prepared to wait a bit longer for the release of i3 and i5 in Sept this year then he'll be able to get C2D/C2Qs alot cheaper or get the faster i3/i5s. Blam (54)
790891 2009-07-12 08:50:00 Not sure how much Auto CAD just stuff at home current spec PC gets locked up on Auto CAD


Cad = loads of RAM and a decent CPU.
pctek (84)
790892 2009-07-12 08:56:00 Cad = loads of RAM and a decent CPU.

Are we on 64bit territory here then?
Blam (54)
790893 2009-07-12 10:00:00 These days I wouldn't even bother not starting with 2-4GB ram and a 2.33(oc'd to minimum 2.6ghz) Then again I'm a performance gamer. PCT Joe (15018)
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