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[Aurous]

OK so here is a question for everyone.

I have a acquaintance of mine who is currently looking to buy a computer to do some Cad 3d designing on he has about 2k in his budget for this system and would like to know what he should be looking for in specs.

Cpu
Mem & Ammount
Vid Card
HDD
CD/DVD
Ect.

[H-kon]

I'll bite

Core i7 is what he is looking for i imagine together with an Nvidia tesla.

8 or perhaps even 16gb of memory will help a lot. Hmm. Fast ssd disk for boot/applications and a 1tb samsung f1 for storage.

I will try to put together a list today

[Aurous]

Lol thanks I Personal have never used Cad so had no idea what i should recommend to the poor guy. Just know it req. ALOT of memory and a decent CPU

[H-kon]

Here is a little list from newegg:

Core i7 940 - $559,-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115201

Asus p6t - $210,-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386

6GB DDR-III memory: Get two of those for a total of 12GB at $160,-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609361

ATI FirePro V7750:It will suck at Crysis, but CAD is no problem: $740,-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195082

Samsung Spinpoint F1: $85,-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152101

Antec 900 Combo deal with PSU: $140,-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058

$1894,-


Add some Optical reader into the mix and you'll have close to $100,- left on the budget.

Depending on which CAD software he will use, he could probably go for a cheaper graphics option and add a 64GB SSD disk for OS and applications.  If he already have a case, get a 750W antec PSU instead.

Lots of options at that price range