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Madengineer · Aug 6, 2011

Hey all. a friend is wanting to put together a PC, he's getting me to build it, and wants some help with suggestions.

This a good build?

Mobo 150$

CPU 215$

Ram 100$

GPU 250$

PSU 110$

The pc will be used for Auto Cad and graphic design, He works as an architect.

Wondering if some of that is overkill. EG, 100$ for 8gb of ram? his choice, not mine :S

Conumdrum · Aug 6, 2011

Better if you post the actual info and the links? Or a screenshot of the items in a buy window?

You being lazy and us being lazy means little replies.

Or please, I really mean the lazy in a nice way.

Madengineer · Aug 6, 2011

Conumdrum said:
Better if you post the actual info and the links? Or a screenshot of the items in a buy window?

You being lazy and us being lazy means little replies.

Or please, I really mean the lazy in a nice way.

There is links :|
the info is there, Under Details on the webpage :|

MattNo5ss · Aug 6, 2011

1155 isn't triple channel, so change your RAM to a dual channel kit :thup:

No GPU listed. Your RAM link goes to the heatsink and GPU link goes to the RAM.

Madengineer · Aug 6, 2011

MattNo5ss said:
1155 isn't triple channel, so change your RAM to a dual channel kit

No GPU listed. Your RAM link goes to the heatsink and GPU link goes to the RAM.

whoops

Hate renaming links.

Here are the basics. Do you reckon 100$ is too much for ram?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229 Mobo 150$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 CPU 215$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018 HS 90$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104127 Ram 100$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150552 GPU 250$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 PSU 110$

MattNo5ss · Aug 6, 2011

It's not the cost, it's that you're getting 3 sticks for a dual channel system. You should get 2 or 4 sticks so you can run them in dual channel.

I would look into one of these sets: G.Skill 1600MHz Cas8/9 4GB/8GB Kits

Madengineer · Aug 6, 2011

MattNo5ss said:
It's not the cost, it's that you're getting 3 sticks for a dual channel system. You should get 2 or 4 sticks so you can run them in dual channel.

I would look into one of these sets: G.Skill 1600MHz Cas8/9 4GB/8GB Kits

ok cool! great. thank you

What do you think about the rest of the system?

MattNo5ss · Aug 7, 2011

The rest looks fine to me. I would trust Gigabyte over XFX and probably get the SOC HD6950 1GB over that XFX one. It's clocked higher and has a better cooler as well. Manufacturer is personal preference though.

Will you be gaming a lot on this system? What resolution will you be running?

Madengineer · Aug 7, 2011

MattNo5ss said:
The rest looks fine to me. I would trust Gigabyte over XFX and probably get the SOC HD6950 1GB over that XFX one. It's clocked higher and has a better cooler as well. Manufacturer is personal preference though.

Will you be gaming a lot on this system? What resolution will you be running?

Its not a PC for me. its for a friend, He does heaps of Auto Cad and such. He works as an Architect, so all that sort of thing. The graphics was just an example. He just wants a 6950, he also only uses 1 screen...I think his res is 1240*1080

vdgamer · Aug 7, 2011

i would go for 2GB version of 6950 since there only about $30 more than 1GB version, everything else looks good just pick a set of dual channel ram as MattNo5ss already pointed out

Madengineer · Aug 7, 2011

vdgamer said:
i would go for 2GB version of 6950 since there only about $30 more than 1GB version, everything else looks good just pick a set of dual channel ram as MattNo5ss already pointed out

That i did not know! will deffinately do that then! since he was looking at running Crossfire somewhere down the road!

vdgamer · Aug 7, 2011

Here is 2GB model of the one you listed for $30 more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150549

Madengineer · Aug 7, 2011

vdgamer said:
Here is 2GB model of the one you listed for $30 more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150549

Awesome!

Thanks!

vdgamer · Aug 7, 2011

have you picked the ram yet?
youll have to pick either 8GB set of 16GB since there's no 12GB dual channel ram, i would say 8GB is plenty even for video encoding and other ram heavy apps, my advice is, get 2 sticks of 4GB ram and then if for some reason its not enough you can add two more sticks which will give your friend 16GB.

Madengineer · Aug 7, 2011

vdgamer said:
have you picked the ram yet?
youll have to pick either 8GB set of 16GB since there's no 12GB dual channel ram, i would say 8GB is plenty even for video encoding and other ram heavy apps, my advice is, get 2 sticks of 4GB ram and then if for some reason its not enough you can add two more sticks which will give your friend 16GB.

yeah, he reckons 8gb wont be enough for the Auto cad and CGI he does :S

Knufire · Aug 8, 2011

In general, I believe NVIDIA cards are better for that purpose because CUDA acceleration is more common. If he's not gaming whatsoever, why don't you get a workstation card instead of a gaming card? It's cheaper, takes up WAY less power, and will destroy the gaming card.

4x4GB would be the way to go. 16GB DDR3-1600 CL9 kits are pretty reasonably priced .

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