..Help..Needed....for Configure a New Desktop...

[pcwanted]

Hello guys,
Am a university student studying interior design.
am planning to configure a desktop for doing my study. But am not an expert for doing that, anyone in the forum can be so kind to give me some advices or help me configure a good running one.

the most daily used softwares are: autodesk CAD , SketchUp, Photoshop,Autodesk Revit, Lumion....
I got the mouse and keyboard and windows system.
I got a monitor, but am not sure whether i can use it or not. the techspecs is the link.
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/LE19R86WDX/XEU-techspecs

plan to build a
intel based system. budget is around 450-500 pounds without monitor. if the monitor can't be used, i can choose another one with more 100 pounds.

ps:more questions
is it necessary to have quad core processor/16G RAM/really good Graphics card?
is it possible to have most of them within the budget?


Thank you very much.
Robin

 

[Wolvo7]

Hello, I just had a quick look at your software and the most demanding seem to be Revit and Lumion. With a £500 budget I'm afraid you won't be able to get the high end CPU, RAM and GPU, which would indeed be ideal for this type of work.

This spec meets the minimum requirements as far as I can tell, however some of the software you listed, such as Lumion, take advantage of powerful GPUs which means that the GTX 650 in my spec doesn't meet the min requirements for complex scenes. If you could find a way to up your budget a bit you could get a better spec. If you want to replace the GTX 650 by a more powerful one in the future you may have to get a better PSU.

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6100 Six Core CPU (3.30GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3 (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 3Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 650 - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE £50 IN-GAME VOUCHER with GTX 650 & GTX 650Ti GPUs!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £509.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/yFoVtktckA/

 

[pcwanted]

Just Quote Wolvo7 replied message through PM for someone who may have the similar questions.

This spec looks better indeed, I wouldn't go with an i3 as it is a dual core processor and you need something more powerful.

The difference between 2 disks and one disk is that if one fails you have the other one basically, or you can wipe one and keep data on the other. People usually go for a RAID setup with 2 similar HDDs. RAID1 means that everything on one disk is mirrored onto the other so that if one fails the other one still contains all the data. It's useful if you have sensitive data that you can't lose. However that also halves the capacity of your HDD.

Caviar Blacks are normally quite reliable, so in your case I would keep the 1TB drive and do some backups of your important work onto a separate HDD if you have one. You can also partition the drive so that the OS sits on a separate partition, so that if you have to reinstall windows you'll just wipe the OS partition and keep your data. It also offers some degree of protection from other partitions ie if one partition becomes corrupted generally you would be able to recover stuff on the other partitions.

If you can go up to £697 this spec would be better. The main difference is the GPU, most of the software you listed is not that demanding however Lumion is very demanding on the GPU, so I went for the HD 7850 which meets their moderately complex scenes http://lumion3d.com/forum/f-a-q/lumion-2-minimum-hardware-requirements/requirements. Again it depends on your use, will you be using Lumion a lot and creating very complex scenes?

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H77-M: M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £697.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-home-office-pc/QBrjt7IsrQ/