Windows 7 our Windows 8 ? for autoCAD, Revit, rendering, etc..

[monteiro]

Hello guys,
I just ordered the following pc:

Case CORSAIR 230T COMPACT GAMING CASE - RED LED + SIDE WINDOW
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770k (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® MAXIMUS VI HERO: PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0
Memory (RAM) 32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st Hard Disk Partitions 350GB, 350GB, 300GB
2nd Hard Disk 1TB SEAGATE ST1000DX001 1TB/8GB SSHD 64MB HYBRID DRIVE
2nd Hard Disk Partitions 600GB, 400GB
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler


Considering I am gonna use the hardware to work with Revit, autoCAD, sketchup, and rendering models using Lumion and other softwares for construction, architecture, and Photoshop and for photography, which Windows version would have a better perform?

Windows 8 or Windows 7 Pro Ultimate.

Ps: Congratulations in advance to the PC Specialist team. I liked the website, the system, and all support offered.

Thanks,
Guilherme Monteiro

 

[mantadog]

windows 8 is the better OS, not sure how much it will effect your work though. Which do you like better, windows 8 aint all that bad if you are prepared to learn it.

I would change out that hybrid drive for a 1tb caviar black, the main advantage of the hybrid is the small SSD. You have a 1Tb SSD (which I promise im not jealous of, much...) which takes away that advantage. The caviar black should preform better overall. You can change this at any point up to building. Also drop to the standard 4770 while your at it, 0.1GHz is not going to matter and you might as well save a couple of quid.

but as for which is better, personal preference. I'd go for 8.

 

[monteiro]

Thanks for your opinion mate. It is a bit late to change my hardware now, as I asked fast track, 5 days and the pc is in the testing stage already. They will dispatch soon.

I just did not understand what you said about "takes away that advantage way", what do you mean by that?

 

[mantadog]

I was trying to say, because you have a SSD already, the small SSD on the hybrid drive has almost no reason to exist. Therefore the faster caviar black HDD would have been a better option. Not really a big deal though its splitting hairs in the grand scheme of things.

You will love the rig, enjoy it.

 

[monteiro]

I see. thank you any way. The PC will arrive on Monday, I can't wait to use it.