AutoCAD, Revvit, £1000 upgrade

[jeremy.p.dykes]

Hi, I’ve been asked to upgrade a Q6600 based machine as a CAD workstation for hobby user, no gaming. Budget up to £1000, excluding case, PSU, DVD, HDD, Windows.

Key questions:
- I’ve proposed an i7-7700k based build. Is this overkill / diminishing returns vs AMD or i5?

- Is there any real world value in a Quadro P600 card vs onboard graphics?
I don’t want to spend £200 for no real benefit. Would consider gaming card if appropriate as a future upgrade when prices stablise.

- Would be nice to include a large screen in the budget, suggestions welcome.

- Would like to avoid spending for diminishing returns, if £500 would do for hobby use that would be a good result.

Thanks in advance for your help!


Approximate Purchase Date: Feb / Mar

Budget Range: max £1000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: AutoCAD 2018, Revvit 2018, general browsing / documents. No gaming.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes, 27” if possible

Parts to Upgrade: CPU, RAM, MB, SSD, GPU?
Reusing Corsair CX 650W.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scan, Ebuyer, Amazon, Overclockers etc

Location: UK

Parts Preferences: No preference

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: N/A

Your Monitor Resolution: tbd - need advice as to whether proposed setup can support editing models at QHD, UHD.

Additional Comments: None

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: current system is too slow to manage current versions of modelling software.

Parts suggestion: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qCL329

 

[ArchitSahu]

You mentioned no overclocking, so going with the K version of a chip is useless and waste of money.
PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2NR7YT
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2NR7YT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£106.40 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£176.80 @ AWD-IT)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£66.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£171.37 @ Novatech)
Monitor: Asus - VE278H 27.0" 1920x1080 Monitor (£213.25 @ Box Limited)
Total: £998.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-18 03:30 GMT+0000

You also mentioned that the budget excludes PSU, HDD, DVD, Case and Windows. I assume you already have all of these parts so I did not include them. Just make sure your Case supports DVD drives and your PSU is of good quality and good wattage.

I have still included an SSD in the build because CAD likes it.

Why go with the 7700? The 8700 is out, and would be a better performer.

Please note that Ryzen has more cores, but I did some research and it turns out the Ryzen is not having too much of support within the CAD Softwares due to its multithreads.

GPU included is a 1050Ti, which will help in GPU Acceleration if required, and the monitor is 27" like you asked.