PC for AutoCad, Adobe illustrator, Adobe photoshop

[Intars]

Hi,
What would be best PC in range 3000 EUR for AutoCad, Adobe illustrator, Adobe photoshop? This programs would be open in same time and i would work with big files in all programs. I need this pc as fluent as posible.

Can someone help me?

 

[j3ster]

would that budget include the monitors or peripherals that are going to be used or is just for the system itself?
will you working on 3D models? that budget seems pretty high.

 

[Intars]

only for system.

would that budget include the monitors or peripherals that are going to be used or is just for the system itself?

 

[j3ster]

will you be working on 3D rendering or something similar?

 

[j3ster]

this is the one I came up with. its in USD but i just used google to convert prices into EUR. according to google $3,321 = EUR 3,000.
if you can manage to get these parts this should be really good for what you are going to do.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6900K 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($1078.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($409.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Black 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($219.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass ATX Mid Tower Case ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.68 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($129.95 @ B&H)
Total: $3238.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-29 04:33 EDT-0400

 

[Intars]

Yes, i will be working on 3D rendering.

will you be working on 3D rendering or something similar?

 

[j3ster]

you can also probably chose from the GTX 1080 or the Nvidia Quadro M4000, both have 8GB of frame buffer but the quadro is designed for more professional work but the GTX 1080 is a newer architecture something that I just wanted to point out.

 

[MeanMachine41]

Hi Intars

Since you budget is 3,000.00 EUR, You can do a z170 build.

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA ATX LGA1151
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case:Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27.0" 144Hz Monitor


Other: Braided cables can be ordered from EVGA

Total: $4020.18 AUS is 2695 EUR at current market

Prices should include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Please check local prices and availability.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

You aren't gaming, you're using AutoCAD, so you need a Quadro or FirePro card. The GTX series isn't certified by AutoCAD, meaning that the Nvidia drivers aren't optimised and AutoCAD can't use GPU acceleration. Good luck rendering objects in AutoCAD with just the CPU.

Illustrator and Photoshop can utilise GPU acceleration on GTX and Quadro cards, but have limited functionality. Photoshop Elements can't utilise GPU acceleration at all.

 

[bambiboom]

Hi,
What would be best PC in range 3000 EUR for AutoCad, Adobe illustrator, Adobe photoshop? This programs would be open in same time and i would work with big files in all programs. I need this pc as fluent as posible.

Can someone help me?

Intars:

This system will be best with both a good single-threaded performance for 3D modeling and high calculation cycles over multiple cores for CPU rendering. With Adobe products, optimum efficiency in CPU rendering is to use 5-6 cores on a single 8-core CPU as Adobe can use dual processors. The Xeon E5-2640 v3 is 8-core at 2.6 /3.4GHz. On Passmark, the E5-2640 v3 has an average CPU mark of 14036 for the 8-cores- which is very good for CPU rendering and a single-threaded performance of 1953 -which is good for 3D modeling. For two years I did complex 3D projects (AutoCad, Solidworks, Sketchup) using an E5-1620 4-core @ 3.6 /3.8GHZ with a rating of 1930.

If you are producing single image rendering, I believe the results are better using CPU rendering- better anti-aliasing, particle, reflections, and color gradients. this is worth using in my view even though it is slower. Video /animation rendering /processing is better using GPU rendering because of the speed and of course, one can't examine each frame in detail for the lesser image quality. For GPU rendering, the Quadro M4000 (8GB) has a very solid 3D performance about the same as GTX 960.

An alternative CPU is the Xeon E5-1650 6-core A 3.5 /3.8GHz with a Passmark average of 13475 and single-threaded of 2117 which is very good, and about €300 less.

The highest workstation performance for a single CPU system is to use the X99 platform especially because of the excellent integration with extremely fast M.2 drives. In this configuration, a Samsung SM951 256GB is used for the OS, Programs, and active projects. However, there is new, much faster Samsung M.2, the SM961 and that will be worth waiting a couple of weeks as it's the same price as SM951. with storage to a Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB. That was chosen as it has 128MB cache instead of the typical 64MB.

The GPU should be a workstation card to use higher anti-aliasing, 10-bit color, and full viewport support. As Autodesk and Adobe (plus Solidworks) are CUDA accelerated, the preferable card is Quadro.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 V3 2.6 / 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor (€967.84 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (€207.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€49.03 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€49.03 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€49.03 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€49.03 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung SM951 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€140.89 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€130.11 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card:NVIDIA Quadro M4000 8GB Video Card ( € 798,84 @ Geizhals)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case (€131.72 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€134.90 @ Caseking)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224FB/RSMS DVD/CD Writer (€16.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Pro SP1 DE 64-bit (€124.81 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €2882.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-29 14:44 CEST+0200

Cheers,

BambiBoom

Modeling:

1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB AHCI / Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) / Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5581 > CPU= 14046 / 2D= 838 / 3D= 4694 / Mem= 2777 / Disk= 11559] [6.12.16]

Rendering:

2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) (Revised) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6-core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > Logitech z313 > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 > CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3550 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)

 

[Bearmann]

The Passmark scores are helpful if you have nothing else to go, however, they are not specific to the software being used. The gold standard is to actually test the software being used. Fortunately, Puget has done this with multiple CPU combinations. It turns out that Photoshop, most of Lightroom, and AutoCad are all lightly threaded. Like government workers, only a few cores are actually doing the work, while all the others stand around and watch. In all of these programs, the i7 6700k is the recommended CPU due to it's fast single core ability. This is the build that I would recommend. Put the savings toward a great monitor.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (€347.73 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (€68.76 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€179.85 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (€130.89 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Sandisk Extreme Pro 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€164.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€76.83 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (€105.14 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€88.44 @ Mindfactory)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (€16.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (€98.44 @ Mindfactory)
Other: PNY Quadro M2000, 4GB (€454.00)
Total: €1731.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-29 19:56 CEST+0200

You could pick up a mild performance benefit by moving up to the Quadro M4000 if you want.

Click on both System Overview and also on Hardware Recommendations:

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-AutoDesk-AutoCAD-134

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Photoshop-139/Hardware-Recommendations

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Lightroom-141/Hardware-Recommendations