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celticfan

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I am planning to build a pc for the first time and i need your opinions and suggestions.

I need a GOOD pc for Civil Engineering softwares like SAP2000, ETABS, AUTOCAD 3D, CIVIL 3D that i think require a decent graphics card, because on my laptop (i have a VAIO 14" 2450M with HD 3000) they look kinda slow when zooming (on autocad) and in the design softwares (sap2000 and etabs) it takes a lot of time when processing much information. Also i would like to play some games on this new build but not as a professional gamer if you know what a mean, not in the higher resolutions and not for overlocking to the maximum.

For a budget of 430$ that i have in amazon giftcards i have to buy a motherboard, a cpu and a graphics card. So, these are my options:

1st option:
-CPU: Intel i5-4570. 209.99$
-Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti GDDR5 1GB. 118.33$
-Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 ATX. 99.99$
TOTAL:428.31$

2nd option:
-CPU: AMD FX-8320. 154.99$
-Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Superclocked GDDR5 2GB . 179.99$
-Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 ATX. 94.99$
TOTAL:429.97$

Recomendations? Suggestions? That would be great!
 
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Jose Navarro Vicente

Jose Navarro Vicente

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I think that an 8-Core CPU like the FX-8320 will do much better than a 4-Core CPU like the Intel i5 4570. (Wich is far more powerful for gaming, but not on workloads wich benefit from multiple threads)

Actually I think I saw a 3dStudio benchmark where Intel IB i7 wasn't really much better than FX-83XX, for being such a cheap CPU.

I've see an architect friend who doesn't have any problems with his renders using a 650Ti, so I think it is a good choice.

EDIT:
Take a look at this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328-8.html
 
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drtoast

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For rendering, the fx 8320is more than sufficient, it would be nice if you could push to a 8350 *supplementing* (not important, just nice)

And if you can possibly stretch I'd go for a 660, the price is almost the same as a 650ti boost (sometimes cheaper here) and it outperforms it.

If you can only push one, I'd get the GPU upgrade, at those ranks of processors, the GPU will be the item holding your system back, especially with the 650 range which are, entry level at best.
 
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coastie65

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I went back to your original post to see if you mentioned what you would be doing. You are right with the above. LIke the other poster said, if possible opt for the 8350. Got ahead of my thinking and I stand corrected. :)

 
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