Building PC(for programming)- <$2,500

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Anthony Avila

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Okay, I got a $2500 budget, I need a new desktop pc. I will be using this primarily for Computer Programming and AutoCad. It would also be nice to have something good at converting videos (never had a PC that could do this timely). I have ZERO intention of gaming! Unless a good video/graphics card will improve autocad, I don't want to allocate much of my budget to that. My main goal is something FAST with good multitasking.

I'm something of a whizz with web development, and have taken classes with computer programming but I am useless with the hardware end of things, so no idea where to start. I need a full setup, keyboard mouse monitor.

Can someone suggest what direction to take as far as what's needed and where to buy?

Thanks.



EDIT: forgot to mention I plan on producing calculation heavy software so a good CPU is a must!
 
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Hi; Programming is more than just getting a clean compile. You also have to perform many iterations of testing and debugging and for that, you will need a machine that is as close as possible to the minimum configuration that you expect your end users to have rather than the optimal machine for getting fast compiles. You will have to determine that minimum configuration in your design phase.

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stevenpchurch

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Hi; Programming is more than just getting a clean compile. You also have to perform many iterations of testing and debugging and for that, you will need a machine that is as close as possible to the minimum configuration that you expect your end users to have rather than the optimal machine for getting fast compiles. You will have to determine that minimum configuration in your design phase.

 
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Anthony Avila

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Wow, hat tip to you my friend, that makes a ridiculous amount of sense! Never considered that, but it makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, however, that completely changes my point of view in what I am looking for. Still though, I will need to run Autodesk applications (mostly autocad but I'd like to play with inventor too) and aside from web development (which I think bares little weight here) my more hardcore programming will be using AutoCad API (ObjectArx, .NET) so I suppose their system requirements will be my aim. If you or anyone else has anything to weigh in on here, it'd still be appreciated. I really don't want to be sitting on a dell with poor specs.
 
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As a programmer I disagree. Build the best system you can afford. From there you can use virtual environments to 'create' minimum systems as opposed to building a new system everytime you create a new program.
 
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