Looking for a Budget PC (OP is a total hardware noob)

leleisaan

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Hello,

Currently i'm searching for a good budget PC since i want to start working in autocad at home, instead of always having to stay in school for Acad projects.
Specs for autocad: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-2014.html
I'm a little low on cash so i'm looking for a used pc ( i couldn't care less, as long as it's from a legit website and offers guarantee).

Now i've done some research but in the end i just do not know enough to pick the right pc at this moment.

Now i've found this site offering a lot of pc's in a Dolphix case (guess the company behind the website build them theirself as i can't find any info on dolphix making full computers).

Here's the link: http://www.usedpc4sale.nl/en/category/renew-dolphix-586/ (dutch company, site also available in EN)

It's really a HUGE list of different stuff and i simply don't have the knowledge to pick the right setup.
Things like Processors, videocards, chipssets and what not i simply know nothing about.

Hope you guys can help and pick the best out of that huge list. I'm aware that i will have to let them upgrade 2GB to 4GB (extra cost €19).

What i'm planning on doing with it:

- Run Autocad 2014 properly and possible even Revit(Revit is not a must), Making 2D drawings 9/10 times of small buildings (maps, sections etc)
- Browse youtube and stuff and run spotify
- NO GAMING
- No downloading through torrents or other big files
- 80/160GB HDD will be enough

As you can see Autocad will by far be the heaviest thing to run, that's also te reason i don't want to overspend and buy some ridicilous next gen spacestation pc.

Budget is around €150 ( cap at €200 for now)

Looking forward to any responses and advice

Kind Regards
 

SethJPC

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Ok so these used PCs seem to meet all the requirements for the 32 bit apart from the CPU. They all use intel pixel shader 2.0 but auto cad requires 3.0 also they all are Pentium 2s, Auto cad requires pentium 4s. I think.
Also the website does not specify the resolution of the monitors they supply.
 

leleisaan

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found another potential caniddate, the 1,8ghz is worrying me though. But it says 2 x 1,8ghz so that has to help some right?

•AMD AthlonII X2 260U 2x1.8Ghz AM3 dual core cpu
•Biostar A960D+ AM3+ M-ATX VGA DVI USB PCIe DDR3 motherboard
•ATI HD 3000 onboard grafische kaart tot 1024MB met DVI & VGA
•4GB (1x4GB) PC3-10666 1333Mhz DDR3 Gskill
•250GB Seagate 7200rpm 16MB hard disk
•Samsung SH-222AB/BEBE 22x22x / DL12x12x / RAM - SATA - dual layer DVD
 

leleisaan

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What about this one:

Intel Core2Duo E8400 2x3.0GHz, 250GB HDD, 4GB DDR2 , Intel HD3000 vga , DVDROM, Lenovo motherboard


•Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8400 (2M Cache, 2x2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) Processor Number E8400
# of Cores 2
Clock Speed 2 x 3 GHz
L2 Cache 6 MB
FSB Speed 1333 MHz
FSB Parity No
Instruction Set 64-bit & 32-bit
Embedded Options Available Yes
Lithography 45 nm
Max TDP 65 W
VID Voltage Range 0.8500V-1.3625V


Sorry about posting all this random specs btw, just do not know now to gather info otherwise. PC hardware i not my thing really :D.