Looking for a good machine for CAD/CAM/CAE and Photo Editing

Andarayev · Apr 30, 2014

Hi everyone. I'm new at working with images and CAE/CAM, and now I'm going to start learning it. I'm trying to find the ideal machine for it, without having it too expensive. Here's what I'm looking so far:

-> Motherboard Intel Z87M Pro4

-> Intel i7 4820K

-> Water cooler Corsair H55

-> RAM Adata XPG 2400Hz 16GB (2x 8GB)

-> Samsung SSD 840 Pro Series 256GB

-> 2x Nvidia GeForce GTX580

-> Power Supply Corsair CX750

-> 2x Dell Ultrasharp 24" U2414H

Those are quite expensive (I'm in Brazil, South America) and I was told it might be an overkill.

I'm new at this, and I need some help on what to get, what's necessary and what's excessive. I'm going to use mostly Adobe Photoshop/Bridge/Lightroom, Autodesk AutoCAD/Inventor and Dassault Systemes Catia. I don't think I need an HD other than the SSD, because I'm intending to store any non-essential files in Dropbox, Onedrive and external hard drives.

Also, I will be running Windows 8.

Could you guys help me here?

Thanks!

Y0GI · Apr 30, 2014

Andarayev :

As far as I can tell, Intel does not make that mobo, but Asrock does. Is this the one that you have in mind? http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87M%20Pro4/

If so, that board is a socket LGA 1150 board and you have chosen a socket LGA 2011 CPU. The 2 are incompatible. You need to choose which is more important to you and find a compatible mate.

The Corsair H55 cooler is marginal. If you want to stick to water cooling, move up to at least the H90.

The Asrock mobo does not support Nvidia SLI. I would suggest a better single GPU solution anyway. Can you afford the GTX 780?

Do not get a corsair CX series PSU. If you want Corsair, choose from one higher up the product line or gat an XFX, Seasonic, Antec or other reputable brand.

Yogi

Andarayev · Apr 30, 2014

Y0GI :

Andarayev :

As far as I can tell, Intel does not make that mobo, but Asrock does. Is this the one that you have in mind? http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87M%20Pro4/

If so, that board is a socket LGA 1150 board and you have chosen a socket LGA 2011 CPU. The 2 are incompatible. You need to choose which is more important to you and find a compatible mate.

The Corsair H55 cooler is marginal. If you want to stick to water cooling, move up to at least the H90.

The Asrock mobo does not support Nvidia SLI. I would suggest a better single GPU solution anyway. Can you afford the GTX 780?

Do not get a corsair CX series PSU. If you want Corsair, choose from one higher up the product line or gat an XFX, Seasonic, Antec or other reputable brand.

Yogi

It might be that mobo, a friend of a friend told me to chose that one, but he said it was Intel. I guess it would be cheaper and better to get another mobo than other RAM and GPU, right?
It would be too expensive to change to a superior GPU, considering I'm getting two of them.
You have any suggestions?

By the way, thanks for the reply.

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