Well, I know, fancy cases are liked by some, not by others. There are some options though:
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
^Its known to not like tall coolers like D14 though.
Not completely elegant plain but close I guess. If you want something better, I really like this case, simple but bold looks:
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
^This fits D14 decently, my suggestion would be Ghost.
Also, yes even I believed in that until I read this article:
http://www.revitforum.org/hardware-infrastructure/72-re...
The first thing it states in its FAQs is:
Quote:
Despite what you may have been told, consumer (gaming) video cards can work just as well with Revit as professional video cards.
To the numerous people I've recommended GTX over Quadro to, I've not recieved complaints. The main issue is not hardware in GTX vs Quadro, but rather drivers, Nvidia blocks their computing drivers on GTX cards which are obviously not so in Quadro. But people seem to have got good results with GTX cards as well, especially the higher ends. Yes the quadro supports ECC so its more precision, but I don't think you'd want to compute for days at length, you'd be looking at a much higher setup if that were the case.
Simply enough, it was put down real nice in some site:
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These OpenGL cards are considerably more expensive than their DirectX based “gaming” counterparts, but are considered necessary for most 3D CAD applications.
The easiest way to think about the difference between OpenGL and DirectX is an OpenGL card calculates higher detail models at relatively low frame rates, while a DirectX card calculates lower detail models at high, sustained frame rates.
Some good threads:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/386333-33-quadro-gefo...
http://www.revitforum.org/architecture-general-revit-qu...
Community seems devided, especially for Revit and Lumion. I'm in support for GTX, recommended to people, never got backfired.
PS: Sorry for not realizing you're she from Name