CAD Workstation Build £600-£800

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Hi Guys,

I wonder if anyone could assist me in building a workstation suitable of running:


  • Autodesk Inventor
    Autodesk Showcase
    AutoCAD

    Staad Pro - Structural Analysis

    Adobe Photosop
    Adobe Illustrator
    MS Office

Budget for this £600 to £800. Preferably looking to source all the parts from the UK. Would also like SSD if budget available.

I would also like to be able to run PC games. Not that concerned with running them at maximum quality as this will primarily be a workstation but I would like to make the jump from consoles to PC gaming as my eyes have recently been opened by a friend to the world of PC gaming.

I have keyboard, mouse and all the software including OS. I would like a monitor including if there is sufficient budget, however if there are greater gains to be had from spending it on the build I can manage with what I have until I can get something newer.

Thanks in advance.
Lefty.
 
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I know it's WAY over budget but... IMO if you're gonna do it, do it propper. it's around £850 without a monitor.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£169.15 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.48 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£113.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM...
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I know it's WAY over budget but... IMO if you're gonna do it, do it propper. it's around £850 without a monitor.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£169.15 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.48 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£113.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card (£189.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.94 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.99 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor (£224.67 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1101.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-27 10:17 BST+0100
 
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Thank you very much for your reply. It helps me a lot.
 
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Try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.24 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£80.82 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.42 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£238.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.32 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VX229H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £815.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 08:32 BST+0100
 
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Sorry to flip this thread on its head but I believe youd be the best man to help me.

Im leaving the job im currently in and going it alone (hence my requirement for the computer).

This morning I have found out that work have offered to let me buy my current setup for £600 inc. VAT. I was wondering if you could see if its worth it or would that £600 be better spent elsewhere?

The computer was built for us in the design department by our IT department. This is the specification (From CPU-Z):

Intel Xeon Ivy-Bridge E3-1245 V2 @ 3.4 Ghz

HP Mainboard

20 GB DDR 3 RAM dual channel (CPU-Z Says DRAM Freq = 798.1 MHz)
Believe its 2 banks of Kingston 8GB and 2 banks of Elpida 2 GB.

NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2048 MB (CORE=405MHz SHADER=810MHz MEMORY=1404MHz)

Sandisk SDSSDP256G 256GB SSD
& 1 TB HDD (spec unknown).

Will also come with:
BENQ 24" Monitor
DELL 24" Monitor
Genius Deathtaker Gaming Mouse
Standard Lenovo Keyboard.

Thanks in advance,
Lefty
 
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