£500 Gaming and Cad New Build

hayter61

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Hey

I recently posted here asking for advice on a New build i was planning which would be used for Cad mainly Auto cad and Revit, as well as play a few games but nothing to major. However after a few discussions with the warlord(gf)my budget has now decreased from £800 to £500 sucks i know.

could I get some help on what I should get in order to make the most out of my Budget. Its also worth noting the £500 budget does not include a monitor and operating system, I also have a 2tb hard drive so only really need a small solid state drive.

I have had a go at putting a system together but got it to £570, which may be ok but if you guys have any suggestions on how to get the price down, and suggest some better parts it would be much appreciated

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JZ3khM


Many Thanks
 
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For AutoCAD and Revit, a Xeon would be a better option that the i5. Slight trade-off on the GPU to make up the difference:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£214.80 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card (£122.32 @ More Computers)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£25.97 @...

Barty1884

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For AutoCAD and Revit, a Xeon would be a better option that the i5. Slight trade-off on the GPU to make up the difference:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£214.80 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card (£122.32 @ More Computers)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£25.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.94 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T2U 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£15.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £525.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-17 21:40 GMT+0000
 
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