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klapeyre

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Jun 2, 2016
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I would like to have a build sufficient to last 3-5 years so oversizing aspects of the computer is Ok. Budget I can assemble so lets say $2500. Here is the MINIMUM requirements page for CA.......

I would also like to run two monitors.

PC Minimum
•Windows 10 / 8 / 7
•Multi-Core Processor CPU
•2 GB of Memory (32 bit)
•4 GB of Memory (64 bit)
•Video Card: ?OpenGL 2.1 or higher
?Dedicated Video Card with 512 MB memory, e.g., NVIDIA or ATI
— OR — ?Integrated Graphics, e.g., Intel HD Graphics (driver needs to be 2014 or newer)
How can I tell what video card I have?
•5 GB of available hard disk space
•Internet Access *


Requirements page for CA.
 
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okcnaline

okcnaline

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Nov 17, 2013
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What's Revit...? Never really looked into it. (SolidWorks, not Autodesk for me.)

I'm just going to assume that the engine is similar to AutoCAD and Inventor.
Oh, and do you need stuff like monitors? And is this something you're taking everywhere?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($404.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($404.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X10DAL-I-O ATX Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($301.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory ($165.98 @ Directron)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400Q ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2472.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-02 16:55 EDT-0400
 
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okcnaline

okcnaline

Splendid
Nov 17, 2013
8,083
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($404.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($404.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X10DAL-I-O ATX Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($301.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory ($99.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($563.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400Q ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG 24M47VQ 24.0" 60Hz Monitor ($129.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 24M47VQ 24.0" 60Hz Monitor ($129.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2513.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-02 21:00 EDT-0400
 
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imjouster

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Jun 15, 2013
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Are you going to be doing lots of 3d renderings with revit? I don't know a lot about CA, but with revit you can honestly get by with a really cheap GPU, Revit doesn't use the GPU for really anything at all, it is all about individual thread performance. If you are planning on running revit alongside other programs, then I can see the point of trying to go for more than 4-8 threads. Currently at work (I work a lot with revit although we do all our renderings in the autodesk cloud) I only have an i5 4600, 16gigs of ram, and an nvidia GTX 750ti. It was an $800 machine when I built it and I can have 3-4 separate instances of revit going on all at the same time, along with 2-3 autocad files, 20-30 tabs of firefox or chrome, and our other drafting program called Cabinet Vision, and the computer still doesn't miss a beat on revit. So just make sure you know what you actually need before going and blowing a budget of 2500 bucks when you might only need to spend half that. Like I said, I don't know what Chief's specs are... I really can't imagine it takes much more than revit to run smoothly. But I'd call the guys at Chief and see if they have a tech guy you can talk to that will give you a good recommendation specs for the computer. I can already tell you that if you talk to the right guys with Revit they are going to tell you that you don't need much at all (the guys that did the demo for us at the office were running it off of a 5 year old laptop... 2nd gen i7, 8 gb ram, etc.)
 
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