Best Build for AutoCAD/GIS Around 2k Budget

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Water_Doc

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So I have a budget around 2k for a build. This is my personal workhorse machine. I use AutoCAD and GIS extensively. The issue with my system now is the lag when working with large data files, say 750 MB, which are base layers and being accessed in the background. I would prefer a full size tower, intel processor, USB 3.0 and SD card access on the front, and need at least a 5TB drive for file storage.

I have an extra NVIDIA Quadro K2000 card but it does not have to be utilized. The current monitors have both DVI & HDM input.

Lastly I plan on running Windows 7 Ultimate.

Thank you for your assistance.
 
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King Dranzer

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Here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($119.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($66.54 @ NCIX US)
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA Titan X (Pascal) 12GB Video Card ($1200.00)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Other: EZDIY 2-Port USB 3.0 USB 2.0 HUB Power ESATA HD Audio All in-1 5.25"inch Optical Drive Bay Front Panel Card Reader ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2064.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 12:31 EDT-0400

For 2K budget I was only able to fit in 3TB HDD. Didn't want to compromise on other components. You can add second HDD later.
 
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By around 2k I would think ±$250 Does that change anything?



 
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ScrewySqrl

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($428.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X400 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba X300 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($152.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB TURBO Video Card ($606.00 @ B&H)
Case: Rosewill RISE ATX Full Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Other: Rosewill RCR-IC002 All-in-one USB 2.0 Card Reader ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1986.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 12:37 EDT-0400

I went with teh 6-core I7-6800K for this build with a strong Noctua cooler.

1 TB M2 SSD and 5 TB HDD.

No cases come with an SD card reader, so I added one. the case will fit it in teh second open slot of the case, and into a USB 2.0 slot on the motherboard


I went with teh GTX 1080 because its probably better than teh Kepler card you have, and cheaper than any reasonable maxwell Quadro card, while still being pretty powerful. if this is inadequate, a M4000 Quadro is about $130 more
 
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I would go ahead an use that K2000, for now. You can upgrade the graphics later. I have 3x4tb, for a raid 5 solution. I also included 2 SSD. One of them you can use to do your actual work in, while the other would primarily be for OS, and applications.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($428.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG A80 128.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($123.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Taichi ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($145.26 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Sandisk X400 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($137.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X400 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($137.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($79.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ B&H)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Other: EZDIY 2-Port USB 3.0 USB 2.0 HUB Power ESATA HD Audio All in-1 5.25"inch Optical Drive Bay Front Panel Card Reader ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1883.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 12:48 EDT-0400



 
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I opted to have you reuse your Quadro card, though I left a beefy enough PSU so you can safely put in whatever you want later on if find your programs will utilize a GPU for processing work. Also found a case with a SD card reader built it. These are kind of rare now it seems.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($439.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($204.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($425.87 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($123.25 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1842.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 12:54 EDT-0400
 
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King Dranzer

King Dranzer

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Here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($119.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 5TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: NVIDIA Titan X (Pascal) 12GB Video Card ($1200.00)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Other: EZDIY 2-Port USB 3.0 USB 2.0 HUB Power ESATA HD Audio All in-1 5.25"inch Optical Drive Bay Front Panel Card Reader ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2246.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 13:07 EDT-0400

Autodesk has huge collection of software which require different hardware support. There are some software which require ECC VRAM and some dedicated driver support to function. If you are using software like that then I would recommend saving money for time being(using K2000) and going for P5000 when released.

If you are using software which supports basic GPUs then I would strongly recommend TITAN X PASCAL over any other card presently available even better than the Quadros. It gives you a performance gain of 25% in works like this over GTX1080 and it is a big gain and worth paying.
 
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When you put it that way it seems bit odd but on the basis of overall performance while working that 25% gain(which is caluculated on base clocks) is a good margin because when overclocked(which is recommended) it performs even better. But that is not the only reason to recommend TITAN X PASCAL over GTX1080 when a person is doing mainstream work like this there is a good possibility of him/her adding second GPU and in that case TITAN X PASCAL(2-way non SLI) gives a 35% boost over GTX1080(2-way non SLI) both at base clocks and when. These are the main reasons that even TITAN X PASCAL not being available yet in our county we are paying huge amount and importing it especially for work station builds if necessary or halting for its release.
 
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Water_Doc

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Thank you everyone for your responses. I really like the RAID as suggested by logainofhades and using the existing video card as a few have suggested. If the budget increased by $500 what would any of you revise? Also, I really like 64GB of RAM as suggested by why_wolf.

What are the pro/cons to liquid vs air cooled? Seems the Noctua NH-D15 is a popular choice.

I also I have a 850 G2 power supply in another machine and liked it but not sure if it is necessary.
 
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ScrewySqrl

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($439.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($269.99 @ B&H)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X400 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba X300 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($152.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Toshiba X300 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($152.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: NVIDIA Quadro M4000 8GB Video Card ($767.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill RISE ATX Full Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Other: Rosewill RCR-IC002 All-in-one USB 2.0 Card Reader ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2490.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 14:30 EDT-0400

I doubled the RAM and the mechanical storage drives, dropped the 1080 for a Quadro M4000, and added a cheap 240GB SSD to use as a scratch drive,

as far as cooling goes, Big Air is pretty competitive with liquid cooling, but with less maintenance worry.

the 550W platinum PSU is fine for this build as is, but won't overclock. if you want to overclock, get a bigger PSU (a 650-750W gold PSU is in the same pricerange)
 
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Yes from what you said I figured a larger RAM capacity was probably a good idea. Note with x99 boards you can go all the way up to 128 GB of RAM if you want to.

With liquid cool, especially a custom loop, you can get the maximum overclock possible. With your air cooler like the Noctuca you can get essentially equal performance to all but the very biggest AIO water coolers. Plus with air cooler there is fewer moving parts and much simpler to install. For your use case I think air would be the way to go. Also air is quieter as it is only fans, no pump noise.

850w is probably more than you need unless you plan on doing a dual GPU. But having more watts doesn't hurt anything. Only thing to worry about is how old the PSU is and what quality tier it is from.
 
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