Buying a new computer, suggestions?

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Hello Folks,

It's been a long time since I bought a new computer so I'm not familiar with the latest on the market. I'm a Mechanical engineer and I just started my company so cost really matters. Initially the computer will only be used for google drive and QuickBooks online but in a few months I will be adding AutoCAD and solidworks so I need something with a good graphics card. I don't need a lot of storage since I will be using an external hard drive but speed is important for me. I found the following computer while walking on Best Buy but I have never heard of it before:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-black-edition-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-480-1tb-hard-drive-black/5615010.p?skuId=5615010

CyberPowerPC:
4.0GHz AMD CPU
8GB of RAM (Up to 32GB)
1TB hard drive.
4GB Radeon graphics RX480
Price $700

Any thoughts or suggestions? Any other brand or model?

Thanks a lot.
Alejandro
 
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It depends on what i7 you are talking about. Any i7 at the moment that costs about the same as the Ryzen 7 chip is not as good as the AMD chip. With the new updates that are coming out for the AMD chips we will see even better performance. Also, you are clearly not going for extreme enthusiest level performance and so I chose a CPU that will do all that you need it to and be future proofed for quite a while at a price point that is fairly cheaper than what you would pay with Intel to go the same route.

Not an AMD fan or an Intel fan. Just someone who recognizes the facts.
By all means, an i7 6950x will absolutely trounce everything but then again it costs over a thousand dollars.
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You are best off getting the parts and building your own PC. CyberPowerPC is a company that basically does custom built PC like you would do at home but they do it for you so you get to pick and choose your components.

If you'd like a list of parts for building your own provide your budget.

If you'd like a prebuilt system we still need your budget.

Don't buy that PC. Just don't.
 
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AlejandroM

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I don't really want to spend more than $1200 including windows software not including periferials.

Thank you
Alejandro




 
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I wouldn't go for the FX myself if you ask me.
the FX are last gen with no upgrade option.
I know you don't want to spend too much. but i would go for the Ryzen or a i5 system myself.

Dell is a very good option if money is a thing and you want pre build PC. they have pretty quick warranty management. (example we had a problem with our Dell pc at some point at work and we call dell. they send in a guy within the day and had the motherboard replace. the key word is "Same Day")
but once their Warranty is over the PC may not last as long tho. they do use very cheap part.

I have a few years old FX myself. it runs everything it need for me so i'm not saying is not a good PC just it at the end of it life cycle right now so i wouldn't recommend it.
 
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I wouldn't mind building something myself either its just I haven't done it in so long that I didn't think about it. My max budget would be $1200 not counting periferials.



 
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I chose Windows 10 Pro based on personal preference. But if you like you can go with home edition for about $50 less. This build will get the job more than done and has potential for upgrades and additions like more RAM and added storage. Since you said you already have external storage for mass storage I have given you a competently sized SSD for all of your main applications and the OS.

Everything I have picked for you is with total retail price and I left room for the taxes and shipping costs.

And if you like, this build will also suffice for gaming and content creation.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($329.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($249.00 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($138.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1086.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 00:17 EDT-0400
 
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You can save a lot of money when you pick windows 10 code from internet. Costs about 10$, also you can activate it with win 8/ win 7 key if you have one.
 
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on xSimply build i would go for a higher clock Ram since the price are not that much as of different but ryzen seem to work better as ram speed is faster.
also if you are to get Ryzen go for the Rx480 or the Vega which should come out this month.
it seem like nvidia doesn't work well with Ryzen cpu. (mostly driver stuff)
 
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Hey, thanks for taking the time to do all this. Last night I ordered most of the parts you suggested. I have a quick question thought, what is the difference between the AMD Ryzen 7 and the Intel i7, they are almost the same price but the i7 has 4.6GHz vs 3.0Ghz on the AMD?

Thank you
Alejandro Moncada



 
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Ryzen is the AMD new cpu (driver is not optimize at the moment) it should be cheaper than Intel in general. If you ask me it more like a fan thing. Amd people will tell you to get amd and Intel will tell you do get Intel. They will both work and they will both work very well.
 
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It depends on what i7 you are talking about. Any i7 at the moment that costs about the same as the Ryzen 7 chip is not as good as the AMD chip. With the new updates that are coming out for the AMD chips we will see even better performance. Also, you are clearly not going for extreme enthusiest level performance and so I chose a CPU that will do all that you need it to and be future proofed for quite a while at a price point that is fairly cheaper than what you would pay with Intel to go the same route.

Not an AMD fan or an Intel fan. Just someone who recognizes the facts.
By all means, an i7 6950x will absolutely trounce everything but then again it costs over a thousand dollars.
 
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