Hi, I have about $2500 for a new home workstation + monitor.
I am building this for my cousin who majored in Architecture and now works in a designing firm. The software he mainly uses is AutoCAD, 3dmax (big renderings), and Solid Works.
So far i have only built gaming rigs, and this is my first time working on a workstation. So i am a little new in this area.
I have two builds that I would like you guys to constructively critique. If you can say why something isn't good or why something else would be better, that would be helpful.
(Budget) Workstation 1:
CPU: i7-2600k $330
Mobo: ASUS P8P67 about $160
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 1333 (CAS7)(4 x 4GB) $210
GPU: Nvidia Quadro FX 580 $145
PSU: SeaSonic X650 $135
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB $120
Storage Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 $130
CPU Heat Sink: Prolimatech Megahalems $65
Case: NZXT Phantom $140
Total: a little over $1400
(under $2500) Workstation 2:
CPU: i7 970 $600
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58 $200
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 1600 CAS7 (6x4GB) $450
GPU: Nvidia Quadro FX1800 $380
PSU: SeaSonic X650 $135
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB $120
Storage Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 $130
CPU Heat Sink: Prolimatech Megahalems $65
Case: NZXT Phantom $140
Total: a little over $2200
I choose the standard ATX size so that in the future I could easily upgrade the graphics by putting it in SLI. Do workstation GPUs benefit from SLI as well as gaming rigs do? If not, would it be better to just use micro ATX?
Thanks a lot.
I am building this for my cousin who majored in Architecture and now works in a designing firm. The software he mainly uses is AutoCAD, 3dmax (big renderings), and Solid Works.
So far i have only built gaming rigs, and this is my first time working on a workstation. So i am a little new in this area.
I have two builds that I would like you guys to constructively critique. If you can say why something isn't good or why something else would be better, that would be helpful.
(Budget) Workstation 1:
CPU: i7-2600k $330
Mobo: ASUS P8P67 about $160
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 1333 (CAS7)(4 x 4GB) $210
GPU: Nvidia Quadro FX 580 $145
PSU: SeaSonic X650 $135
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB $120
Storage Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 $130
CPU Heat Sink: Prolimatech Megahalems $65
Case: NZXT Phantom $140
Total: a little over $1400
(under $2500) Workstation 2:
CPU: i7 970 $600
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58 $200
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 1600 CAS7 (6x4GB) $450
GPU: Nvidia Quadro FX1800 $380
PSU: SeaSonic X650 $135
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB $120
Storage Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 $130
CPU Heat Sink: Prolimatech Megahalems $65
Case: NZXT Phantom $140
Total: a little over $2200
I choose the standard ATX size so that in the future I could easily upgrade the graphics by putting it in SLI. Do workstation GPUs benefit from SLI as well as gaming rigs do? If not, would it be better to just use micro ATX?
Thanks a lot.