CAD Workstation Build Help

[Drizzle93]

Hi guys, I'm nowhere close to an expert and just after a bit of help and a few other opinions. Im building this for a friend that uses Delcam Software for Designing of Orthotics.

The budget is $1000 and im trying to keep it as low as possible.


Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon 3.5GHz 6MB Retail Box
GeIL 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR3 Evo Veloce C9 1600MHz
Corsair CX500M 500W 80PLUS Bronze Semi-Modular Power Supply
Samsung 840 EVO Series 2.5" 7mm 120GB SSD
Fractal Design ARC Midi R2 Black Mid Tower Case w/Side Panel Window
Gigabyte Z97 HD3 LGA1150 ATX Motherboard
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler

He is looking for an upgrade from his current setup which is a dell workstation running a Q6600 cpu and a quadro fx4600 which i plan on using in this new build.

Im not very familiar with cad workstations so any help would be great appreciated

Cheers.

 

[synphul]

This would be a more solid build for that sort of cad work. I kept the case the same, the cooler the same, they will benefit from 16gb of ram over 8gb and the faster clocks and hyperthreading of the i7 over the i5. Added a hdd for file storage in addition to the ssd for the os/program files. A 240gb ssd will perform a bit better than the same drive in the 120gb version (true of all ssd's). Also swapped out the power supply you had listed for a much better quality unit. It's very similar to a friend of mine's pc and they do similar work (cad for design and product imaging for surgical instruments).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($318.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($117.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $823.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 03:13 EST-0500

 

[Drizzle93]

sorry should of clarified im in Australia so those parts are not even close to those prices here and most of those websites charge ridiculous amounts for shipping to australia... most dont even ship here.

 

[Drizzle93]

Would this be a better option ?

ASRock H97M Pro4 LGA1150 mATX Motherboard
Intel Xeon Quad Core E3-1241v3 3.5GHz 8MB Retail Box

This would keep it under the 1000 budge and give me a hyper threading core.

 

[Drizzle93]

anybody?

 

[synphul]

Hey Drizzle93, sorry didn't realize you were in Australia. Scratch my previous suggestion then.

Maybe this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.00 @ PLE Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($179.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.00 @ IJK)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($105.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($21.90 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1019.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-25 07:59 EST+1100

You're right, prices and availability seem to be much different. Left off the additional hard drive (assuming one can be transferred from the old system?) If not you'll still want to consider a hdd, the ssd alone won't be enough. If there's only enough budget for one or the other, I'd opt for the hdd myself. Since xeons aren't really made for overclocking, you could likely get away with the stock cooler and save some money there or add a different cooler later on.

 

[synphul]

If my budget were limited and it was close, I'd rather cut back on the case and put it into parts that affect performance than keep the case and cut back on performance parts. Maybe someone else has a suggestion for a decent quality power supply that's a bit better priced, my only concern is lowering psu quality to save money. Not a great place to cut corners. The optical drive may not be necessary either if there's one to transfer from an old system or if it's not needed at all.

 

[Drizzle93]

ye i think im leaning more towards that setup, iv seen the program running and iv never seen it use more than 50% of the current 4gb ram so i think im going to go with 8gb of kingston 1866 ram, from the reviews iv read the corsair cx500m is a decent psu.