Parts Selection for CAD Workstation?

MThompsonjr115

Hi everyone! New to PC building and I’m looking at building a value conscious PC. I used to have an idea what was good to use about 5 years ago, but now things have changed and I’m not sure what is good to use anymore.

I’m looking to build a computer for my home office which will primarily be used for standard PC stuff and CAD design. I’ll be running CATIA and SolidWorks mostly. I also plan on working with some 3D graphic design softwares like Blender and Autodesk. I would like to be able to play a few games, possibly. Snowrunner, GTA V, and maybe iRacing without difficulty.

I plan to run 2 dedicated monitors and the normal ancillaries.

I’d like to keep budget around $1200 if possible for just the PC Tower build.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank you in advance.

-Mike

Here is a build list I put together that is over my budget https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder-intel.aspx?load=ef966a33-40a4-4794-bd20-1435c730f747

What should be changed?

ninja502

i used a build close to the PowerSpec G229 Gaming PC for a customer. they used it for cad and CNC machine shop software like what you wanted. they used autodesk , gibbs cam,predator cnc and had no problems with any project they toss at it

Yingdong

for 3d cad it's cpu and ram heavy rather than gpu, it is somehow very different from a gaming pc except they both need a dedicated gpu.

So, for the build refer to this:

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=49939a75-1244-4379-8954-23c259b698bc

If you are going to play 3d games, 1650 might struggle to get good settings and good frames, you might just need to take the setting to low.