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Budget Architects Machine

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tamagorci

Junior Member
Hello Everyone,

I'm about to put together a machine for my girlfriend, who will use mostly Autocad, Sketchup and some Photoshop. The goal is to build it with 700€, she already has a screen, keyboard and a mouse. She also wants a silver case 🙂

These are the components that I've put together:
( All links point to Compuland, since I will be buying the parts from Germany )
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ASRock Extreme P55 S1156 ATX - http://bit.ly/e6gvSO
Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz - http://bit.ly/eDpz0C
2x2048MB G.Skill RipJaws Series DDR3-1600 CL8 Kit - http://bit.ly/hnKMbx
430W Seasonic S12II-430 80+ Bronze - http://bit.ly/hRI6I3
1024MB PNY GeForce GT 220 GDDR2 PCIe - http://bit.ly/gUuJfp
Optiarc AD-7243S-0S DVD+-R/RW/DL/LF silber - http://bit.ly/eS4Rxp
ATX Lian Li PC-A05NA Midi Tower o.NT Silber - http://bit.ly/hI1XjP
for OS - 160GB Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD161GJ 7200U/m 8MB 3,5" (8,9cm) SATA II - http://bit.ly/e0v41I
for STORAGE - 1000GB Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 7200U/m 32MB 3,5" (8,9cm) SATA II - http://bit.ly/dXjTFR

This totals at 625€, so there is some room for improvement if I didn't forget anything.

I would be grateful for any comments!

Thank you,
tamagorci
 
I agree with muskie on the RAM. 8GB will be very nice for AutoCAD.

Also, you should ditch those two HDDs that you have listed and just get a single 1TB Samsung F3. The F3 is faster and cheaper. The 160GB drive won't really help you very much sense it is small and slow.
 
tamagorci said:
Doesn't it make sense to keep the OS on a separate drive?
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There are some reasons why you might, such as e.g.
A. You have a small fast drive (SSD) that can't hold all of OS/apps/data.
B. Your main app frequently creates or accesses very large files.

But the idea is to put your OS on a fast drive. A 160GB is both old and slow (low density) compared to the F3, and not even in the same league as an SSD.
 
betasub said:
There are some reasons why you might, such as e.g.
A. You have a small fast drive (SSD) that can't hold all of OS/apps/data.
B. Your main app frequently creates or accesses very large files.

But the idea is to put your OS on a fast drive. A 160GB is both old and slow (low density) compared to the F3, and not even in the same league as an SSD.
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:thumbsup:
 
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