Can anyone help me design a desktop please?

[ManBearPig]

Pretty please. Been outta the game for a while.

I want to run google sketch up, adobe cs5, and auto cad.

Looking to spend ~$500-700.

Thanks!

Edit: I made a similar topic a bit ago about a SFF pc, but that didn't seem possible for the budget. Since things are so diff. between the two form factors I figured a new topic would be appropriate.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The $600 "Day 2" build in mnewsham's thread is a good starting point if you can't wait a month for Sandy Bridge:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2144905

If you don't care about gaming you could buy a cheaper video card. It might also make sense to get 2 x 4 GB RAM instead of 2 x 2.

 

[ManBearPig]

Are the amds as good as the intel processors yet?

 

[DaveSimmons]

An $800 Sandy Bridge system (i5-2500 quad-core, P67 mobo, videocard) is going to be faster than the AMDs at least until the AMD "Bulldozer" chips come out in June, maybe even then.

A $500-600 quad-core AMD system is going to be faster than the dual-core intel you'll have to settle for at that price.

So: are you willing to wait a month for Sandy Bridge and possibly go a bit above your $700 limit?

 

[ManBearPig]

Man, I'll have to ask him. It's a pain in my ass because he thinks this is all instant and wants it now. Really annoying.

 

[ManBearPig]

Anyone know where I could get a desktop thats been refurbished or something with specifications like this to keep down costs?

Is this system worth $639?

* Studio 540 Mini-Tower: Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q9400 (6MB L2, 2.66GHz, 1333FSB)
* Genuine Windows 7 Professional
* 320 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
* 8 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (4 DIMMs)
* 16X DVD +/- RW Optical Drive

 

[mfenn]

For AutoCAD, you're going to want at least some type of discrete GPU unless you're talking about very basic models (or 2D drawings).

 

[rockyjohn]

Is your system above different than the one you posted in another thread for a rig to used for Adobe CSS and autocad:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2146637

Or are you double posting?