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My Budget i3 for a Friend

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updawg

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We went with 2x1 GB because we already own a 32 bit os so that will be an upgrade down the road. We wanted to get sub $500 but this was the best we could do. What do you think?

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That's a ridiculous price.

Video card is way overpriced for what you're getting. Part prices are pretty silly too. Why are you getting a H55 mobo if you're getting a dedicated video card anyway? 750GB hdd for $69 is "meh" at best, when they're dropping sales on 1TB drives at the same price. WD "Black", so what?

Sorry, I guess I've been spoiled by FS/FT forum deals.

If you're really going for a "budget" deal, you'd be getting a 500gb hdd, dropping the GTS250, or rather dedicated card completely and going with the IGP on the 530 and calling it a day.
 
This has to be all bought from Newegg so classifieds are out of the question.

My friends needs to use solidworks so a powerful budget card is necessary. I agree the hard drive price could be reduced.

However the combo deal was the best way to reduce the overall cost. The processor is $120 alone so for $100 more you get a psu and mobo. If you can find all three for cheaper on newegg by all means help me out!
 
GTS 250 brought outside and killed. 4850 put in its place. Win. Better card less money.
 
Okay, so you have a cheaper, equivalent card that doesn't support one feature that I've never once used as a fairly hardcore PC gamer.
 
If he can hold off playing games for awhile just use the integrated graphics until a good deal shows up. He can still play low resolution with integrated if he has the itch for a game.

Edit: ok I see he needs a discrete video card because of solidworks.
 
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updawg said:
They are the same in benchmarks and the 4850 doesn't support open gl 2.1 which is nice to have for solid works.
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Next driver set from ATI will provide OpenGL 4.0 support. The previous 12 drivers have all supported OpenGL 3.0.

Not to mention the latest Intel drivers for the integrated GPU also support OpenGL 2.1.

Besides, if your friend is really worried about doing CAD on his machine, he shouldn't be scraping the bottom of the barrel on the setup and be thinking an i7 with a professional video card (Quadro/FireGL).

In fact, if the SolidWorks website is to be believed, a GTS250 won't even work with SolidWorks. It would have to be a Quadro or FireGL card.
 
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SunnyD said:
Next driver set from ATI will provide OpenGL 4.0 support. The previous 12 drivers have all supported OpenGL 3.0.

Not to mention the latest Intel drivers for the integrated GPU also support OpenGL 2.1.

Besides, if your friend is really worried about doing CAD on his machine, he shouldn't be scraping the bottom of the barrel on the setup and be thinking an i7 with a professional video card (Quadro/FireGL).

In fact, if the SolidWorks website is to be believed, a GTS250 won't even work with SolidWorks. It would have to be a Quadro or FireGL card.
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for CAD, I'd recommend a lot of good I/O (such as SSD's) and gobs of ram.
 
dualsmp said:
Unless there is a hack somewhere, the drop down box for the drivers at Solidworks site had only Quadro and FireGL listed.

Here's one of the cheaper FireGL products.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-061-_-Product

Edit: Found this thread which might be of interest to the OP.

https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/30654;jsessionid=BD878B36FABDEA57B132EA090A769075.node0
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Yes those are work station cards and cost considerably more. They are almost the same as regular cards with special drivers for stability. Their is a simple mod to make an 8800gt into a quadro 3700. But powerful gaming cards will do the job just as nicely but are not directly supported by the company if you have crashes or visual glitches.

Why do people love recommending extremely expensive items on an inexpensive build. Not every build requires top of the line gear even if you are using taxing programs. I am all for input, and the 4850 was a good a recommendation, but the gts 250 was chaper on the egg at the moment.
 
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Why do people love recommending extremely expensive items on an inexpensive build. Not every build requires top of the line gear even if you are using taxing programs. I am all for input, and the 4850 was a good a recommendation, but the gts 250 was chaper on the egg at the moment.
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The listed GTS250 is $110 assuming you get the rebate. Egg has 4850 at $100. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-824-_-Product

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-236-_-Product

Too bad the powercolor sold out, that was $89.

Anyway, so they're about the same price then, though I'd personally take Gigabyte or Sapphire over PNY. I'm sure PNY is fine these days though.
 
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Thanks for the input, I saved some money on the case hard drive and the graphics card and was able to upgrade to 4gb ripjaws. I think this is the final build revision.

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Nevermind the whole 4850 vs GTS250 argument but if you were going to buy a GTF250 just get a 9800GTX instead as it's the same thing but cheaper.
 
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