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Revit/Adobe Architecture Build

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AndeeG

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I'm putting together a build for a friend who wants a budget PC that can handle her architectural work, which will mainly consist of revit and adobe suite, but also some rhino and possibly autocad. I was initially considering an Intel build but it seems that her use might benefit from an 8-core AMD chip. This is what I'm considering now:

CPU: AMD FX-8150 (cooled with a CM Hyper TX3)
MOBO: Cheap microATX AM3+
PSU: Corsair CX500M
RAM: 2x8GB DDR3 1600
GPU: My old XFX 512MB HD4850
HDD: WD Blue 1TB

Does this seem about right? Should I reconsider going Intel? Will she benefit from 16GB over 8GB RAM?
 
Not to mention that the AMD core advantage only exists for integer processing, whereas physical design programs normally deal in floating point.
 
The most important thing is: is she going to be working with it? Is she just a student?

The second most important thing is: what's the budget? Is she's gonna do real work with it nothing below 1000$ is going to cut it.

Like Torn Mind said the fx-8150 is outdated, you should at least get a 8320. But i would get an i5 or i7.

If she's going to work with it I would get, at least a Xeon E3 v3 and 16GB of ECC RAM with a WS motherboard.
 
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