Recommend a diy pc for autocad

[evq]

Is a i7 with 16GB ram with a gtx1060 enough?
Thanks

 

[singupingu]

More than enough. No budget?

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[ZrE0_Cha0s]

autocad 2d i think ryzen 1600x or i5 is more than enough.

3d wise i cant rmb, but i think should be the same as 2d requirement,.

 

[Rashkae]

For Autocad I'd recommend Ryzen. The more threads the better.

 

[tungsten2]

Is a i7 with 16GB ram with a gtx1060 enough?
Thanks

Any rendering ?

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[evq]

Yes got rendering

 

[evq]

For Autocad I'd recommend Ryzen. The more threads the better.

Oh will consider

 

[enenyi]

AutoCAD is single-threaded (legacy software issue), so getting a CPU chip with high core count would be the best. Something like the i7-7700k. 16GB RAM will be sufficient, 32GB RAM to play safe (although not needed). For 2D AutoCAD, integrated graphics more than enough. Once move into 3D realm for AutoCAD, a basic Nvidia or AMD card will do as performance of GPU acceleration does not scale well with GPU price particularly in AutoCAD.

 

[evq]

More than enough. No budget?

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Maybe 3k.... With monitor. I considering Dell u2417h

 

[evq]

AutoCAD is single-threaded (legacy software issue), so getting a CPU chip with high core count would be the best. Something like the i7-7700k. 16GB RAM will be sufficient, 32GB RAM to play safe (although not needed). For 2D AutoCAD, integrated graphics more than enough. Once move into 3D realm for AutoCAD, a basic Nvidia or AMD card will do as performance of GPU acceleration does not scale well with GPU price particularly in AutoCAD.

Can help to recommend the parts for 3d first? Thanks

 

[enenyi]

Can help to recommend the parts for 3d first? Thanks

I'm typing this on mobile, so dun have the prices. But here it goes:

CPU: Intel i7-7700k
Motherboard: any Z270 board that u like
CPU cooler: your choice
RAM: 32GB RAM, valueRAM will do the job just fine.
SSD: Intel 600p 256GB (AutoCAD will benefit from faster 4K random read/writes using NVMe)
GPU: Cheapest GTX 1060 3GB (Nvidia seems to work better than AMD coz more Quadro cards are Autocad-certified than Firepro ones)
PSU: Superflower 550W Silver
Casing: your choice

 

[Rashkae]

AutoCAD is single-threaded (legacy software issue), so getting a CPU chip with high core count would be the best. Something like the i7-7700k. 16GB RAM will be sufficient, 32GB RAM to play safe (although not needed). For 2D AutoCAD, integrated graphics more than enough. Once move into 3D realm for AutoCAD, a basic Nvidia or AMD card will do as performance of GPU acceleration does not scale well with GPU price particularly in AutoCAD.

Single threaded contradicts saying a high core count is best. You mean high clock speed?

 

[enenyi]

Single threaded contradicts saying a high core count is best. You mean high clock speed?

Yeah paiseh. I mean clock speed.

 

[tungsten2]

Yes got rendering

I built a 6 core 12 thread for my contractor friend and his rendering took 3 hours.

After that built 2x xeon E2670 (8 core 16 thread) with gtx1060 6GB, then there is no turning back. His autocad rendering now is now below 1/2 hr.

If you need rendering go for more core. Unfortunately spent about 3k.

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[ZrE0_Cha0s]

I built a 6 core 12 thread for my contractor friend and his rendering took 3 hours.

After that built 2x xeon E2670 (8 core 16 thread) with gtx1060 6GB, then there is no turning back. His autocad rendering now is now below 1/2 hr.

If you need rendering go for more core. Unfortunately spent about 3k.

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wah so u mean that now autocad (latest) can use multi core?

yes i do agree with enyi on previously they are on heavey single thread with higher clock speed benefit.

 

[tungsten2]

AutoCAD have a limitation of max 32 core/thread. I don't know if that is fixed already.

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[Rashkae]

FYI, a 5-second Google search shows:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-cpu,4951-9.html


Autocad is indeed heavily optimized for Intel. It *may* improve in the future but for now a 7700 is best.

 

[evq]

I built a 6 core 12 thread for my contractor friend and his rendering took 3 hours.

After that built 2x xeon E2670 (8 core 16 thread) with gtx1060 6GB, then there is no turning back. His autocad rendering now is now below 1/2 hr.

If you need rendering go for more core. Unfortunately spent about 3k.

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how much will a system with 2x xeon E2670 cost?

 

[tungsten2]

Basically purchase these 2 items from ebay.
2 pcs SR0KX Intel Xeon E5-2670 SR0KX 2.60GHz - S$ 287.15
Asus Z9PA-D8(ASMB6-IKVM) - S$ 481.75


The rest of the item like SSD, 4x8GB DDR3 rams, casing, GTX 1060 6GB, 2x Hyper 212X, 850W PSU ....etc, all from SLS.
As the receipt is not with me, all in all spent about 3k.

 

[tungsten2]

wah so u mean that now autocad (latest) can use multi core?

yes i do agree with enyi on previously they are on heavey single thread with higher clock speed benefit.

All these while my friend have been running Autocad from 4 core(intel) to 6 core (AMD) to 6C12T (intel) then current 2x 8C16T. Every time he renders, all CPU runs at 100%, no matter how many core.