Budget 71-90K Help with building Rig for friend

[bazinga]

your handle and "CAD" word made me read through out...

which CAD tool you will be using, no part of CAE ?

This RIG is for my friend. Im not much of a mechanical engineer . So i dont know the answer to your question:rofl:.

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You won't able to play games on the iMac. Almost all games use Directx which is unavailable on Mac OS, there are only a very few exceptions like World of Warcraft or Starcraft from Blizzard which can run on OpenGL/Mac. So your main demand does not get fulfilled with Mac. Plus you won't get as high configuration on iMac as on custom rig. You would be getting only a good looking computer to boast off (imho iMac or Mac suck *no offense*)

Ya il let him know all this . Hope he listens.

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As you have mentioned :



You won't able to play games on the iMac. Almost all games use Directx which is unavailable on Mac OS, there are only a very few exceptions like World of Warcraft or Starcraft from Blizzard which can run on OpenGL/Mac. So your main demand does not get fulfilled with Mac. Plus you won't get as high configuration on iMac as on custom rig. You would be getting only a good looking computer to boast off (imho iMac or Mac suck *no offense*)

Oh and ya, he plans on buying win8 64 bit

 

[harry_houdini]

Is CAD really that power hungry thing like video editing or photoshop?.

 

[itspriyank]

If your friend is going to use Autdesk CAD then it does require a good system, but the configuration I have told would be more than enough. Plus your friend is a little late in buying Windows 8 as I had purchased it before Jan 31 and got it for just 1999 INR with Media Center.

 

[Vagabond]

gone are the days of autocad, there are newer parametric cad which has changed the 3D designs...

they do require high end graphics...

 

[Hades.]

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minus 1 ... Now that's disastrous advice. :annoyed:


If one is ready to pay 75-80k, you do not scrimp on the cabinet - This is the one place that will house all your (expensive) components, it need's to have good air-flow; at least 2-3 fans and room for future expansion. The cheapest & best cabinet is the NZXT Gamma (2.7-2.9k), otherwise the cabby that's suggested - Corsair Carbide 400R is an excellent one

i had bought NZXT Gamma for one of my friend few months back for 2100 from primabgb