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garlic_bread
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I am looking for something more powerfull and able to cope with CAD packages such as Solidworks, Inventor and Pro Engineer but on a budget. I have around £600 to spend and i am looking to get the best possible performance from a base unit as possible. My computer component knowlage is very limited. I have looked on ebay at ones with 8gb ram but would like your opinions are you are very knowlageable folk on here 
Lee
I was recomended this by a friend but the spec looks low....? :S
http://www.asktp.com/index.ph[....]product/product&product_id=688
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number1
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That would cope fine if you added some more ram, you should have at least 3gig ram with the 64bit os, as the os itself uses 1gig.
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garlic_bread
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Just built this on the lenovo website.
I have jsut whipped this up, as ypu can see my current sytem can not cope with rendering
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jcwhite_uk
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The spec on the Lenovo you did is OK. Dont forget the OS (the one you showed has no OS included). Dont forget that the price you have there is without VAT so there is another £100 to be added to the price.
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garlic_bread
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That price is inc VAT
Lee
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number1
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If your current set-up just has problems with rendering, just invest in a new graphics card, have you considered a laptop???.
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garlic_bread
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I currently have a laptop, thats why i am looking to invest in a desktop. I'm using a sony vaio and it is terrible. General moddeling is slugish when i get into multiple component parts.
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jcwhite_uk
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On 2010-08-17 16:48:38, garlic_bread wrote:
That price is inc VAT
Lee
Youre right I misread it.
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garlic_bread
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Any other systems? Would you favor the levanon over the cheaper ebay ones with more ram and seperate graphics card?
Lee
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weirdwilli
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Take a look at www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk, they've always had some deals going, and have brilliant staff that are almost constantly active on the sites forums if you have any questions  |
garlic_bread
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I have managed to get a dell 690 workstation for only £600 + 2 x LG 22" Flatrons for £150 so £750 in total.
It is running 2x Quad core Intel Xeon 3.3ghz
16GB DDR2
3x 300GB HDD
4x ATI Firepro v3700
What do you guys recon? Runs really well so far.
Was thinking of getting a SSD for the operating sytem.. worth it or not?
Lee
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lukechris
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SSD's are very very pricy at the moment and you'll see hardly any improvement whatsoever, I'd wait at least till the price comes down
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Posted: 2010-08-17 13:12
