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  • 23-09-2014 7:00am
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    shayfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi there! I need to buy a pc capable of running Autocad but have a very tight budget. (€500). Does anyone know what my best option would be! A new cheaper brand, or maybe a refurbished pc or an auction??? I would appreciate any help you can give me!!


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    Have a look at minimum specs for autocad and go from there.


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    shayfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭shayfarrell


    degsie wrote: »
    Have a look at minimum specs for autocad and go from there.

    3ghz processor seems to be the main one and. 8 gig of ram


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    Luckydog69
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Luckydog69


    I am running Autocad 2013 on a Toshiba Satellite 64 bit Windows 7, 2.1 Ghz with 2 GB of ram..runs it no problem...also I have it installed on an older HP laptop running Windows XP with only 1 GB RAM and speed of 1.8 Ghz and it runs no it problem.


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    shayfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭shayfarrell


    Thanks,

    I just got those specs from the Autodesk website.

    I have it on a 32 bit laptop with a 2ghz processor but find it very slow with very detailed drawings.

    Working on lots of detailed drawings with lots of other docs. open at the same time i.e. Google maps, emails, word & excel docs. and photos etc. so I need something quick


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    Luckydog69
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Luckydog69


    PC World does a Lenovo Tower with 8 GB ram and 500gb hard drive with a J"900 processor..clock speed of 2.4 ghz for 329.99, and they do a 23" monitor , a Philips for 170 euro. Home delivery as well...Cannot post links to these for some reason even though I'm not a new user and have posted links in the past! Hope this helps.


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    shayfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭shayfarrell


    Luckydog69 wrote: »
    PC World does a Lenovo Tower with 8 GB ram and 500gb hard drive with a J"900 processor..clock speed of 2.4 ghz for 329.99, and they do a 23" monitor , a Philips for 170 euro. Home delivery as well...Cannot post links to these for some reason even though I'm not a new user and have posted links in the past! Hope this helps.

    Hi,

    That sounds good I will check it out!

    Cheers


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Luckydog69 wrote: »
    PC World does a Lenovo Tower with 8 GB ram and 500gb hard drive with a J"900 processor..clock speed of 2.4 ghz for 329.99, and they do a 23" monitor , a Philips for 170 euro. Home delivery as well...Cannot post links to these for some reason even though I'm not a new user and have posted links in the past! Hope this helps.

    That's a terrible processor for Autocad. It's designed for web browsing and media, it's an Atom based processor. A proper Core i3 or i5 would be 300% faster.


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    Luckydog69
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Luckydog69


    Sure it would But he has a budget to maintain.... I'm currently running Autocad using a Pentium Processor similar to the one I spec'd earlier ( but not as powerful ) and never had a problem with performance, and used it everyday.


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    shayfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭shayfarrell


    Hi,

    What would you think of this PC.

    hp-xw6600-gaming-ready-workstation-pc-system-intel-quad-xeon-e5450-x2-at2-83-ghz-8gb-1tb-hdd-geforce-gtx650-dvd-win-7-pro-64bit


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Pentium Processors are much faster than those bay trail processors.

    It's grand for casual use but for autocard it's a waste of money. The architecture is designed for tiny devices, tablets, netbooks and so on - not full size desktops.

    Dell sell a brand new i3 based machine with 8Gb ram and a 1TB hard drive for €429 delivered for example. That's what you really need for Autocad when you're buying new and have a budget up to 500.


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    shayfarrell wrote: »
    Hi,

    What would you think of this PC.

    hp-xw6600-gaming-ready-workstation-pc-system-intel-quad-xeon-e5450-x2-at2-83-ghz-8gb-1tb-hdd-geforce-gtx650-dvd-win-7-pro-64bit

    That's an old Core 2 based machine, not a great investment at all unless you're getting it very cheap....it'd be a lot faster than that J1900 Lenovo though.


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    Luckydog69
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Luckydog69


    That Dell is a good spec tower alright for 429...But its tower only, monitors on the dell site, 183 Euro for a 19.5" or 207 Euro for a 24"


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    You can buy monitors from Dabs, Pixmania or similar sites for half the price!


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    beauf
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    They've started using Pentium and Celeron for low powered Atom processors.

    Stick to i3/i5 if you don't know much about computers.

    A lot of those old 2nd hand PC's are very overpriced especially on adverts.


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    shayfarrell
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭shayfarrell


    Thanks for all this! Has anyone used "compu zone" they do refurbished pc's? Will definitely check out that DELL one!


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