Hey - Im looking to start building a low budget (its low budget due to what i need it to accompli...

[G+_Emil Chetty]

Hey - Im looking to start building a low budget (its low budget due to what i need it to accomplish)  desktop PC for about $2000 that can handle 4k gaming on a multiple monitor set up AND dp complicated, hi res, CAD design, on multiple monitors  (I am an engineer by profession) 

 

Here's the rig i was looking at

 

Case: BitFenix MicroATX Tower Case BFC-PHM-300

 

Mother Board: ASUS Micro ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards MAXIMUS VII GENE

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4790K Processor- BX80646I74790K

 

CPU Cooler:  Zalman CPU Cooling System RESERATOR 3 MAX 

 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850G2 80PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V/EPS12V 850W Power Supply 220-G2-0850-XR

 

Fans: (4 x) BitFenix Spectre Pro 140mm Case Fan BFF-SPRO-14025KK-RP Black

 

Graphics: (2 x) XFX RADEON R9 290 947MHz 4GB DDR5 DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card

 

OR

 

                     (1 x) XFX RADEON R9 290 947MHz 4GB DDR5 DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card And

                      (1 x) Sapphire AMD FirePro W7000 4GB GDDR5 Quad DisplayPort PCI-Express Graphics Card Graphics Cards 100-505848 

 

(Would Like some advice on which config to go with here given my needs with Cost efficiency as the primary optimization criteria)

 

RAM: (2x)  Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2133 MHz (PC3 17000) Desktop  (Total 32GB)

 

SSD: Crucial M500 240GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Solid State Drive CT240M500SSD1

 

HD: Western Digital Black 1TB

 

Any advice here would be helpful - first time building a PC so would like as much input as possible - Like would this even be fee sable for my budget and  how future proof is this etc. - Looking forward to your feedback =)

#pcbuild  

#pcgaming  

[G+_Taylor Graham]

I'd do some reading about mixing the firepro and the radeon gpus, that might not go so well. It might be simpler to just go with 2xr9 290s. Do your research though, as the firepro would be nice for CAD, as long as the two cards didn't cause problems. Honestly i think two 290s could keep up with some pretty massive models though. How big are you going here?

Also the M500s are awesome SSDs. I have tons at work, all have been great. Good choice.

[G+_Emil Chetty]

My average projects consists of of 1100 - 1200 part assemblies - but on occasion I will be doing 5000 part assemblies - but not often but would like to have the computing power none the less.

[G+_Taylor Graham]

I can't really give you advice there, my largest assemblies are 100 or so parts. Most of what professional cards offer is stability though, and mixing pro and consumer drivers could undermine that stability. If that turned out to be the case, you'd be wasting the extra money you spent on the firepro. The R9 290s should perform almost as well as the firepro though. Definitely do some google searches. When you're talking about spending $1000 on graphics, i think some planning is in order. See if someone else has tried the same configuration. 

[G+_Emil Chetty]

I have - been struggling to find reliable information about running two different cards in the same machine. The most i could find is that I wouldn't be able to run them in crossfire - which is meh and that is is much better to have a firepro card (

). Would it be more feasible to build two machines with watered down components?  So using 16gig of ram in each - overclocking a Pentium G3258 and a cheaper motherboard cause I don't need the Z97 standard?

[G+_Taylor Graham]

i definitely don't see the point of running them if you cant use crossfire. You would have to switch your cables to the firepro to use it. Just go with two r9 290s. Or two fire pros if that will fit your needs and work. It would also be a shame to build two rigs.

You don't need a firepro for CAD. I'm pretty possible the 290s will do just fine. There is plenty of RAM between them.

If you want more info, try posting something on a forum that deals with this kind of thing. I'd recommend overclock.net or something, they focus on gaming, but they might have some info.

[G+_Emil Chetty]

Thanks man - that's super helpful =)

[G+_Emil Chetty]

Um not sure where to find forums On the Google SketchUp and AutoDesk Pages. I am mainly using  SolidWorks 2014 - tried that forum but still haven't got a response. 

[G+_Taylor Graham]

I think lance is confused. I did actually find some threads on overclock.net, do a search there. It seems that the firepro card will provide you with a higher degree of accuracy than a consumer card. If you're doing modeling based purely on dimensions that you know, this might not be an issue, but if you're using your eyes, that might be a problem (or at least a pain). I'm not a CAD guru, so I'm kind of regurgitating this information with my own spin on it. Maybe a single firepro will handle your workload.. and i have a feeling crossfire works well with pro cards, so you could probably upgrade if it doesn't. Gaming should be possible on the pro cards, not as good as a 290, but good. CAD is your primary concern, right? Work before play?

But yeah, ask a pro. Leave posts on a bunch of forums, don't be shy. Your money is at stake! After building a lot of machines I've learned comparability checks can be important, especially when building at the $2000 level.

[G+_Taylor Graham]

http://www.cadtutor.net/ has a pretty active modeling forum. There are 300 people online right now. They'll probably have a bias towards the pro cards, but maybe someone there is an engineer and a gamer and will tell it to you straight. I don't know if the users there are technically inclined, but id imagine at least a few are.