Hey guys,
my computer knowledge is pretty limited. I am thinking of building a computer just for some cad that i will use just at home. any recommendations. I am not after spending huge amounts of money just yet. Cheaper is better. Something decent.
TIA
I was going to use Catia or inventor for some assemblies.
The CAD subreddit is probably the place to go ask fellow CAD users and see what hardware is recommended
https://www.reddit.com/r/cad/
the type of hardware you buy really depends on whether your software supports OpenGL or DirectX. There's a lot of debate on whether you need Quadro cards vs getting a high end RTX card but it ultimately rests on what API you end up using and how big your CAD assemblies are.
If you're on a budget
Could pick up a refurbished/ex designer cad workstation with a xeon processor and older generation quadro card and 16-32gb of ram for ~$400-500 depending on spec off ebay, gumtree or marketplace, i know these are forever coming up as offices turn over old workstations.
Else a refurbished i7 dell optiplex or HP elitedesk with a 1660ti small form factor will do the job (just make sure it has at least 16gb ram) for $200-$300.
Otherwise buy something new, techfast on here has decent ryzen builds something like this https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/556101
Don’t worry about quadros unless you can get a good deal on a used workstation. Unless you are working with big complex 3D assemblies in your projects you are unlikely to notice anything wrong with a decentish gaming machine.
Depends on what kind of cad your are doing etc, but you can probably get by quite well with some cheap prebuilt 1060 system.
What sort of CAD will you be doing? If it's AutoCAD for basic drafting honestly the bar is pretty low.. a new i3+ with integrated graphics is fine. If you're going civil design or 3D modelling then maybe you should spec higher.