I am currently using Autodesk Inventor 2013 for designing my bot. It works great but I have to build the bot in sections (base, arm, intake). If I try to use Inventor with more than 200 parts, the software becomes laggy and there is a lot of motion blur. I was told to turn down the graphic settings and it helped but it’s still very choppy. I currently have a Toshiba laptop with a 2.4 gHz processor with an integrated graphics card and 4gb of RAM. I tried to upgrade to Autodesk Inventor Professional 2015 but you need at least 8gb of RAM.I would really like to continue using CAD but I’m limited to my computer. So after some research, I’m thinking about building my own computer. Here is my part list http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jake.aprillia/saved/4qgP. I would like to play HD games so thats why the price is so expensive. If anyone could take a look at the parts I pulled together and tell me if I have the correct specs to run CAD with 1,000+ parts I would much appreciate it :).
Also, please excuse me if I some of the things I talk about is incorrect, I’m somewhat new to CAD and computer building :).
I was reading over your parts list and I had one comment. WOW. That will make for a killer computer. There is nothing that I would change in your list, really personal preference for a majority of the components. Case, ram company, ect.
It will be able to handle games and other intensive programs, but I don’t know if it will fix the laggy issues in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2015. I have a build very similar to yours, running with the two 680’s. I have 32gb ram, and same processor. I still get lag when I am doing final assembly with over 1000 parts. Lag sin’t and issue you can easily solve without getting specialized AMD firepro series cards, or the Nvidea workstation cards (which aren’t the best at gaming, but are still good, from my experience).
All in all, yes go forward with the build, it will be the best build you could reasonably do! And good luck with CAD, msg me if you need help with either computer building, or CAD work.
You don’t need that high of a wattage on the power supply as your estimated is 477. I’d recommend lowering it to maybe 550-600 range just in case you want to upgrade anything in the future. Then again, you could change your power supply as well. Up to you. Also, you don’t have many components and therefore could get a mid tower rather than a full. You know how big a full is? Especially a phantom full? And then you could probably lower your 256 GB SSD to a 128 or even 64 and just store the operating system and your more professional programs (Autodesk, Solidworks, Adobe, etc.) that take advantage of the SSD on there. That would lower the price a bit. Also, the case comes with 2 fans already so you don’t need four more (you don’t seem to be planning on overclocking anything other than your processor, and your processor already has a nice liquid cooler so it’ll be fine). In terms of the graphics card, yours is fine but if you wanted to go cheaper and still maintain power I’d recommend the 770. ( http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42774kr ) It is still nearly as powerful as the 780 and has a faster clock speed as well. [http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-780-vs-GeForce-GTX-770 ; Either way you go, your card will be able to handle whatever you throw at it very nicely. If it were my choice, I’d go with Windows 7 instead of 8. 7 is better for gaming, rendering, etc. and more programs are compatible with it than 8. 8 also has a lot of buggy issues which would not be good for a custom build, 7 is much more compatible with everything. And, if you’re going wireless, don’t forget to add in a network card :). Your motherboard has an on-board ethernet spot, but I always get a wireless card just in case (maybe I need to move it to a new room without a cable that’s being ran up through the wall already there). Good luck! :)](http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-780-vs-GeForce-GTX-770 ; Either way you go, your card will be able to handle whatever you throw at it very nicely. If it were my choice, I’d go with Windows 7 instead of 8. 7 is better for gaming, rendering, etc. and more programs are compatible with it than 8. 8 also has a lot of buggy issues which would not be good for a custom build, 7 is much more compatible with everything. And, if you’re going wireless, don’t forget to add in a network card :). Your motherboard has an on-board ethernet spot, but I always get a wireless card just in case (maybe I need to move it to a new room without a cable that’s being ran up through the wall already there). Good luck! :))
This is very true. I have the older model of your case from a year ago, airflow is beyond sufficient. Not really a need to buy more fans. One thing i found that was nice was watercooling the components, the CPU in particular. A nice H80 + unit would be more than enough H100+ for overclocking.
Thank you guys so much for the help! I will take the extra fans off the list like you guys said. Watercooling sounds a little too difficult for me so I’m going to stick with the fans lol. I will also look more into the 770 graphics card and a more in depth look into windows 7 and 8. And I will look more into a network card. As for the Phantom 530 full tower, I would like to have the room to put everything together (being my first build) and I want the option for adding new and more parts in the future.
Again, thanks for the help, I really appreciate it!
All in one water cooling systems are extremely easy to install. Just as simple as any better than stock cooling system. Just check to make sure the model of cooler you are buying comes with the mounting hardware for your specific motherboard.
Some of the newer motherboards, Haswell, have a mounting system right in the motherboard, making installation easier.
Anyway, best of luck to you and your build, hope to see some amazing CAD diagrams from you!
