Best Computer for AutoCAD
Best Computer for AutoCAD
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Hi! Any computer advice for running AutoCAD? About 3 years ago I purchased a Dell desktop. I shared the AutoCAD specifications with Dell and went with the computer they recommended. I am not going to say that budget was not an issue, but I did exceed all of AutoCAD's specifications. I have not been able to use AutoCAD 2020 and now 2021 because it keeps crashing, so I am stuck in 2019. That alone would not be awful, but I still get routine crashes in 2019 and it is pretty slow. Any advice or hardware updates that you would recommend?
Adrienne Gould-Choquette, P.E.
www.adicotengineering.com
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Dik
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This build does not include items like case fans, I typically purchase an ATX form factor case that has fans already installed, the one in the build is just a place holder. Additionally depending on how you connect to the internet you may want a PCIe wireless card. If you go the route of building a computer, it's not that hard, the first time would take maybe 4 to 6 hours, but after that you could be able to build future ones in around an hour. The most annoying part is installing windows, if you have a CD with windows you will want to make sure you throw a CD drive in there as well. I went to the Microsoft website and created an installation flash drive and then purchase a 20 dollar key from where ever I can find online selling on that cheap.
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
If you're jumping up to higher versions it means you must be on a subscription. I can feel your frustration as the $2,000+ per year should come with top notch technical support.
I have an older Toshiba laptop. It has a 4-core i7 running at 2.40 Ghz, 16 GB ram. It has an Intel graphics card with only 1 GB ram. It runs AutoCAD okay but seems to get laggier and laggier each year.
My advice (with a very important caveat being that you don't have other programs of higher precedence) would be to go for clock speed and ram opposed to something with 32 cores, lower clock speed, less ram, etc... I'm a drafter so I don't know too much about the fancy engineering software commonly used but I do know a lot of them utilize multi-core functionality so take that into consideration too.
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Adrienne Gould-Choquette, P.E.
www.adicotengineering.com
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
Dik
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
Adrienne Gould-Choquette, P.E.
www.adicotengineering.com
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
Dik
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
Adrienne Gould-Choquette, P.E.
www.adicotengineering.com
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
RE: Best Computer for AutoCAD
If my son... he'd be disappointed if I didn't ask him.
Dik