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ATBTCGD

Need a good prebuilt desktop for running autocad 2d

I really don't want to build my own PC, I have gone this route in the past and it is just to much of a headache for me right now trying to decide on what exactly I want.

I am specifically only running Autocad 2D for business purposes and my budget for the rig itself is in the $2500 - $3000 price range. Most of the files I deal with are between 1mb and 10mb at the very largest. I sometimes like to have up to 5 drawings open at once but It would be nice to have possibly even a few more than that. I really just want something that would smoke these drawings where no screen tearing or lagging occurs and I can work seamlessly without having to constantly restart my computer.

Anyone have any suggestions for an out of the box solution?

Posted Apr 29, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

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AppleSiliconGaming•

AutoCad is all mainly about thay single core performance so a 12th gen intel chip with a decent gpu(3070 or higher), and 64GB ram

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ATBTCGDOP•

That is what I usually do but I'm sick of gaming rigs, they always seem to fail me. The computer I'm currently using is a $5000 custom gaming rig and I can't do nearly what I want with autocad with it. It seems like after a full day of work with about 2 or 3 drawings I'm having to restart my computer just to clean out the memory. Is there not something a little more specific for design work?

BTW I used the search function and nothing came up for the first 100 results, try it yourself if you don't believe me. I'm talking prebuilt.

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rktek85•

Google HP desktop Autocad. I recently purchased these units

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-z2-g8-tower-workstation-desktop-pc-p-4a166ut-aba-1

They are Backordered but if you search around you may find some

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f700es•

Dell XPS Desktop: $2,199

i7-12700 (12C 4.9GHz)
RTX 3070
32 GB Ram
1 TB M.2

I use a Precision 3630 at work and it's been rock solid! Also, you do NOT need a Quadro card for AutoCAD.

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rodfoord•

As previously mentioned, my understanding is that AutoCAD does not properly utilise multiple Cores of the CPU.

I recommend purchasing a PC with a decent minimum clock speed and a higher-end graphics card.

My desktop PC is an MSI Creator P100x (10 gen i9, 64GB Ram with Nvidia RTX 3080 Graphics card. I am running AutoCAD 2023 and have no issues with performance.

Generally, I have AutoCAD, Bluebeam, edge and multiple MS office documents open and the additional ram certainly helps.

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kafr85•

Does autocad 2d utilizes high end graphics cards?

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