Building a new computer for AutoCad 2011 and Revit 2011

[Anonymous]

I am building a machine to do both. Will this be good enough? And if not, any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

cw

• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 quad-core processor with Turbo-Boost [up to 3.8GHz, 8MB cache]
• 16GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs]
• FREE UPGRADE! 1.5TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 750GB
• No additional office software
• Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 month
• 2GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adapter]
• 300W Power supply
• FREE UPGRADE! Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• 16x max. DVD ROM (player)
• Wireless-N LAN card
• 15-in-1 memory card reader, 4 USB 2.0 (front), audio, 2 USB (top rear-facing)
• No TV Tuner
• Beats Audio (tm) -- integrated studio quality sound
• HP wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse

[Anonymous]

It looks pretty good to me, but I'd question the HD.

I'd go with a 500gb Western Digital Velicoraptor.  I've never found a situation where I've gottn close to needing a terrabyte, and the VR is the fastest available now.  At the very leas, get one with a 6.0Sata not 3.0.

Reid

[dgorsman]

Is everything going to be local to this computer, or will you be running projects from a server?  If the former, I agree with the other poster - faster is better than larger and is worth the extra cost.  If you are working off a server, not so much.

[Sinc]

I'd question the Norton Internet Security... 

[jaich]

Norton = Satan.  And not in a good way!  🙂