Hi,
I have been searching for a new PC that would work with all the Autodesk Revit ArchitecturaL design student version.
Unfortunately, I am not that computer savvy and I was hoping for some help. I am looking to invest on a new PC and want to confirm my purchase before hand. I have look up the information on system requirements, however, little confused with the graphic requirements.
Would you please let me know which three computers I should consider for Autodesk Revit student version. And if you have any suggestions or recommendation beside the 3 listed below I would sincerely appreciate it.
1) PC: Core i5 i5-650 3.20 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - DVD-Writer LightScribe - RAID Support - Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD - Windows 7 Professional
2) PC: 1 x Core i3 i3-540 3.06 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 160 GB HDD - DVD-Writer - ATi FirePro V3800 512 MB - Windows 7 Professional
3) PC: AMD Athlon II 450 3.2GHz X3 Processor, Asus Radeon 5770, 4GB DDR3 1333, 500GB HDD, 500W PSUWindows 7 Home Premium w/ SP1 32bit GFC-02021 OEM
Thank you,
Mojie
You didn't list any prices for those, but I feel none of those will do Revit any good. They might run, but it'll be painfull, and I think they'd be a waste of money, in that you'll be looking for a new box in another year at the latest.
To run Revit well, you'll need 8gig of ram, a video card w/ AT LEAST one gig ov Vram (not on board video), a good stable HD spinning as fast as you can afford (7200+), and a MotherBoard capable of using Sata 6.0 & USB 3. data transfers. I think the Veliciraptor from Western Digital is spendy, but worth the money in performance.
Look at my sig - Add a DVD burner & a card reader. I brought that in for just under $1400. I'd also recommend that you get Win 7 64 Pro (no home editions).
Sinc is recommending the new I3-2100 for good value, but you'd need to add a video card & upgrade ram to most of the built systems I've seen advertised.
Reid
I recommend the i3-2120 for Civil 3D. It would also work for Revit if you don't do much rendering. But if you plan on rendering, an i5-2500, i7-2600, or i7-990X would be better. And preferably more than 8GB of RAM.
But that's also for a professional system. For a student, you should be able to get by with that i5-650, although you'd want to put a 1GB minimum graphics card in there, too, along with preferably 8GB of RAM.
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