HELP ME TO CONFIGURE MY PC!!!!!!!

[imported_vikas]

hi every one. this is my first post on digit forum.I am a mechanical engineer and want to assemble a pc for myself.My budget is Rs25000/-I want to use it for cad applications like autocad,proe,solidworks etc.
all that i have decided is AMD Athlon 64 2800+754 pin,motherboard(one without integrated graphics),512MB kingston RAM,15"MOnitor,128(or more)MB AGP graphics card,(no modem,no optical drive, no floppy drive),big cabinet 400KW with two fans,500VA APC UPS,keyboard and mouse normal ones
please suggest me the brands of motherboard and graphics card that will be best suited for me.
please reply me soon as i will b buying it in next week only.
thanks in advance.

Get atleast a 17" Monitor as U will find the 15" too short for auto cad, & with that, get a FX5200, that will be slow in CAD, but go for it atleast if U an't streach you budget

for motherboard go for Asus K8V, & better get a CD-Writter

U will need to increse your budget a bit

[imported_vikas]

hi gxsaurav
thnax 4 ur reply
are there special cards for CAD applications?
i want to ask about their price and are they 128 or 256 MB
what about the k8n mohterboard?
can u give me the approx prices for the same ?

there are matrox cards for CAD, they are made in hardware for CAD tasks, & are best suited, even their G550 with 32 MB RAM, will be enough

also, U can go for Quadro NVS from NVIDIA

[imported_vikas]

thanx for ur reply
can u please tell me the latest price of these cards and their avaibility in india
also i donot want to attach two monitors no it
i donot play games.
will gf 5200 play horrible in autocad i want to know that is it (2) monitors only or anything else????

[progistheway]

I'm not sure of the price of any cards in your country but do consider the Maxtor parhelia series of cards or even the mighty Nvidia Quadro FX for your graphics needs. They must not cost much there. As for the PC it seems to be coming up nicely.

Forget Quadro FX, they are useless & over kill for 2D work, for CAD & Video editing, Matrox Parhelia P750 or Quadro NVS are the best suited, Matrox is at top when it comes to CAD

with FX5200 U will get a lot of allised lines, although it will do the job, but will be slow, as it is a gaming card not a pro one

For NVIDIA Quadro NVS series
http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadronvs.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_14605.html

[Sourabh]

well if u are low on budget,

try converting a ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL

info here

Workstation cards comparison here

[imported_vikas]

ok tell me the graphics card of about Rs.5000/-
that suits best to me need

[abhi_shake]

The Geforce Fx 5200 from MSI costs Rs 4500( Check out digit's January issue)

As for the motherboard get MSI Neo platinum(Rs 8000)
or the Asus K8N - E Deluxe( don't know it's price).

[Sankalp]

Originally Posted by abhi_shake

The Geforce Fx 5200 from MSI costs Rs 4500( Check out digit's January issue)

As for the motherboard get MSI Neo platinum(Rs 8000)
or the Asus K8N - E Deluxe( don't know it's price).

Hey

I got the Geforce Fx 5200 from MSI for Rs 3500

[abhi_shake]

Where did ya buy it from???????????? Is it somewhere in Delhi coz I want to buy it tooooo..............

[akshayt]

asus k8n,5.5.5k