Skeeps Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Anyone know what an average price is for a basic tower to run Autocad LT. Matching the Autodesk requirements. I just don't know how you compare between graphics cards and such like when there's so much available, different brands etc. I have been given a quote as £2,700.00 but is that fair? I just want entry level CAD on there. Thanks, Skeeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 If Autocad LT is the main program that will be used, I would personally be looking at about 1/4 of that price tops. It is a minefield and there is so much choice available but £2,700 is way over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I agree with Steven. To run Autocad LT, that quote is too high. The last computer I purchased, 4 years ago, cost me about $2,300 (£3,170.00) and I run about a dozen different CAD and 3D modeling/rendering programs as well as some 2D graphics/painting programs. So £2,700.00 for a computer to just run Acad LT is too much. If it were me running Acad LT, I would get a computer with a minimum of 8gb RAM, a current gen i7 processor and a decent graphics card. That shouldn't cost more than $1,200 (£1,600.00). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeps Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Thank you, this is great advise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Aussie answer our corporate buy of a HP I7 16Gb Nvidia 256Gb ssd etc $1,200 Aus. We were looking at one stage at HP All in one workstation thats with a large screen was not much more. Just looked at HP I7 16Gb 1Tb 256SSD 15.6" laptop $1800 Aus. Yes Could go to the new wafer thin at $3200 but this still way below 2700 pound after conversion. www.harveynorman.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hahahahahaha, it must be nice to screw people over like this Dell XPS 8930 - £1,079 6 core Intel i5-8400 (for LT an i5 is you need) Windows 10 Pro 16GB DDR4 256GB M.2 pciE SSD + 2TB HDD nVidia GTX 1050Ti 4GB This will run LT and full AutoCAD ALL. DAY. LONG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 We can buy boxes all day to run Civil 3D, for around US$2,000 They are not super-duty of course, but enough for what we do. I would think for AutoCAD LT, presuming your not working on giant DWG files, you could get a box for 1/2 of that and be in good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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