110K-120K Desktop for Architecture design work

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1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.' Vague answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work.)
Ans: Architectural and design work for an architect software's include :
Revit (most used)
Lumion (most used)
Enscape (most used)
Sketchup
Rino
Auto cad
Animation apps
3D max

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then please mention.
Ans: 110 K- 120K

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 11

5. How much hard drive / solid-state drive space is needed?
Ans: NVME M.2 1 512 GB, HDD 1 TB

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention the screen size and resolution you prefer. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, then do mention the screen size and resolution of the monitor you have.
Ans: No monitor required

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy? i.e. which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:
None

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: One month

9. Have you ever built a desktop before? Or, will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Will build on my own, have built before

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: Agartala, prefer to buy local

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I know new gen AM5 platform and RTX systems are coming out soon, but do not want to go for the latest gen and pay the price premium associated. Also DRR5 is very expensive now
Memory will need 32 Gigs
GPU Zotac preferred. confused between normal RTX and Quadro
Thinking to go with an Ryzen 5700 ( 8 core) + 32 gig ram

Also would like additional laptop recommendation over and above this Desktop, which can handle similar workload ( this is for times when the Architect in question is not in office or on site)

Budget -119K

Ryzen 7 5700X -25k
Asrock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac - 10.3k
Gskil SniperX 32GB(8GBx4) 3600 MHz -10.8k
WD SN 570 1TB NVME SSD -7.8k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM HDD -3k
NZXT C850 850Watt SMPS -10k
Nvidia Quadro RTX A2000 12GB -46.1k
Cougar MX440 Mesh G RGB -4.7k
ANT ESports KM580 KB & Mouse Combo -1.3k
Total -119k

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bssunilreddy said:
Budget -119K

Ryzen 7 5700X -25k
Asrock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac - 10.3k
Gskil SniperX 32GB(8GBx4) 3600 MHz -10.8k
WD SN 570 1TB NVME SSD -7.8k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM HDD -3k
NZXT C850 850Watt SMPS -10k
Nvidia Quadro RTX A2000 12GB -46.1k
Cougar MX440 Mesh G RGB -4.7k
ANT ESports KM580 KB & Mouse Combo -1.3k
Total -119k

Thank @bssunilreddy don't need RBG case or Keyboard mouse combo. As this is going to be used purely for office work. So cant case with good airflow will do. if that leads to any bump in compute specs would be beneficial.

With a 1.1L budget, you can do much better than a 5700X. The e-cores on the i7 12700 gives it a large uplift over the R7 5700X (in productivity at least)

CPU- i7 12700 - 32k

CPU Cooler- Deepcool AK620 - 5.2k

Memory- 2x16GB 3600 Mhz CL18- 11k

GPU - RTX 3060 (Gigabyte/Zotac/MSI/Asus) - 33k (Tensor and CUDA cores help for productivity. If your software can do away with a good CPU instead of a GPU, consider the AMD RX 6600, which is about 5-10k cheaper)

Motherboard- MSI B660 PRO A Wifi- 14k

PSU- MSI MPG A750GF 750w - 7k

Cabinet- Lian Li Lancool 215 - 6k

SSD-XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1TB Gen4- 10k

Total- 118k

A 1TB HDD costs around 3k, but I wouldn't recommend it for OS or storing software. Also, what is your laptop budget?

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Laptop budget can go upto 1.4K

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DestGod said:
With a 1.1L budget, you can do much better than a 5700X. The e-cores on the i7 12700 gives it a large uplift over the R7 5700X (in productivity at least)

CPU- i7 12700 - 32k

CPU Cooler- Deepcool AK620 - 5.2k

Memory- 2x16GB 3600 Mhz CL18- 11k

GPU - RTX 3060 (Gigabyte/Zotac/MSI/Asus) - 33k (Tensor and CUDA cores help for productivity. If your software can do away with a good CPU instead of a GPU, consider the AMD RX 6600, which is about 5-10k cheaper)

Motherboard- MSI B660 PRO A Wifi- 14k

PSU- XPG Core Reactor 650w - 6.5k

Cabinet- Lian Li Lancool 215 - 6k

SSD-XPG Gammix S70 Blade- 10k

Total- 118k

A 1TB HDD costs around 3k, but I wouldn't recommend it for OS or storing software. Also, what is your laptop budget?

Of the software listed some are CPU centric, some are GPU intensive, while some need heaps of RAM. So need a balanced combo

teknoklutz said:
Laptop budget can go upto 1.4K

I think you mean 1.4L?
Also, yeah, looking at the system requirements of the software you want to work with, it seems to need a mix of a GPU with a high VRAM buffer and a good CPU. So the i7 build suggested above will work fine.

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DestGod said:
I think you mean 1.4L?
Also, yeah, looking at the system requirements of the software you want to work with, it seems to need a mix of a GPU with a high VRAM buffer and a good CPU. So the i7 build suggested above will work fine.

Yes mean 1.4L

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just saw this it seems a 3060ti has better performance than A2000 in enscape.. Revt si more CPU bound. So 3060Ti would be a better buy right ?

*forum.enscape3d.com/index.php?thre...s-for-enscape-are-serious-hard-to-understand/

teknoklutz said:
just saw this it seems a 3060ti has better performance than A2000 in enscape.. Revt si more CPU bound. So 3060Ti would be a better buy right ?
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*forum.enscape3d.com/index.php?thre...s-for-enscape-are-serious-hard-to-understand/

Well, true, the RTX 3060 Ti would be a better buy. But keep in mind, it also costs about 7k more than the RTX 3060.
IMO, the RTX 3060 is already good enough for productivity. It comes with 12GB VRAM (with handicapped bandwidth but 12GB nonetheless).

DestGod said:
With a 1.1L budget, you can do much better than a 5700X. The e-cores on the i7 12700 gives it a large uplift over the R7 5700X (in productivity at least)

CPU- i7 12700 - 32k

CPU Cooler- Deepcool AK620 - 5.2k

Memory- 2x16GB 3600 Mhz CL18- 11k

GPU - RTX 3060 (Gigabyte/Zotac/MSI/Asus) - 33k (Tensor and CUDA cores help for productivity. If your software can do away with a good CPU instead of a GPU, consider the AMD RX 6600, which is about 5-10k cheaper)

Motherboard- MSI B660 PRO A Wifi- 14k

PSU- XPG Core Reactor 650w - 6.5k

Cabinet- Lian Li Lancool 215 - 6k

SSD-XPG Gammix S70 Blade- 10k

Total- 118k

A 1TB HDD costs around 3k, but I wouldn't recommend it for OS or storing software. Also, what is your laptop budget?

This looks good IMO

DestGod said:
With a 1.1L budget, you can do much better than a 5700X. The e-cores on the i7 12700 gives it a large uplift over the R7 5700X (in productivity at least)

CPU- i7 12700 - 32k

CPU Cooler- Deepcool AK620 - 5.2k

Memory- 2x16GB 3600 Mhz CL18- 11k

GPU - RTX 3060 (Gigabyte/Zotac/MSI/Asus) - 33k (Tensor and CUDA cores help for productivity. If your software can do away with a good CPU instead of a GPU, consider the AMD RX 6600, which is about 5-10k cheaper)

Motherboard- MSI B660 PRO A Wifi- 14k

PSU- XPG Core Reactor 650w - 6.5k

Cabinet- Lian Li Lancool 215 - 6k

SSD-XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1TB Gen4- 10k

Total- 118k

A 1TB HDD costs around 3k, but I wouldn't recommend it for OS or storing software. Also, what is your laptop budget?

A small change for the PSU. If MSI MPG A650GF (650w) or the A750GF (750w) are available, get either instead of the XPG unit I suggested earlier. There isn't a big price or quality difference between XPG and MSI, but I would pick MSI for it's better presence here.

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Thanks... have suggested the 17 12700 K build with a RTX 3060 for 12Gb of vRAM.
Any suggestion on the laptop. I guess a laptop with RTX 3060 or RTX 3060ti should suffcie.

teknoklutz said:
Thanks... have suggested the 17 12700 K build with a RTX 3060 for 12Gb of vRAM.
Any suggestion on the laptop. I guess a laptop with RTX 3060 or RTX 3060ti should suffcie.

Ryzen 7 5800H + RTX 3070 would be my pick. It would be better to use your desktop for all the grunt work and the laptop for lighter stuff, so I would not recommend investing too much on a laptop.

*www.flipkart.com/acer-nitro-5-ryze...ore=search.flipkart.com&pageUID=1663396781844

Add another 16GB stick and another SSD (capacity is your choice) and you should be good to go.

Also, make sure to go for the non-k and non-f variant of the i7 12700 in your build.

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DestGod said:
Ryzen 7 5800H + RTX 3070 would be my pick. It would be better to use your desktop for all the grunt work and the laptop for lighter stuff, so I would not recommend investing too much on a laptop.

*www.flipkart.com/acer-nitro-5-ryze...ore=search.flipkart.com&pageUID=1663396781844
Add another 16GB stick and another SSD (capacity is your choice) and you should be good to go.

Also, make sure to go for the non-k and non-f variant of the i7 12700 in your build.

Doesn't Nitro have heating issues

teknoklutz said:
Doesn't Nitro have heating issues

At load, yes, it will become quite steamy. However, with a 45W TDP, I doubt it would be much noticeable in productivity. @omega44-xt , thoughts?

teknoklutz said:
Thanks... have suggested the 17 12700 K build with a RTX 3060 for 12Gb of vRAM.
Any suggestion on the laptop. I guess a laptop with RTX 3060 or RTX 3060ti should suffcie.

Wait for sale starting next week.

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Thank you