Just put together a couple new builds for work

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Go figure... I get back from vacation today and they need them both by Monday :P

I'll post some pics tomorrow... toooo tireddd...

One was an upgrade from an ivy bridge i5 one of our engineers bought without running it by me (it's been sitting in a corner since then... I still can't put my finger on why it was SOOOO SLOOOOW) and the one I'm typing on right now is a new budget build using the new E3-1231 v3... they're both pretty quick in basic tasks and Solidworks (which is the intended use), but of course the Xeon is keeeeling it in benchmarks...

HIGHLY recommend these cheap Corsair Force LX SSDs... they don't have the best build quality (they seem kind of light and flimsy) but they're FAST and reliable...

Not sure how much I'm in love with the 330R Carbide Series since it's in the same price range as a Define R4 on a good day, but it's a nice case if you haven't been spoiled by Fractal Design yet...

Impressed with the ASRock H97 Pro4 for the price... definitely prefer ASUS UEFI... but the board was sturdy, solid VRMs, and does everything I bought it for... (only briefly nudged around the UEFI but it doesn't seem to have an 1866 DDR3 option? .... been a while since I went with anything but MSI or ASUS on a mobo)

Here's the build links... Scavanged some HDDs and optical drives (because they always bitch if they don't have optical drives for whatever reason) off other computers 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mB8YRB ($1050 @ time of purchase)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N8Mcgs ($775 @ time of purchase)

On that note.... good night :P

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Force LX should be good for reads, but writes might be a tad bit slower than similar drives.

Looks good.

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I though "HOLY SHIT THOSE PC'S FOR WORD???" then I went and looked at what Solidworks is , and I understood :p

But those are still good pc's for a company , mostly they go for the cheapest like old HD 7770's and i3's ( Found a place selling these by bulk because the buisness when bust.

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Yea, I was trying to avoid dropping $800+ each on Firepro or Quadro cards (budget)... the R9 290's will glitch lines and whatnot, but they've got the raw power to handle massive assemblies in Solidworks, which is what they'll be used for... the 4GB of DDR5 helps a good deal, and the 16GB of RAM is absolutely necessary...