Tporter Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 hi all, I'm just getting started in the residential world of drafting and design, wanted to ask around from the people that have been doing it what exact PCs they have or what I should get. I saw the recommended ones to look for on the website but after researching some I get answers on why maybe I wouldn't need a specific spec etc so just wanted to hear what people actually have or would tell me to get so I don't go wasting unnecessary money. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianA Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I would see if you can get a PC that is packaged with a decent Nvidia card (RTX 5060ti min) and 32gb min. of RAM. A good Nvidia card by itself can go for $1000+ and the GPU will probably make the biggest difference in performance in Chief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Honest, but somewhat unpopular answer here. I have been using Chief for over 20 years and about every 5 years or so I will pick up an off the shelf HP, or like this last time I was with my wife in Sams Club and came across this machine... Works great for Chief. Never any issues and does everything I need it to do. While others were spending $3K on custom machines, I spent half and went to Florida and sat on the beach with the other half. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Did you see Chief's blog with tips about what to buy? https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/computer-for-design-and-gaming/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsnyds Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 OMEN MAX Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 275HX (2.70 GHz) Installed RAM 32.0 GB Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU (16 GB) Intel(R) Graphics (128 MB) Storage 954 GB System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor I frequently use ray trace and it takes seconds to load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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