Components choice help.

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  1. pcoz165 New Member

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    Anyways based off a lot of advice from various people, and money restraints, I've got these two options.

    Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz LGA1155 3MB

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    AMD A6-3650 FM1 2.6GHz 4MB with AMD Radeon HD 6530D APU

    I need solidworks to work, no more than 10 part assemblies, so not powerfully, I just need it to work. Doesn't work on my current desktop, and based on price and everything I can't afford an i5, i7 or workstation graphics cards.. I've been told Solidworks is CPU bound so its the CPU I need to worry about anyways. I need advice/help as to which one I should choose, or neither. Thanks

    pcoz165, Oct 16, 2011
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  2. DCiAdmin Administrator & Tech Team Leader

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    Hello & Welcome, cpoz :)

    I'll get your issue marked as OPEN to attract the attention of the component experts that frequent PCHF.
    It would be most helpful if you could complete your [IMG] portion of the User Profile. That would put your system's information in the small computer icon just right of your name. That will "travel with you" at PCHF so we don't have to ask for it again. Be sure to mark them to be visible. The default is NOT to show them.

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    DCiAdmin, Oct 16, 2011
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    The AMD A6 is both a CPU and GPU combined, so you might not get as much power as you would get from the i3. If you need raw power, go for the i3.
    Kedar, Oct 16, 2011
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