Time lapse build of an early 2021 "budget" PC workstation for a friend who does CAD work.
1:48 Build Starts
12:34 Parts Cost Breakdown

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Rationale:

Being 2021, I'm letting him borrow my old 4GB GTX 960 until the GPU market settles and a midrange Quadro becomes available, much better suited to CAD work and a workstation build. I chose the 3700X as it is a good balance for a budget workstation; it's more than 6 cores and the B550 motherboard offers a good upgrade path if he ever wants to upgrade to 12 or 16 cores. Same for the RAM. 32GB is a good amount for a mid-range workstation, with an upgrade path to 64GB and beyond if/when needed. The 1TB SSD id plenty for the OS and programs, and 4TB to start is plenty for bulk storage and backup. 20+ TB HDD's are around the corner if he ever needs to add more storage.

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