Workstation for autocad

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alex_stief

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Clock speed matters, not cores. With 500€ you should aim for a Workstation with Xeon E3 instead of Xeon E5 which are relatively slow at this price point. Or even an I5 or I7 processor 3rd gen or newer. 4 cores are perfectly fine for this, a cheap E5 Xeon with 6 or even 8 cores will be slower due to lower clock speeds.
The rest depends on the type of projects you intend to run. 16GB of RAM and a decent video card with at least 2GB of VRAM won't hurt. Only the professional cards (quadro, firepro) are officially certified by the software vendor. To avoid any issues, you might want to follow their recommendation.
 
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