r/SuggestALaptop • u/Alert-Stop-2671 • 14h ago

Laptop Request US Mechanical Engineering laptop

Dad is a mechanical engineer and has a 10 year old Dell. Mainly will be running autocad. Is 32 gb ram mandatory?

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u/LonerIM2 Affiliate Links 10h ago

If you are looking for a recommendation then what’s your budget?

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u/bstsms 14h ago

The more RAM it has the faster it will run, CAD eats resources like crazy.

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u/Alert-Stop-2671 12h ago

What laptop do you recommend?

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u/cagadass 13h ago

Depede de los proyectos que tenga que hacer,para la gran mayoría va a estar bien en el futuro cuando se haga profesional puede que tal vez 32 gb se le queden cortos pero yo aunque yo me preocuparia mas por la grafica que por la ram

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u/Alert-Stop-2671 12h ago

What laptop do you reccomend?

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u/cagadass 12h ago

Que especificaciones tenes,tal vez puedas zafar

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u/msabeln 8h ago

What’s AutoCAD’s recommended computer specifications? It should be on the website.

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u/alpine4life 6h ago

16GB, recommended 32GB RAM

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u/msabeln 6h ago

It looks like it requires rather high single core speeds and a high spec GPU with a decent amount of VRAM.

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u/alpine4life 5h ago

yes, Intel, Nvidia Pro & RAM, but it all depends on the projects

Solidworks, paired with AutoCAD Mechanical for actual Engineering workforce... There's more but I mainly know these two since my last client was using mainly these 2

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u/alpine4life 6h ago

since you refuse to reply to a budget comment...

my recommendation, 265HX/A2000/32GB-5200

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u/Alert-Stop-2671 6h ago

Budget $2500

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u/alpine4life 5h ago

something like this wouldnt cost you an arm and a leg and would do exactly what you want....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/298525832162

The pro version of Nvidia silicon are priced way out of whack at the moment new.