Best CAD laptop under $1,500?

Hey everyone, if you don't mind, could you put together a build for me based on the budget mentioned above? I need it to include at least a 24" monitor. This machine won't be doing anything fancy—it’s strictly for work, specifically running AutoCAD, 3ds Max, SolidWorks, and the Adobe suite.

Thanks!

Is Windows included or what?
Do you actually need a 1440p monitor?
Those two things are the main $500 differences

Does that price include sales tax?

Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H. It’s an Intel H170 micro ATX board. Comes with four DDR4 slots, plenty of video outputs like HDMI and DVI, and enough PCIe lanes to get by. You've got USB 3.0, six SATA III ports, and an M.2 slot too. Standard retail unit.
One Intel i5 6500 (3.2 GHz, Skylake, 1MB 6MB, Socket 1151, 65W) with Intel HD 530, boxed.
One 16GB kit of HyperX Fury DDR4 RAM, running at 2666MHz (two 8GB sticks).
One SanDisk X400 256GB SSD. 2.5”, 7mm, SATA 6 Gbit/s, pulling about 60mj.
One 1TB Toshiba P300, 64MB, 7200rpm, High-Performance.
One Cooler Master Silencio 452 case. MIDI tower, black, no power supply included.
One Seasonic SS-520GM2 EVO power supply, 520W.
One MSI GeForce GTX 950 gaming card. 2GB GDDR5. Comes with HDMI and DP. Supports DX12.
One LG GH24NSD1 sat Bulk Black optical drive.
One LG 27" wide LED monitor.
Total: $3029

Robert Rodriguez2, what else can I squeeze in for $333?

wiredotter14 said:Is Windows included or not?
Do you actually need a 1440p monitor?
Those two things make all the $500 difference

Does that price include sales tax?

No Windows. And yeah, higher resolution on the monitor would be better.

Let's just assume the price doesn't include tax.

2x Crucial DDR4 8GB (1x8GB) 2133MHz CL15
Intel E3-1230V5
ASRock E3V5 gaming
Cosmo Cool LC-CC-95 - CPU cooler
Fractal Core 2300, black, no PSU
be quiet! Pure Power 9 500W CM 500W Black
Samsung SSD 750 EVO 250GB
WD Blue 1 TB SATA
Gigabyte GeForce GTX950 Windforce
LG GH24NSD1 sat Bulk Black

7 $135 Best Buy (tax included)

+ I’ll probably grab a monitor somewhere else—maybe something like a 27" IPS WQHD at least.

This setup should handle whatever heavy lifting you throw at it.
You could trim some parts to squeeze in a better quality HDD if you care about that—and obviously, there are plenty of other monitor options out there.

The savings aren't worth much by going with an older generation Xeon; it's just a few bucks difference, and this is a newer platform anyway. Given your budget, I don't see any reason to stick with outdated hardware.

P.S.
Grab that cooler mentioned above my post. If you do, that processor will stay dead silent no matter what you're running.

Are you talking about yourself, or what?

I'm running a Skylake Xeon(i7).

crimsonstag84 said:Are you talking about your own rig or what?

I've got a Skylake Xeon (i7) in mine.

I meant yours. Got mixed up because I was looking at your motherboard and figured it was an 1150 socket.😵😵

Skylake Xeons and their boards are hard to find right now, so I didn't even consider it.

Thanks for the hand, everyone! I really appreciate it. 🙂

p.s.

Look into how demanding your tasks actually are. You might not even need a high-end beast; an I-80 could probably handle it, or maybe just a standard consumer card.