What Computer Should I Buy For Architecture?

It’s 2025. In the United States, you are likely a Revit user. If you’re asking me for advice you are either running or working in a small firm or on your own, which means that you will sometimes want to reach for Enscape or Lumion for visualizations. If you never use those and just use Revit, you can change your graphics card to the NVIDIA RTX 4060 or RTX 4060 Ti.

For Revit in 2025, you should use a desktop PC with:

Intel Ultra 7 265k

64GB RAM

NVIDIA 4070 Ti Super 16GB

Updated January 2025

If you don’t want to spend the approximately 8 hours it takes to learn to order and assemble a PC from parts, then I suggest a smaller vendor like Puget Systems or Boxx over a larger vendor like Lenovo or HP or Dell (except for laptops, Dell, Lenovo, and HP lead the pack with Asus and Razer providing compelling options as well).

I can help you identify your best next steps and can help you clarify your needs along with getting an understanding of the (many many) available options. Please contact me via the email form below to arrange a call.