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Getting a new computer for solidworks and 3ds max vray

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August 20, 2013 9:46:07 AM

Hi I am getting a new computer for our design studio.

We are getting a haswell 3.4 with 16g of RAM, we don't have a crazy high budget but we do want a good computer.

The guy at the store told me I should get gigabyte gtx770 2gb gddr5 dx11 while I was thinking about the pny quadro k2000d, he told me it is outdated and it is expensive without any reason.

Our work usually deals with low amount of parts assemblies lets say up to 50 parts, and we do render on vray regularly, sometimes a short animation of a product.

I would love a recommendation witha simple explanation.

Thanks guys!
Yoav

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August 20, 2013 9:59:02 AM

Solidworks no longer supports consumer graphics cards. You will need a nVidia Quadro card basically. And for a true workstation you should be looking at Xeon processors. Both will push your budget.

You should be shopping around on Dell and Lenovo for workstation class machines.
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August 20, 2013 10:24:56 AM

Dell Precision T3600

Xeon e5-1620 @3.6Ghz quad core , 8GB of ECC memory, Quadro K2000, 1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive + 23 inch Dell Monitor

Just under 1900 bucks. Not bad all considered and you get a warranty. Should be able to outperform a Haswell chip on the compute tasks, and work with solidworks.
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August 20, 2013 11:58:52 AM

Hi guys,
I can get for around the same price of the dell t3600

A self assembly workstation with double RAM, with both Hdd and ssd

Both with quadro k2000( one is the nvidia, the other is Pny k2000d, is it different?)

Both with warranty
Is the Xeon or the branded computer really worth these differences?
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August 20, 2013 12:25:37 PM

The Xeon has more cache, equally fast cores, ECC memory support (better stability), quad channel memory support (more bandwidth), and all of the little features enabled that they disable on consumer grade CPUs. Basically it is better at doing more work related tasks that the average consumer doesn't require for browsing and gaming.

There are cheaper Xeons available, but then you start sacrificing clock speed for longevity and power consumption.

Solidworks and VRAY will work on either platform with the Quadro GPU. But anything that requires CPU horsepower will be limited on a consumer platform for some types of tasks.

Nvidia is the manufacturer of the GPU chips themselves. PNY produces the graphics cards with the GPU chip, they are just one vendor amongst many.
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