Finite Element build with 2,500 CAD Budget (ABAQUS)

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Hi everyone,

I need a build to do some number crunching and finite element analysis. The software ill be mostly using is ABAQUS.
The requirements listed on the site (http://www.3ds.com/support/certified-hardware/simulia-system-information/abaqus-612/system-requirements-for-abaqus-612-products/).

Case doesn't have to be fancy or anything since its going to be placed under the desk. I am probably going to need a minimum of 32GB of ram, was thinking about an i7-5820k? Not sure the number of cores matter here or the speed of each individual core? For the graphics card I dont think I will need a high end gaming graphics card (or will I? again no experience with requirements for finite element tasks!).

I am trying to convince my advisor that doing a custom build will be ALOT cheaper than going with the desktops offered by DELL (Such as the XPS Studio etc)

Your help is greatly appreciated.
 
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I was thinking more like one of the Dell Precision workstations. You could get something like an Xeon E5-1650-v3 (about the equivalent of a 5930k).

You have hit on the great benefit of building your own system - total customization. I'm not against building yourself - i built my computer. It is just really hard to save much money building it yourself.

I would put a system together on PC Part Picker (https://pcpartpicker.com/), then go the the Dell site and build a few workstations with similar capacities and compare prices. You can use Passmark's site (https://cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html) to compare CPUs.

I put a quick system together on PCPartPicker just to see about how much a build-it-yourself with a 5820k and a quadro...
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Looking at the documentation, it looks like the program will exploit multiple cores, so the 5820K (or maybe the 5930K) look like good choices with 6 cores.

Comments on the Abaqus message board seem to indicate more memory is better, so I'd plan to load it up.

The spec sheet mentions the Nvida Quadro 6000 or several of the Tesla GPU boards, so not gaming GPUs, but rather workstation GPUs.

I doubt that you can build it much cheaper than you can buy it, the prices on components are just so much lower by the truckload.
 
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Are you saying that it would be almost the same price to get a pre built system? Such as a Dell XPS?

Shouldnt I bother to get the components and build them myself?

Didnt find any prebuilt system with the specifications you stated?
 
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Are you saying that it would be almost the same price to get a pre built system? Such as a Dell XPS?

Shouldnt I bother to get the components and build them myself?

Didnt find any prebuilt system with the specifications you stated?

 
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I was thinking more like one of the Dell Precision workstations. You could get something like an Xeon E5-1650-v3 (about the equivalent of a 5930k).

You have hit on the great benefit of building your own system - total customization. I'm not against building yourself - i built my computer. It is just really hard to save much money building it yourself.

I would put a system together on PC Part Picker (https://pcpartpicker.com/), then go the the Dell site and build a few workstations with similar capacities and compare prices. You can use Passmark's site (https://cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html) to compare CPUs.

I put a quick system together on PCPartPicker just to see about how much a build-it-yourself with a 5820k and a quadro 6000 and reasonable choices for other components would cost - I came out at about $2400 (without a monitor). A Dell Precision with similar capacity is about the same ($2600). There is considerable room to optimize both - I just wanted to confirm that I wasn't misleading you.

Of course, building one yourself is lots more fun that unpacking a Dell, and you learn some practical skills.
 
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Thank you, Yes I have built gaming builds in the past and it is alot of fun! I cant risk getting blamed for faulty parts though and think it may be safer to go with a desktop built from Dell perhaps that comes with warranty incase anything goes wrong :)
 
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The 2600$ dell laptop, is that in USD or CAD? Cant seem to find one that matches the price you stated :(

Edit: Also could you suggest the build you did on pcpartpicker? I cant seem to know the parts suitable for a workstation PC as all my background is gaming.

 
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