Hello everyone,
I have just been offered the opportunity I have been clamoring for for over a year now. I get to build my own workstation to do my 3D solidworks on. But I need some advice. This is different than a gaming computer, so anyone with experience using solidworks will be a great benefit to me.
For starters, my budget is 950 bucks, and that includes the OS, which they expect to be win7 pro, so 130 bucks off the top right there:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992&cm_re=windows_7-_-32-116-992-_-Product
I was hoping to use an AMD black processor, AMD firepro 5800, simply based off of these reviews right here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-195-097&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=solidworks&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
And the fact that on the solidworks support website, it says that it fully supports all of the features:
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
I am not doing very much intensive computational analysis constantly, so processing power is not as vital, therefore my choice to go with the AMD, even though I am fully aware that the intel solutions are way more powerful. I also read on a thread on this website that SW is more concerned with cpu clock rather than cores, but I still would like to have a quad-core going because I usually have multiple applications running at once.
I am not sure exactly what RAM I should be looking at. SW recommends 6 GB, so I was going to aim for 8 (amd only accepts dual channel, so 4X2GB or 2X4GB).
Since I doubt upgrading in the future is any real long-term goal of this company, it is not essential to have more than one PCI-E slot for the Xfire capability. But I am not going to whine if it is 10 bucks more for a MOBO that does have one handy just in case. :-D
I am definitely looking to get a good quality power supply, and I have had a lot of success using Corsair's series for this purpose, if anyone else has good rec's for PS, please do not hesitate to let me know. Keep in mind that upgrading is not a priority, and I do not believe this video cards need a pci-e power cable.
ALSO, I am not LOCKED IN to getting AMD processor/Video card, I just am pretty sure it is the only way to keep this under 950-130(OS)=820 bucks. If anyone can come up with a good build for an INTEL/nVIDIA build, I will not bypass it due to fandom, I am pretty open-minded about this sort of thing.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I have just been offered the opportunity I have been clamoring for for over a year now. I get to build my own workstation to do my 3D solidworks on. But I need some advice. This is different than a gaming computer, so anyone with experience using solidworks will be a great benefit to me.
For starters, my budget is 950 bucks, and that includes the OS, which they expect to be win7 pro, so 130 bucks off the top right there:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992&cm_re=windows_7-_-32-116-992-_-Product
I was hoping to use an AMD black processor, AMD firepro 5800, simply based off of these reviews right here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-195-097&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=solidworks&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
And the fact that on the solidworks support website, it says that it fully supports all of the features:
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
I am not doing very much intensive computational analysis constantly, so processing power is not as vital, therefore my choice to go with the AMD, even though I am fully aware that the intel solutions are way more powerful. I also read on a thread on this website that SW is more concerned with cpu clock rather than cores, but I still would like to have a quad-core going because I usually have multiple applications running at once.
I am not sure exactly what RAM I should be looking at. SW recommends 6 GB, so I was going to aim for 8 (amd only accepts dual channel, so 4X2GB or 2X4GB).
Since I doubt upgrading in the future is any real long-term goal of this company, it is not essential to have more than one PCI-E slot for the Xfire capability. But I am not going to whine if it is 10 bucks more for a MOBO that does have one handy just in case. :-D
I am definitely looking to get a good quality power supply, and I have had a lot of success using Corsair's series for this purpose, if anyone else has good rec's for PS, please do not hesitate to let me know. Keep in mind that upgrading is not a priority, and I do not believe this video cards need a pci-e power cable.
ALSO, I am not LOCKED IN to getting AMD processor/Video card, I just am pretty sure it is the only way to keep this under 950-130(OS)=820 bucks. If anyone can come up with a good build for an INTEL/nVIDIA build, I will not bypass it due to fandom, I am pretty open-minded about this sort of thing.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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