Getting a new system
Getting a new system
(OP)
I'm getting a new Dell Presision 670 with a 3.8 zeon, 4gb ram, 1 sata 10000rpm drive, and an nvidea quadro FX 3450 video
I just purchased PDMWorks but my Boss does not want it installed on our main Engineering server so I think I will set up my old workstation as a shared server for PDMWorks. We only have my single seat of Solidworks. My old system is a Dell Presision 360 with a P2.8 processor 1gb ram.
Here are my questions...
Is my choice of this new Work station ok?
Will my old workstation work ok as a shared wannabe server with XPPro?
Will I experience any performance hits using my old workstation with PDMWorks?
my VAR says all of this will be very good, but I value this forums advice
Thanks,
tom..
I just purchased PDMWorks but my Boss does not want it installed on our main Engineering server so I think I will set up my old workstation as a shared server for PDMWorks. We only have my single seat of Solidworks. My old system is a Dell Presision 360 with a P2.8 processor 1gb ram.
Here are my questions...
Is my choice of this new Work station ok?
Will my old workstation work ok as a shared wannabe server with XPPro?
Will I experience any performance hits using my old workstation with PDMWorks?
my VAR says all of this will be very good, but I value this forums advice
Thanks,
tom..
Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT






RE: Getting a new system
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
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RE: Getting a new system
How will you use your 4GB of RAM--overkill unless you're using an OS that will actually allow use of it. Are you planning to use XP x64?
Otherwise, apart from the Intel chip, that sounds like a decent system.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: Getting a new system
Foolish me, how much ram will XPPro access if not all 4gb
Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT
RE: Getting a new system
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Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Getting a new system
I think your plan is a very good one. Your old PC will work. You might want to think of coping your vault data too your main Engineering server to get the vault data backed up every night.
Our requirement is to work over a network. I work on my local drive and copy the data at noon and 4 P.M. every day. No one is the wiser.
Bradley