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I am getting a ANSYS Multiphysics license for MEMS applications. My model won't be very large and my budget for computer would be limited $5~10K.  Can anybody recommend computer selection/customization based on your experience? Thanks!

RE: Hardware

If you don't build yourself check out Dell systems.  Unless you're running pretty large models I would get a single dual core processor machine with 4 GB or RAM and a 64 bit Operating System.  Windows x64 serves me well.  Make sure to get plenty of storage and if you're really looking to spend some $$ SAS hard drives for your OS and scratch space would be quite nice.  There are certainly bigger and badder firebreathing machines out there but they generate a lot more heat and are noisier so unless you really need a LOT of power something like the above should do just fine.

Good luck,
-Brian

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