Recommended Motherboard
Recommended Motherboard
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What is a good recommended motherbaord to be used just with SW. A friend of mine is building his own and asked me if I knew and other than getting an ASUS i7 with and Intel chip (Not Celeron) I don't know much more than that.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in Advance.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in Advance.
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RE: Recommended Motherboard
Many people have listed their mobos in the last (Notes) column.
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It is used to be focused on gaming PC's but has gotten more general over time. The only other way to go instead of an i7 processor is a server processor, i.e. Xeon. But that's big bucks. They also have for fora similar to eng-tips, some focused on hardware for CAD, where you can get more advice.
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My friend is of course trying to stay on a low budget... and this might be his best choice.
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Of course I'm still walking the old dog - new workstation promised by the end of the year.
Regards, Diego
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* About half of the Asus boards I've ever used have been replaced at least once
* 4 Gigabyte boards, 0 problems so far (24/7 office pc's)
* 3 DFI boards, one dead & replaced (2 used as CAD workstation)
* MSI boards, used to be a mixed bag, last year 1 running and it has already been replaced
* 1 zotac board (mitx htpc), 24/7 still going fine
* 3 Tyan server boards, all 3 fine running 24/7 (one as my own mailserver)
* 1 Abit board, replaced once
Probably some more that I don't remember / want to remember...
I used to like DFI, but last couple of boards seem somewhat fragile... Gigabyte could be my new favorite (only weak link being the sometimes crappy components like the Realtek LAN they seem so fond of).
That local shop won't get an Intel chip working on that AMD Gigabyte MB tough...
Get a nice Socket 1156 H57 board and an I5/I7 CPU.
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The same old 2 things still rule Solidworks perfomance: clockspeed and ipc (instructions per clockcycle). That being said, the extra turbo boost levels of the i7 quad cores make them a much better choice than their predecessors if you can spare the cash.
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Stefan Hamminga
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BTW, it's good to see you posting here again.
A year or more ago, you posted a series of "dream machine" and "best value for money" specs. Are you planning on posting updated versions?
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About the 'dream system': nothing comes to mind, but if you name your budget and preferably a shop (like Newegg) with components to choose from I could make you a starting point for a decent system?
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