New computer for the house
New computer for the house
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I am needing to buy a new computer for the house and was wanting to know what others have done for machines that will run SolidWorks at a limited capacity. It will be a home PC for the most part but I would like to do a little cad. All this for under $1000. That's the hard part.
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Michael McMillan
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RE: New computer for the house
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RE: New computer for the house
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His focus is on computers for gaming, which I think is a good match for an all around home machine that will be used for CAD occasionaly. The one issue is using a gaming card vs. a solidworks approved card. I have an Nvidia GeForce gaming card and haven't had a problem, but since it's my home machine and I don't have to depend on it for CAD I'm cool with the occasional glitch. If this was a production machine and it was critical that it be rock solid then stick with the approved cards such as Nvidia Quaddro. More expensive, but also optimized for CAD.
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RE: New computer for the house
Michael McMillan
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RE: New computer for the house
As stated above, the only real difference between a CAD-oriented machine and a gaming PC is the graphics card; accuracy vs. speed, vertex calculation vs. shading, etc. A decently high-powered gaming card will breeze through most SW operations on all but the most complex assemblies.
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RE: New computer for the house
RE: New computer for the house
I use an ATI Fire-Pro 3750 on my home machine and it's a certified card with Real View capability. You could get actual Tech Support with one of those.
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