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(OP)
Good morning
we are ready for upgrade to NX 8.5 or NX9
meanwhile we wanna upgrade the workstation
with this one :
HP z840 six core k5200
with six core E5-2620 v3/2.4 ghz
32 gb ram
sata 600
2 250gb ssd
nvidia quadro k5200 8gb kepler
microsoft 7/8.1 64 bit profesional.
We have doubt about the CPU
on the site:
http://www8.hp.com/it/it/products/workstations/pro...
There are a lot of type of CPU and we don't know what is the best for us, less core e more ghz or what.

Regards

NX 7.5
www.studiotreccani.com

RE: Upgrade..

We also upgrade hardware here, I've now a Quad-core Xeon with multi-threading ON.
This means 8 "processors" but seams NX is not multi-CPU capable and only use one core.
To me, yes, better go for less core but more cache and higher clockspeed.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon...

If you will compute FEA analysis, could be different, I don't know.

"My english is bad ? That's why i'am french."

RE: Upgrade..

For basic NX performence, once you get to four cores, I would concentrate on the CPU clock-speed.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
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RE: Upgrade..

(OP)
You mean this:
Intel® Xeon® E5-2623 v3 (3 GHz, 10 MB di cache, 4 core, Intel® vPro™)
is better than this:
Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v3 (2,4 GHz, 15 MB di cache, 6 core, Intel® vPro™)

NX 7.5
www.studiotreccani.com

RE: Upgrade..

Yes, if you normally are only running NX along with your normal office tools. Now if you're running multiple programs of the same class as an NX, then the additional cores above 4 might be justified.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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