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Need Suggestions for new workstation

Need Suggestions for new workstation

Need Suggestions for new workstation

(OP)
All,

When I did a search on this question, all the posts seemed rather old so I am asking again.

We are looking to replace our current IBM workstations with new ones. We are limited to IBM by our company. We do large assemblies and a lot of surface modeling.

We are running Team Center 9 and NX 9.

Any suggestions would be great. IBM specific would be great but not necessary.

Thanks!
John

RE: Need Suggestions for new workstation

Memory, memory, memory, Nvidia graphics card, cpu speed
Local SSD for fast bootup would be a nice option.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

RE: Need Suggestions for new workstation

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We are limited to IBM by our company.

By "IBM", I hope you mean "Lenovo". I don't see any "IBM" systems on GTAC's certified hardware list.

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RE: Need Suggestions for new workstation

Minimum of four processors. If you're going to be doing a lot of rendering or FEA work, then a minimum of eight processors. In this day and age, local SSD's are no longer considered a nice-to-have option. I would make it mandatory (once you go SSD, you'll never go back). And don't forget your display, in addition to a good Nvidia card, as Ben has already mentioned, go with dual-monitors, 24 inch minimum. And 'Spaceballs' for everyone. You don't need a big SpacePilot Pro, just the basic SpaceNavigator will do.

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RE: Need Suggestions for new workstation

(OP)
Thanks for all the responses!

cowski, Yes Lenovo

Ben/John, any specific suggestions on the Nvidia cards? I think the graphics cards are the biggest issue with our current setups and I don't want to end up with the same issue. Our current machines are already Xeon W3550 (8 core) processers and 8 gig ram. We have the 24" dual screens as well. My graphics card is a Quadro FX 1800 w/750MB ram (I think). Our graphics cards vary...

When we migrated to NX9 our graphics performance really diminished!

Everyone has a spaceball of one form or another! Wouldn't have it any other way!

Thanks,
John

RE: Need Suggestions for new workstation

For the SSD they have them tied into the PCI express slots now. Do not send your SSD through the slower Sata Cable interface.

RE: Need Suggestions for new workstation

Hi,

These are my laptop specs:

Dell M6800

17.3 inch UltraSharp FHD(1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee

Intel Core i7-4910MQ(Quad Core 2.90GHz, 3.90GHz Turbo, 8MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600)

NVIDIA Quadro K4100M w/4GB GDDR5

32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L

256GB Solid State Drive Full Mini Card

1TB 2.5inch SATA (5,400 Rpm) Hard Drive

Win 7 Pro.

Space Mouse Wireless.

Great computer but heavy, the a/c power adapter is huge.

John

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