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Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

(OP)
My company is in the process of upgrading my computer. What will be  the best configuration in a workstation for SolidWorks?  One of my options is to get the new HP Workstation zx2000. Any ideas?

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RE: Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

check out FAQ559-974

Bradley

RE: Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

This was just discussed.  Check out Thread559-97498 also.

Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
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RE: Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

These guys are right on--check out the links they posted.

Also, check out AMD's 64-bit options.  I run two such systems and they scream relative to their Intel counterparts per Ghz clock speed (which is now an irrelevant measure of true chip speed).  The architecture of the chip and motherboards is crucial or you will have bottlenecks you didn't want to pay for.  (Why have a fast chip that cannot communicate at its maximum speed to the RAM or graphics card?  That can happen.)

Search the forum for similar posts and you'll find a lot of information with posted results of various trials/tests.  AMD is the best deal, too, and certainly seems to be the most innovative option for now.  My system crashed SolidWorks for the first time last week--I apparently have a bug in SW since I cannot upgrade to SP 4.  Time for a clean reinstall.  Other than that, neither of my systems have ever crashed and I push them fairly hard.


Jeff Mowry
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http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

RE: Best Workstation For SolidWorks?

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Thank you guys.

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