What computer are you running ST2 on?

[ryandias]

I was asked to spec a new computer for myself so I can allocate my existing Lenovo to a student.

I looked at a Lenovo workstation, S20
Intel Xeon W3520 (2,66GHz)
Windows 7 pro 64bit (OS)
Nvidia Quadro FX 580 32 core (video card)
6 GB ram (upgradable)

Siemens site seems quite useless as to what is good or what isn't.

Any opinions or what sort of machine are you running ST2 on?
Also would you run CAD on a regular desktop vs a workstation?

I have had pretty good luck with the Lenovo so far (4+ years with no issues and its still running strong)

 

[swertel]

Solid Edge, like most CAD apps, is still single threaded. You'll get better performance with a higher CPU speed. I wouldn't go under 3.0 GHz.

Everything else is more than sufficient and you should be quite happy with the performance.

--Scott

http://wertel.eng.pro

 

[HDS]

For the video card speed is more important than ram. SE uses very little video ram compared to a game with lots of textures. My biggest assembly uses less than 100MB video ram.

The Dell T3400 (or the newest model) is very popular with SE users.

http://wiki.jasonnewell.net/(X(1)S(prvcfxz2bishyerx5fku1l55))/available benchmarks.ashx

 

[HDS]

maybe better link

http://wiki.jasonnewell.net/available benchmarks.ashx

 

[beachcomber]

Whilst SE is single threaded there are some things that will benefit from multi-core processors - because Parasolid is multithreaded.
Rendering and drawing views are examples.
If you are creating drawings of very large assemblies you will see a benefit using a quad-core.
In the past I've had assemblies of 30K parts and the quad core was much quicker than the other machines with similar clock speeds.
If your assemblies are only a few hunderd parts then you would not notice any difference between dual or quad.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[ryandias]

In addition to SE, I do simulation work as well, and when doing more than one thing at once, i'm easily sold on the multi-core processor.

I am more concerned with the display card & memory.

I am not sure what kind of delta in memory (OS is going to use) to run XP64 vs Win 7 64.

 

[burhop]

If you are doing Simulation, thats probably the thing that determines how much memory you should have. I'd be surprised if your CAD system needed more memory than your FEA tool unless you are doing some massive assemblies.

Mark