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IT Picked WHAT Computer?

IT Picked WHAT Computer?. Anna Wood RenderBay.com. Charles Culp SWtuts.com. Comparison of Three Systems. Cheap, Expensive and Poorly Specified, and the Suggested System. About Anna and Charles. Anna Wood. Charles Culp. Design Engineer/CAD Admin for Auer Precision in Mesa, AZ

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IT Picked WHAT Computer?

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  1. IT Picked WHAT Computer? Anna Wood RenderBay.com Charles Culp SWtuts.com

  2. Comparison of Three Systems Cheap, Expensive and Poorly Specified, and the Suggested System

  3. About Anna and Charles Anna Wood Charles Culp Design Engineer/CAD Admin for Auer Precision in Mesa, AZ RenderBay.com Product Development Engineer/CAD Admin at Essex Industries in St Louis, MO Designs ergonomic pilot controls SWtuts.com

  4. Goals for Today • Understand which components are important for a CAD Workstation • Understand the enhancements in recent technology • Understand which components provide the best value • Compare a poorly built workstation with a good workstation • Provide a list of good available systems, and a custom system • Feel free to ask questions at any time

  5. Thank You

  6. Thank You Thank you also to BillMcEachernfor providing the flow simulation benchmark, and Russ Johnston for providing the V3 Simulation benchmark

  7. CPU • It is all about Intel • Tom’s Hardware compares single core operations • Passmark now has a single thread benchmark: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html • Both show blowouts in favor of Intel

  8. Intel • Today’s systems have Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, or Haswell CPUs. These also known as 2nd, 3rd, or 4thgeneration Core i5 or Core i7 processors. These are the E3 or E5 series in the Xeon line, with v2, v3, or v4 at the end of the name.

  9. How Many Cores? • Two is enough for modeling, but four doesn’t hurt • Four is enough for occasional FEA, there is a new solver in SolidWorks 2014 (Large Problem Direct Sparse Solver) that uses more than four cores • For rendering, the more the merrier

  10. CPU Benchmarks • Modeling Benchmark: http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/solidworks-benchmark-punch-holder/ • FEA Benchmark (V3):https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/63854 • Simulation Benchmark: http://www.swtuts.com/?p=700

  11. Best CPU for Modeling

  12. This graph does not represent true value Best CPU Value for Modeling

  13. Best CPU for SolidWorks Simulation

  14. Best CPU for Flow Simulation

  15. Best CPU for Rendering

  16. How much is enough • Frame rates and user experience • What requires expensive video cards • Changes to SolidWorks 2014 • Benchmarks: • Die Assembly • Press Assembly • Engine Assembly • Cinebench R15 Video Cards

  17. AMD FirePro Video Cards Intel Integrated NVIDIA Quadro • Quadro K600 • Quadro K2000 • Quadro K4000 • Quadro K5000 • Quadro K6000 • Quadro 600 • Quadro 2000 • Quadro 4000 • Quadro 5000 • Quadro 6000 • V3900 • V4900 • V5900 • V7900 • W5000 • W7000 • W8000 • W9000 • HD P4700 (E3-1285v3)HD P4600 (E3-1275v3, E3-1245v3) • HD P4000 (E3-1245v2, 1275v2) Q K5000$1800 V4900 $155 Q K600$161 W7000$800 W5000$440 Q K2000$430 Q K4000$800

  18. Video Card Testing Video Card Testing on a Boxx 4150XT, Core i7-4770K @ 4.3 Ghz16 Gigs RAM, Intel 530 SSD Quadro Driver 320.78 AMD Driver 13.15.2.4

  19. Video Cards, SolidWorks 2013

  20. Video Cards, SolidWorks 2014 SP2

  21. Video Cards, SolidWorks 2014 SP2

  22. Video Cards, SolidWorks 2014 SP2

  23. Video Cards, Cinebench R15

  24. SSD & HDD Overview • SSDs create a significant improvement over HDD, 85% depending on usage • Which brand SSDs are the best? Don’t worry about it too much, that is only a 25% gain • Intel is used by pro’s for high reliability • “SSD’s fail early” is a myth. As a whole they are as reliable, and maybe more reliable, than HDD when used in desktop machines • http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923.html

  25. SSD & HDD Overview

  26. Comparison of Three Systems Cheap, Expensive and Poorly Specified, and the Suggested System

  27. DIY vs Prebuilt vs Premium

  28. DIY System

  29. Prebuilt Options What happened to the Dell T1700?

  30. Prebuilt Disclaimer Page • Everything was priced on January 20th, 2014. I included all discounts and sales at that time. • Prices for all prebuilt systems include Windows 7 Professional. This is approximately a $140 for purchasing the OEM version of Windows 7 on the open market. • The price difference between the Dell and the HP and Lenovo is likely due to the lack of an SSD drive.

  31. Premium Option - Boxx

  32. Premium Options - @Xi Computer

  33. Conclusions • CPU is King. • More cores do not decrease rebuild times • That means processor design & speed are important • RAM is a matter of how much is enough • SSD prices have plummeted, buy one • Homebuilt systems add versatility • Overclocked systems mean faster SolidWorks modeling

  34. More Questions? • http://www.swtuts.com/?p=700 • https://forum.solidworks.com/community/administration?view=discussions • Tom’s Hardware, AnandTech, c|net • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)

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