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What is the very best computer for running Solidworks 2012 sp4

Question asked by Juanmanuel Pelayo on Sep 12, 2014
Latest reply on Sep 22, 2014 by Brian McEwen

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Hi everyone

Normally I work large assemblies and a lot of detail drawings, sometimes renderings for marketing and have been used the same computer since 2012

running solidworks 2012 SP4 and these days my system is very slow and feel so bad because I am the only drafter in the company and I am behind in production,

so the company is wiling to buy a new system, they just want me to assure which is the very best one,

this is my current system

I am using SW12 sp4

PROCESSOR intel (R) Core (tm) i7 CPU

950 @ 3.07 Ghz 3.07 Ghz

installed memory 14 GB

system type 64 bit

DISPLAY ADAPTER NVIDIA Geforce GTX 285

am I missing something?

Can anybody tell me what is the very best BRANDED computer with specifications to smoothly run Solidworks 2012 sp?

Thanks and best regards

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Florimond Laporte Sep 12, 2014 11:28 AM
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Hello Juanmanuel,

I cannot give you a simple answer to this, but I can guide you to 2 specific items:

First, your graphic car is a gaming one. GeForce line from NVIDIA is intended for gaming. Ideally, you want a buy a Quadro. You can look here to verify if the card you want to buy fits. Graphics Card Drivers | SolidWorks

Then your CPU. Intel i7 is great but this is not intended for strong workload. I would have a tendency to recomment using a Intel Xeon type processor for professional use but I do not have a strong argument to backup this.

Also, make sure to work locally, meaning on your local drive and NOT on the network. For extra speed, use a SSD! And use the fastest memory that your motherboard can support.

That is probably not all but that's a start!
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- Juanmanuel Pelayo @ Florimond Laporte on Sep 12, 2014 2:09 PM
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  Florimond,
  
  Thanks for replying,
  
  My IT guy is happy with this answer as you said it is a good start for now,
  
  we will wait to see if there are more comments from the expertts like you.
  
  Thanks again
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Jerry Steiger Sep 12, 2014 3:09 PM
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Juanmanuel,

You might want to move this thread to the Administration forum, as that is the one where questions about hardware and performance are answered best. Move will be available to you under the Actions to the right of the page. If you wish you can leave it here and ask again in Administration, but that leaves you two threads to follow and can lead to confusion.

Jerry S.
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Jeff Mirisola Sep 12, 2014 3:22 PM
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Results vary for people regarding branded computers. Where I work, we use Dell. Personally, I've used Dell for years as well, with few problems. Go to the Dell site and do a search for precision workstations.
If you want good advice, take a look at this post from Charles Culp.
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Brian Titus Sep 12, 2014 5:48 PM
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We switched from Dell Precision workstations over to HP z620 and have been very pleased.
Your system has pretty good specs already but you'll defintiely need a better video card. We use nVidia K2000 / K4000 / K5000 here.
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- Juanmanuel Pelayo @ Brian Titus on Sep 16, 2014 12:16 PM
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  Hi everyone,
  
  thanks for your replies,
  
  My IT guy is thincking to get this system:
  
  DELL PRECISION T3610 TOWER WORKSTATION
  - WINDOWS 7 PROF 64 BIT
  - INTEL XEON E5-1620 V2 PROCESSOR
  - 32 GB (4X8G) 1866 MHZ DDR3 ECC RDIMM
  - 1 GB NVIDIA@QUADRO K600
  - 256 GB 2.5" SERIAL ATA SOLID STATE DRIVE
  - ADITIONAL 500 GB 3.5" SERIAL ATA (7200 RPM)
  - PRICE IS 2,751.75
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  - Tony Cantrell @ Juanmanuel Pelayo on Sep 16, 2014 1:05 PM
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    Take a look at the BOXX systems BOXX Technologies - World's Fastest Workstations , they are expensive, but very good.
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    - Juanmanuel Pelayo @ Tony Cantrell on Sep 16, 2014 2:26 PM
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      Thanks for replying Tony,
      
      My IT is agree with you but is out of budget,
      He already ordered the DELL one
      
      Best regards
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      - Paul Hines @ Juanmanuel Pelayo on Sep 22, 2014 12:17 PM
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        You should be happy with the Dell we use them company wide. They will overnight replacement parts if needed.
        
        General Workstation Guidelines we use:
        Get the fastest Xeon 4 core processor available.
        16GB of ECC RAM min. (We found more isn't worth the cost)
        SSD One single 256GB works. (2 SSD in RAID 0 isn't much better performance)
        Video Card Nvidia Quadro 4000 or AMD FirePro V7900 (Budget about $700 to $900 for the card)
        Dual 24" IPS panel 1920 x 1200 min. Monitors (Hey, it's your Eyeballs don't skimp)
        
        Overall we budget about $3,000 for a workstation. We also try to upgrade every 4 years.
        
        Take Care.
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  - Florimond Laporte @ Juanmanuel Pelayo on Sep 16, 2014 2:38 PM
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    I would buy the Dell T3610 as well that Juanmanuel!
    
    The BOXX is pretty neat Tony; cable and heat management seems well done in this gorgeous machine.
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Rushabh Shah Sep 16, 2014 2:01 PM
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Interesting topic my friend

Solidworks , is a sweet lady in disguise.
No matter what you provide, it will never get satisfied

Coz, we have workstations with 24 GB Ram, some 550 MB graphics card or 1 GB (cant recall), i have also worked on computers with core 2 Duo processors with some 2 GB Ram and no graphics cards.

But in end, if Solidworks decides that it wants to crash... Than there is no computer in this world that can make our dear little Solidworks from stopping it.

Bitter Fun apart :
Just few advice from experience, try to work from local disk data , other than fetching data from LAN or server. This will speed up your working. Also suppress parts or assemblies on which you are not working currently.
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Charles Fried Sep 17, 2014 10:33 AM
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When in assemblies you can also set components to lightweight which can dramatically improve perfomance.
Another trick I use when in large assemblies is to go into the task manager ( Ctrl + Alt + Delete) find the Solidworks process, right click > set priority > High.
Which seems to make quiet a difference.

As for the specs I have an 3.5 Ghz Intel i7, 16 Gb Ram and an Nvidia Quadro 2000, it's doing pretty well so far
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Bob Bob Sep 17, 2014 6:57 PM
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There isn't one made that can run that piece of s*** program with out any problems.
That said get yourself a good gaming box a stick a workstation video card in it.
And if your really want it to fly use a PCI hard drive I recommend a Muskin Scorpin Deluxe.
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Juanmanuel Pelayo Sep 22, 2014 2:16 PM
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Thanks everyone for all your interesting comments

Finally new DELL system is here,

Can anybody recommend me what files and which path to copy SW files from the old system in order to keep same configurations

before deactive SW?

Thanks and best regards
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- John Burrill @ Juanmanuel Pelayo on Sep 22, 2014 3:08 PM
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  Use the "Copy Settings Wizard" to export your SolidWorks application settings to an SLDREG file.
  For an idea of what folders you'll want to transfer, I'd look in the "File Locations" panel of the System Options dialog box. This will give you the paths to all of the resource files that SolidWorks uses.
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Brian McEwen Sep 22, 2014 4:37 PM
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Juanmanuel,
I don't think anyone mentioned this awesome post on computers for SolidWorks. You already ordered, but still good to know.
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