If anyone has some time have a look at the these PC specs that has been proposed to run SW2016 with large assemblies. Will also be used to run FEA and motion simulations
Thank you
Guitarman
Intel Core i7 (6th Gen) i7-6700 Quad-core (4 Core) 3.40 GHz/ fast quad-core processor
32 GB RAM - DDR4 SDRAM
256 GB PCI Express SSD/Solid state drives are very fast/windows loads in 8-10 seconds
HP Z240 Tower Workstation
1 x Intel Core i7 (6th Gen) i7-6700 Quad-core (4 Core) 3.40 GHz – Black
32 GB RAM - 64 GB Maximum RAM - DDR4 SDRAM - 4 x Memory Slots
256 GB PCI Express SSD - DVD-Writer - Intel HD Graphics 530 Graphics
HP Quadro K2200 Graphic Card - 4 GB GDDR5 - PCI Express
2.0 x16 - 128 bit Bus Width - 4096 x 2160 - DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 4.4
Direct Compute, OpenCL - 2 x DisplayPort - 1 - 3 x Monitors Supported 4GB GRAPHICS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (English) upgradable to Windows 10 Pro
English Keyboard - Serial ATA/600 Controller - 0, 1 RAID Levels
DisplayPort - DVI - 14 x Total USB Ports - 7 x USB 2.0 Ports-7 x USB 3.0
If the processor is Intel Core i7 (6th Gen) i7-6700K Quad-core then thats ok
Memory: 64GB
But the GPU is for
For small Small medium assemblies with simple parts
Quadro K2200
For Large assemblies with complex parts and GPU accelerated rendering
Quadro K5200
For Large assemblies with simple parts and small assemblies with complex parts
Quadro K4200
One last thing is that LARGE ASSEMBLY IS SOMETHING THAT THE USER SPECIFIED because different people has a different definition of how large is large assembly.
This are some guides you may want to consider,
SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News - July 2015
http://www.engineersrule.com/getting-best-performance-working-large-assemblies/
Disclaimer: I do not say that this is the best spec, this are the best specs i could come up best on my experience research considering what you need. It is good to have so many insight form other SW user to come up with a good machine with the lowest possible cost.