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Question asked by Justin Sue on Mar 29, 2012
Latest reply on May 23, 2012 by Casper De Boer

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Hi Guys,

i'm in the market for a new cad pc for work and i've whipped up a quick spread sheet of the components that i want to get, have a look and let me know what you guys think.

the type of work i will be doing is mildly complex parts for cars such as roll cages and body panels, the other guys in work are currently using laptops and they are starting to get a bit run down when they try and open up larger assemblies which is why they would like to build a new one.

i had a look at the dell T1600's and built it up to be similart specs to what i have in my spread sheet, but it just got a bit pricey.

will be running windows 7 64bit and solidworks 2012

let me know what you think,

Justin

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Scott McFadden Mar 29, 2012 7:55 PM

Justin,

Very nice!!!

I would love a system like this. 2 27" monitors with 16 GB of memory.

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Valentin Leung Apr 1, 2012 11:51 PM

Yup, good base, you can shave on the core i7 going to 2600k (difference in performance does not worth the price difference and you can still overclock that beast).

You can also shave on the quadro 2000 although then, it depends on how many things you display in an assembly.

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Jerry Steiger @ Valentin Leung on May 6, 2012 11:57 AM

Justin,

Check out the threads from Charle Culps on video cards. If your laptops are only starting to struggle, then the high end graphics cards are a waste of money. The ATI FirePro V4900 will probably be more than adequate and save you big bucks.

Jerry Steiger

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Casper De Boer @ Jerry Steiger on May 23, 2012 5:51 AM

Dear justin,

Nice list you made

Couple of comments...

[1] If you have lighter work, i would choose the i5 2500K

(4 cores means less head and better overclock)

[2] For stability look for a Plextor or Samsung SSD

(less problems reported with these drives)

[3] 850W is a lot of power! you can probably have enough using 500W (calculated al the max power consumptions)

(brings down the costs also, try to pick a modular power supply to eliminate as much cables as possible)

[4] Look for a smaller CPU cooler, as far as i can see this cooler blocks your first memory lane!!!

(I use the Gelid GX-7)

[5] You can look for a bit faster memory (1866MHz), memory is cheap right now.

[6] Also considered a AMD card like the V5900?

(about the same bang, less buck )

[7] 150 dollar for a case? check out cooler master or other manufacturers

Watch the temperatures when testing the system! I had to add a aditional fan to cool the south bridge chipset.

Here a system that i build for my work <link> looks a lot the same

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Scott McFadden Mar 29, 2012 7:55 PM
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Justin,
Very nice!!!
I would love a system like this. 2 27" monitors with 16 GB of memory.
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Valentin Leung Apr 1, 2012 11:51 PM
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Yup, good base, you can shave on the core i7 going to 2600k (difference in performance does not worth the price difference and you can still overclock that beast).
You can also shave on the quadro 2000 although then, it depends on how many things you display in an assembly.
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- Jerry Steiger @ Valentin Leung on May 6, 2012 11:57 AM
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  Justin,
  
  Check out the threads from Charle Culps on video cards. If your laptops are only starting to struggle, then the high end graphics cards are a waste of money. The ATI FirePro V4900 will probably be more than adequate and save you big bucks.
  
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  - Casper De Boer @ Jerry Steiger on May 23, 2012 5:51 AM
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    Dear justin,
    
    Nice list you made
    Couple of comments...
    [1] If you have lighter work, i would choose the i5 2500K
         (4 cores means less head and better overclock)
    [2] For stability look for a Plextor or Samsung SSD
         (less problems reported with these drives)
    [3] 850W is a lot of power! you can probably have enough using 500W (calculated al the max power consumptions)
         (brings down the costs also, try to pick a modular power supply to eliminate as much cables as possible)
    [4] Look for a smaller CPU cooler, as far as i can see this cooler blocks your first memory lane!!!
         (I use the Gelid GX-7)
    [5] You can look for a bit faster memory (1866MHz), memory is cheap right now.
    [6] Also considered a AMD card like the V5900?
         (about the same bang, less buck )
    [7] 150 dollar for a case? check out cooler master or other manufacturers
    
    Watch the temperatures when testing the system! I had to add a aditional fan to cool the south bridge chipset.
    
    Here a system that i build for my work <link> looks a lot the same
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