2 Replies Latest reply on Apr 30, 2012 12:49 PM by David Maxham

Where's the Best Place to Install SW Premium and Flow Simulation?

David Maxham Apr 25, 2012 2:11 PM

I'll be installing Solidworks on my new computer. I have SW Premium and Flow Simulation that I've been using for some years now, and would appreciate any advice on where the best place is to install the software. The new computer is Windows 7, 64 bit with a 256 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) and a 512 GB conventional drive. What I'd like to know is should I install the software - on the conventional drive and use the SSD as the working drive for the very large data files? Is that even possible? Or is better just to install the software on the SSD? What I would like to do is optimize the use of the hard drives so that I can get the best performance time-wise. With my current XP Windows computer, I'm constantly faced with long run times due to the on-board memory limitation and the slow hard-disk access times.

Thanks,

Dave

Re: Where's the Best Place to Install SW Premium and Flow Simulation?

wing shing air flow Apr 30, 2012 11:45 AM (in response to David Maxham)

well i am assuming you are not running any large simulation files and typically with 1,000 to 100,000 cells. Install on SSD (SATA3) then and hopefully your ssd will last with the constant reading and write of the disk. Also for your HDD (512GB!?) , please connect it to another channel so it will not slow down the SSD by alot.
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  David Maxham Apr 30, 2012 12:49 PM (in response to wing shing air flow)
  
  Thanks Wing Shing. Our simulation files can be very large - 2 million cells and even bigger - which is due to the complexity of products which typically can have 10 or more printed circuit boards with lots of small channels of air between them. There are also many components that have to be modeled with the electronics module, which contribute to the large file size. Thanks also for the advice about connecting the HD to a different channel - I pass the information along to our IT guru.
  
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