designing pc for Mastercam(not using Quadro or amd firepro)

[otakuchibi]

hi all can u suggest a part of hardware did i need to make a designing pc for using a mastercam...
cause i need to upgrade my old pc... i thinking of getting a i5-4570 and also a leadtek gpu GTX750TI

is it enough or maybe u could suggest...any other processor or GPU....

 

[pierrerock]

MasterCam, Vericut and CATIA machining all need a strong CPU to calculate machining path. So especially if you work is surface machining 3 or 4 or 5 axis, a strong CPU would be very useful.

from my experience, my old athlon 64 i had on my older computer could calculate a path in 2 min on Catia surface machine and loaded a simulation in 4 min while it took very long to simulate.

At school, using a Xeon 1230-V2 (somewhat similar to a 3570), I had like 10 sec of calculation and 15 sec for simulation.

I strongly recommend a very good CPU. A 4570 would be good enough. getting an I7 would probaly cut the time from 15 sec to 7 sec. It is not a major change.

Your GPU is not really used for calculation as the calculation is done in serial (to know which way a cutting tool has to go, you have to know where it was before. So you have to wait for the first calculation to be done before starting the next.). Because of this, you don't need a lot of cores either but strong single core performance. A GPU work in parallel (a lot of little core working together) So it would not be used by the system to work except for displaying what the CPU did.

Your GPU would be taxed only if you plan on rendering a CAD into a more realistic display. If you plan on doing so then go with something better but we need to know your budget or your goal for this.

 

[nikoli707]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $648.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-15 00:14 EDT-0400

 

[otakuchibi]

hi there thank for the answer pierrerock...hmm...my budget is to make a pc that can run work with this mastercam software....cause i see my friend has and old version of i-5 but still can run the mastercam smoothly and on the other hand my friend has another pc using also and i-5 the 4th generation...but it not running smooth...emm...so if i buy a GTX 750ti will it be ok??

 

[otakuchibi]

hi nikoli thanks for the answer i will consider ur sugestion...thanks for the reply

 

[pierrerock]

hi there thank for the answer pierrerock...hmm...my budget is to make a pc that can run work with this mastercam software....cause i see my friend has and old version of i-5 but still can run the mastercam smoothly and on the other hand my friend has another pc using also and i-5 the 4th generation...but it not running smooth...emm...so if i buy a GTX 750ti will it be ok??

What are you doing in mastercam ? 3D surface machining ? or CAD Surface designing or just CAD solid designing ?

 

[nikoli707]

like pierre said.. you might not need a powerful gpu for your work. for the most part... amd holds a considerable performance lead over nvidia when it comes to opengl performance. if your looking to run an amd radeon or nvidia geforce card, you should do a little more research online and see which cards others are using and are working without issues.

the xeon e3 i recommended does not have an igpu... so you will need a graphics card. this could be as cheap as $60 for even an older gk107 based quadro which wouldn't be very fast, though it would be fine to output to a monitor... or you could end up with a gtx760 or r9-280. i would imagine that the r9-280/270 would be more in the sweet spot as far as peformance/price.