One of my colleagues is suffering from a poorly workstation, it's about 6/7 years old so starting to bog down a bit. I've been asked to submit a suggestion to our IT buyers for a specification for something that will hopefully last another 6 years + with a bit more grace, and scope to upgrade.
Here's what I've put together:
Motherboard: 2X LGA2011-v3 sockets
8x slots for DDR4 Ram
Onboard Sata 3 controller for at least 3 discs
USB 3.0
Processor : Xeon E5 (Haswell based) 4 core fast clocking (3Ghz +) Minimum example E5-2637
RAM: 16Gb DDR4 (4x4Gb)
Storage: 250GB (Min) SSD for OS
500Gb (or whatever) Sata 3 conventional Drive for local storage
Video Card: Quadro K2200
DVD RW drive
SD card reader
Gigabit NIC
Front panel USB & sound ports
It'll be used for 3d Autocad, 3ds max and Revit, all heavyweight stuff. there's network storage so we don't need much local storage, and we've already got some really nice 1600x1200 ultrasharp monitors (I'll cry when they die).
The philosophy is that with only a single processor socket occupied by a relatively fast yet cheaper processor (4c rather than 8 or more) a second matching processor can be dropped in alongside later to give a noticeable performance boost without sacrificing existing equipment (It's worked in the past, as I'm currently using a slightly younger twin X5482 Xeon workstation right now).
There's no budget at this stage of the game, I'm sure our IT guys have one, but they aren't telling me that just yet. Timescale is unknown, but probably within the next 3 months.
Has anyone got any comments/suggestions on the above?
Here's what I've put together:
Motherboard: 2X LGA2011-v3 sockets
8x slots for DDR4 Ram
Onboard Sata 3 controller for at least 3 discs
USB 3.0
Processor : Xeon E5 (Haswell based) 4 core fast clocking (3Ghz +) Minimum example E5-2637
RAM: 16Gb DDR4 (4x4Gb)
Storage: 250GB (Min) SSD for OS
500Gb (or whatever) Sata 3 conventional Drive for local storage
Video Card: Quadro K2200
DVD RW drive
SD card reader
Gigabit NIC
Front panel USB & sound ports
It'll be used for 3d Autocad, 3ds max and Revit, all heavyweight stuff. there's network storage so we don't need much local storage, and we've already got some really nice 1600x1200 ultrasharp monitors (I'll cry when they die).
The philosophy is that with only a single processor socket occupied by a relatively fast yet cheaper processor (4c rather than 8 or more) a second matching processor can be dropped in alongside later to give a noticeable performance boost without sacrificing existing equipment (It's worked in the past, as I'm currently using a slightly younger twin X5482 Xeon workstation right now).
There's no budget at this stage of the game, I'm sure our IT guys have one, but they aren't telling me that just yet. Timescale is unknown, but probably within the next 3 months.
Has anyone got any comments/suggestions on the above?