New PC Build, Need your help, 3500-4K Budget

[rodneyv]

Hello, I'm about to build a new PC for work. I'm lucky enough for the owner to allow me to build what I want. I have a $3,500-$4,000 budget, possibly more if it made sense. This PC will mainly run Autodesk Inventor which is a 3D solid modeling software. Other office products will be used but 90% of the time Autodesk Inventor will be used.
_ I know Xeon processors are recommended by some but motherboard choices seem kind of bland to me. I'm thinking of an i7..5930x or 5960x. The 5960x is twice the cost, $1050.00. Is it worth going with or is it alot of money for very little improvement? Are there other processors you would recommend looking at?
_ How about a motherboard? Can someone recommend a really good upper end motherboard? The last motherboard I bought was a Gigabyte and I loved it. Asus seems to be popular too.
_ Power supply... I'm looking for suggestions here too. I've had good luck with Corsairs. What are your thoughts on wattage needed? I prefer to go overkill so I'll have plenty power left in the future.
_ My video card that I have the best luck with is the Nvidia Quadro 4000. Unless there's a good reason to change, I will probably go back with that card.

It's been a few years since my last build and I"m not caught up on the latest greatest things out. I would greatly appreciate input to any or all of the questions. If you run Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, Pro E, or other solid modeling software, I'd love to hear what you're running if you have a custom build. THANKS!

 

[Bearmann]

These articles should help point you in the right direction:

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-CPU-Performance-Skylake-S-vs-Haswell-E-EP-756/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Network-Rendering-in-Solidworks-2016-745/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Using-a-GeForce-GPU-in-Solidworks-2016-751/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-NVIDIA-Quadro-Performance-744/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-Multi-Core-Performance-741/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Is-CPU-Overclocking-in-Solidworks-2016-worth-it-747/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Solidworks-150

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-AutoDesk-AutoCAD-134

 

[ikaz]

So I know this will be unpopular but you have looked at any major Workstation vendors like HP,Dell etc maybe even getting a business account with them if possible (not sure if your able to do this with small business). The reason I ask is for support while you can build something that is cheaper when your talking about a business workstation up time is what critical and if you had a business account support is actually pretty good however not so much if you have to buy at the personal consumer level. If there are other employees that may require or could use a similar system to what your building it would be much easier to do that with a standard configured workstation across the company. Again this may only make sense if you can get a business type account with the support to match.

 

[rodneyv]

These articles should help point you in the right direction:

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-CPU-Performance-Skylake-S-vs-Haswell-E-EP-756/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Network-Rendering-in-Solidworks-2016-745/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Using-a-GeForce-GPU-in-Solidworks-2016-751/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-NVIDIA-Quadro-Performance-744/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-Multi-Core-Performance-741/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Is-CPU-Overclocking-in-Solidworks-2016-worth-it-747/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Solidworks-150

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-AutoDesk-AutoCAD-134

Thanks Bearmann, very good info. Based on all the info, sounds like the i7-6700K quad core Skylake is the way to go at 4 Ghz..... BUT, how would the Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0 GHz or the Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5 GHz perform in comparison the the i7-6700k quad core. Would they be slower and not perform as well since they are 3Ghz and 3.5Ghz as compared to the 4Ghz, even though they have more cores, since the software doesn't really utilize the additional cores? Even though money isn't an issue at this point, would the cheapest of the 3 (i7-6700K) give the best performance?

 

[rodneyv]

So I know this will be unpopular but you have looked at any major Workstation vendors like HP,Dell etc maybe even getting a business account with them if possible (not sure if your able to do this with small business). The reason I ask is for support while you can build something that is cheaper when your talking about a business workstation up time is what critical and if you had a business account support is actually pretty good however not so much if you have to buy at the personal consumer level. If there are other employees that may require or could use a similar system to what your building it would be much easier to do that with a standard configured workstation across the company. Again this may only make sense if you can get a business type account with the support to match.

We do have a Dell business account. I've really never needed any support from Dell so I'm kind of looking at it as I can build exactly what I want, with the exact components I want. I think I will end up with a better pc for a cheaper price. I built my first pc about 2 years ago and I never had a single issue with it so it's got me wanting to build a really nice workstation. I guess only time will tell if it's a good or bad decision to do this but I believe I'm going to try it. I think if it works good, the IT guy may copy my build for future pc's for my draftsmen/detailers instead of going through Dell.

 

[Bearmann]

These articles should help point you in the right direction:

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-CPU-Performance-Skylake-S-vs-Haswell-E-EP-756/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Network-Rendering-in-Solidworks-2016-745/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Using-a-GeForce-GPU-in-Solidworks-2016-751/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-NVIDIA-Quadro-Performance-744/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Solidworks-2016-Multi-Core-Performance-741/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Is-CPU-Overclocking-in-Solidworks-2016-worth-it-747/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Solidworks-150

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-AutoDesk-AutoCAD-134

Thanks Bearmann, very good info. Based on all the info, sounds like the i7-6700K quad core Skylake is the way to go at 4 Ghz..... BUT, how would the Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0 GHz or the Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5 GHz perform in comparison the the i7-6700k quad core. Would they be slower and not perform as well since they are 3Ghz and 3.5Ghz as compared to the 4Ghz, even though they have more cores, since the software doesn't really utilize the additional cores? Even though money isn't an issue at this point, would the cheapest of the 3 (i7-6700K) give the best performance?

Sorry I can't help you. If I studied all those articles, then I would know as much as you, maybe. Puget really knows their stuff though. I would look hard at their recommended systems.