Solidworks autocad pc

[Theodwros Tenizis]

Hi, i would like some opinions for a pc that can handle solidworks and autocad. Gaming not really an issue but is also included (pretty much for battlefield 1). Budget around 1500 including monitor so we are looking at about 1250 without monitor. Thanks.

 

[logainofhades]

From my understanding, solidworks officially only supports quadro, but I do believe people have managed to work with it, using geforce cards. Autocad I do believe is more flexible, in that regard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($293.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Toshiba Product SeriesT01ACA 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card ($404.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool KENDOMEN Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.70 @ My Choice Software)
Monitor: Asus VX24AH 24.0" 60Hz Monitor ($252.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1492.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-03 10:11 EDT-0400

 

[Theodwros Tenizis]

From my understanding, solidworks officially only supports quadro, but I do believe people have managed to work with it, using geforce cards. Autocad I do believe is more flexible, in that regard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($293.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Toshiba Product SeriesT01ACA 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card ($404.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool KENDOMEN Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.70 @ My Choice Software)
Monitor: Asus VX24AH 24.0" 60Hz Monitor ($252.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1492.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-03 10:11 EDT-0400

Really? I had no idea that they support only quadro.. Is there any guide or an article to read about how they use geforce on solidworks? And thanks for the build i will check it out later.

 

[g-unit1111]

From my understanding, solidworks officially only supports quadro, but I do believe people have managed to work with it, using geforce cards. Autocad I do believe is more flexible, in that regard.

Autodesk rates GPUs that support AutoCAD but I've been able to get current versions to run on very old hardware. Just because it's rated to support Quaddros means that it's optimized to run the best on these cards, but doesn't mean that you have to use them. I know it works that way for AutoCAD, but I don't know that it works that way for Solidworks or not.

 

[logainofhades]

A little something I found.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Why-you-should-use-a-Quadro-video-card-in-Solidworks-2016-751/

 

[Mikel_4]

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html I assumed you're solidworks user/owner and you've used to it.

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  ■ Intel H110 motherboard. You'll need dual channel RAM and PCIe X16 feature. MSI H110 Grenade US$ 62 after rebate from amazon
  ■ Any quad core i5 series is minimum workable. Intel i5 6500 US$ 192 from amazon. Or i7 6700K, US$ 300 from amazon for complex drawing. Consider good CPU cooler rather than stock cooler should you choose i7 6700K. My pick is cooler master hyper 212 evo, US$ 30 from amazon + artic silver thermal grease, US$ 8 from amazon.
  ■ MSI H110 QVL memory. You'll need huge dual channel RAM. Crucial 2 X 16 GB US$ 165 from amazon, Qualified vendor list refer to tested product, stick to QVL to avoid compatibility issues.
  ■ MSI H110 QVL storage. Western Digital Blue 1 Terabyte US$ 50 from amazon
  ■ Investing on good power supply! as other components life span directly related to stability of supplied power, you can go as premium as Corsair AX760i, US$ 160 from amazon, or cheap 450 W PSU.
  ■ Can't suggest you for case, whatever your pick will be, make sure it fits your selected PSU (check its max PSU compatibility length). I'll provide you with the tempered glass in the next paragraph.

Total US$ 775 with 17 6700K + Hyper 212 EVO + ArticSIlver,

Battle Field Combo Assumed you got Windows 10 OS + SW 2016. If you used to drawing in realview + amb occ with gaming card then you know it's working, despite minor lags one or two, any gaming cards with price tag around US$ 600 will render faster than pro cards with similar price tag. Personally me myself use W7100 for drawing and RX 480 for render/gaming.

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  ■ Viewsonic freeSync 144Hz, US$ 150 from amazon + AMD FirePro W7100, US$ 635 from amazon + 810 watt UPS, US$ 133 from amazon + Rosewill cullinan tempered glass, US$ 120 from amazon.
  Pros - smooth realview
  Cons - Slow GPU render, not as fast as gaming card at similar price tag on 1080p gaming.
  ■ Viewsonic freeSync 144Hz, US$ 150 from amazon + XFX Fury X, US$ 370 from amazon + 810 watt UPS, US$ 133 from amazon + Rosewill cullinan tempered glass, US$ 120 from amazon.
  Pros - fast render, smooth 1080p gaming
  Cons - slow realview

Tempered glass case

8 expansion slots for quad graphic card

■ http://www.thinkcomputers.org/phanteks-enthoo-luxe-tempered-glass-edition-case-review/3/
■ www.techspot.com/review/1203-bequiet-dark-base-pro-900
■ http://www.xtremerigs.net/2015/11/17/in-win-909-atx-case-review/2/
■ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2016/02/16/in-win-805-review/2
■ http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lian-li-pc-09-tempered-glass-case,31783.html
■ www.overclockers.com/lian-li-pc-o8-case-review

7 expansion slots for triple or dual graphic card
■ http://www.eteknix.com/aerocool-p7c1-project-7-tempered-glass-mid-tower-chassis-review/4/
■ http://www.overclockers.com/anidees-ai-crystal-case-review/
somewhat identical to
■ https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Rosewill/Cullinan/3.html
■ http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/leo-waldock/nzxt-s340-elite-case-review/
■ http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/leo-waldock/phanteks-evolv-atx-tempered-glass-edition-review/
■ http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/leo-waldock/phanteks-enthoo-pro-m-glass-case-review/
■ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2014/01/23/in-win-904-review/2
this one is drawer PC case
■ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2016/10/13/nanoxia-project-s-review/2
finally corsair's
■ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2016/11/21/corsair-crystal-series-570x-rgb-review/1
■ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2016/11/21/corsair-crystal-series-460x-rgb-review/1
■ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2016/10/20/bitfenix-aurora-review/1
■ http://www.ocaholic.co.uk/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3951 (Lian li PC V33)
■ www.eteknix.com/lian-li-pc-x510-wx-mid-tower-chassis-review

2 expansion slot (ITX board) for single graphic card
■ http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1495-page3.html (Lian Li PC Q10)
■ http://www.eteknix.com/lian-li-pc-q37-mini-itx-chassis-review/
■ www.kitguru.net/components/cases/leo-waldock/lian-li-pc-o5s-chassis-review
■ https://www.hardwareheaven.com/2015/05/lian-li-pc-o6s-review/
■ http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/lian-li-o7s-review,1.html

 

[Jeffin90620]

Hi, i would like some opinions for a pc that can handle solidworks and autocad. Gaming not really an issue but is also included (pretty much for battlefield 1). Budget around 1500 including monitor so we are looking at about 1250 without monitor. Thanks.

Here on Tom's Hardware, a comparison of several graphics cards was made for several different software packages. For AutoCAD, 3 GeForce graphics cards beat the best of the Quadro cards and 4 GeForce cards beat the best of the FirePro cards.

Granted, this was a few years ago, but unless AutoCAD has shifted to a VRay variant, it should still be good information.


Jeff


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-5.html

 

[g-unit1111]

Thread is from last year. Please do not bump old threads.