which workstation is best for revit

[hpj]

hi..
my company is setting up a workstation for revit. it would be really helpful if any one can give me advice on the topic. and i want the top specs cpu..
the cpu im planning to buy is 'hp z840 workstation-1125w', which costs me 9190 usd. im giving the specs below

# duel Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 v3 (3.4 GHz, 20 MB cache, 6 cores)
#32gb ddr4-2133(4v8gb) 1 cpu reg ram-(8 dimm (with 1 processor) and 16dimm (with 2 processors)
#nvidia Qudro k4200 4gb Graphics

i know iam asking little more, but please help me out. which generation is this cpu?..2nd gen, or 3rd gen,4 or fifth. because my boss want the cutting edge technology in the office

is that above mentioned cpu good?.. i heard that revit is a single threaded cpu supporting sofware, so using i7 series is better than using multithreaded xeon..in that case what should i consider? please help...


thank you guys..

 

[synphul]

You may want to reconsider an 8c/16t i7 like the 5960x or similar xeon. According to autodesk's revit info for system builds, they say "Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations." So they do in fact use multiple cores/threads. They also say this "Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations."

Have a read here through the descriptions, if you scroll down they give suggestions for performance: large complex models.

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Revit-2016-products.html

I don't know specifically which generation though it was released 3rd quarter of 2014 so it's 6-9mo old. The e5-2643 v3 is fairly new. However if not running it as a server and as a standard workstation, dual xeons would be 24 threads which is above and beyond according to their statement of up to 16 threads. I think you'd be better off with a single i7 5960x or single e5 2643 v3 on the x99 platform with 16-32gb of ram. I think $9k usd is overkill. The dual cpu's will add a lot to the cost of the workstation and likely won't be of much benefit.