New Workstation

[CadManDrew]

I am purchasing a new workstation. It will be used mostly for graphics and CAD. Any suggestions?

[dkoppenol]

What kind of work is it? 2D or 3D? Office work or Mobile?

Perhaps i have a few suggestions for you.

Dolf Koppenol

[CadManDrew]

Both 2D and 3D... Office work (Tower)... AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUP, Adobe CS6, CorelDraw Graphics Suite X6

[CadManDrew]

My IT dept has strongly suggested that I get something from DELL...

[dkoppenol]

Hello Cadman, here are the specs for a workstation for AutoCAD and Revit. (not Inventor!)

processor: Xeon E5-1620 v2 Quad Core 3.7Ghz <= best speed

Memory at least 16 GB better 32 GB

Video Card Nvidea K4000 (3GB)

SSD 265 GB or better (no Hard Drive but Solid State)

I have not find a complete Workstation by Dell, you have to customize (Dell Precision T1700 Mini Tower)

Look for a HP on the word 'WM679ET#ABB' just as a example.

If you work with large drawings/models you have need for a fast network (1Gb/s) and a fileserver.

For Revit there is a kind of server called Revit server/Accelerator.

See:Revit-server

There is no thing as a cadworkstaion, without network, fileserver plotters etc.

[CadManDrew]

thank you...

[mdhutchinson]

we purchased Boxx computers... over-clocked processor, liquid cooled, solid state drive, etc.

I did extensive performance testing before our purchase... and these computers out did the speed improvements we got when we jumped from 32 to 64 bit back a couple years ago. We got all new for our whole CAD detailing group!  We had a few of them upfront that produced blue screens... but their support was very quick on the spot and now we are all good.

http://www.boxxtech.com/