Recommended Hardware

[Anonymous]

We are looking to upgrade our workstations. Currently, we use ACAD Civil 3d version 2010 and Microstation XM with Inroads. Also, ESRI version 9.3 can have large files. Additionally, drawings with high resolution aerial photos can often be taxing on the workstations. All of the above programs may at times have to process large image and drawing files that are combined. Finally, most workstations have single or dual large monitors running at high resolutions.

What kind of hardware (Video Card, Processor, RAM) would you recommend and why?

[Anonymous]

Budget? Without budget will always get super systems that may not be
worth it to you, but are the best available.

i7-975
12gb ram
ssd primary drive, raid secondary drive
top nvidia or ati video card non opengl (specific card seems to change
almost daily)
Get it liquid cooled and overclock for speed, or don't overclock for
stability.

jdes wrote:
> We are looking to upgrade our workstations. Currently, we use ACAD Civil 3d version 2010 and Microstation XM with Inroads. Also, ESRI version 9.3 can have large files. Additionally, drawings with high resolution aerial photos can often be taxing on the workstations. All of the above programs may at times have to process large image and drawing files that are combined. Finally, most workstations have single or dual large monitors running at high resolutions.
>
> What kind of hardware (Video Card, Processor, RAM) would you recommend and why?

[Anonymous]

Budget would be no more than $4000 per workstation. Also, it has to be through a major vendor. For this configuration we are looking into HP Workstations, and will probably not stray away from that manufacturer.

[Anonymous]

Not thrilled by their "workstation" systems since you are paying a big
premium for high-priced workstation cpu's which generally entail pricey
ECC memory.


I'd start by looking at this:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01701249&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

and seeing what upgrades are affordable, cpu, memory, drive
configuration etc.


jdes wrote:
> Budget would be no more than $4000 per workstation. Also, it has to be through a major vendor. For this configuration we are looking into HP Workstations, and will probably not stray away from that manufacturer.