Is i9 processor ok for autocad lt 2021 (vs xeon?)

[Anonymous]

Dell had a good deal on Refurbished Precision

Intel Core i9-10980XE (3.0GHz, 4.8GHz Turbo, 18C, 24.75MB Cache, HT, (165W), DDR4-2933 Non-ECC)

Nvidia Quadro RTX4000, 8GB, 3DP, VirtualLink (XX20T)

64GB, 2X32GB, DDR4 2666MHz UDIMM Non-ECC

Is the the i9 or the non-ECC memory going to be an issue? Autocad is used for basic residential design documents.

Thank you - Philip

[pendean]

Why are you buying a Ferrari when LT just needs a Chevy to work well for 99% of users?

[Anonymous]

lol- I know way overkill. I primarily use LT and sketchup but am using this more and more for rendering as well like Twinmotion and interested in D5 rendering which is optimized for RTX chips. Dells price was $2600, which by the time I spec out a new machine with 32gb ram, slower hard drive, weaker quadro, was still over $2000, so thought why not.

Having said that, is an i-series with non ECC memory good enough?

Currently on a 5 year old t1700 with Intel Xeon 3.5GHz, Quadro K620 and 32gb ram. Its been a good machine but ready to upgrade

Thank you for any feedback you can give

[rkmcswain]

There are a lot of CPUs that rank higher in STR, for a lot less $$$ than that 18 core 3.0 GHz one.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the chart.

All I'm looking to do is upgrade to my computer and  liked the quadro 4000rtx, 64gb ram and speed of the class 50 SSD. I realize I won't utilize the i9 for Autocad and sketchup as they are single core.

At $2600 just looked like a speedy machine that would cover the rendering programs I'm trying to use as well.

It seems you guys think it's a bad idea...fine.

Just need to know

1. Is an i-series going to work or should I stick with Xeon?

2. What basic set up would you suggest then for those programs at that budget?

Thanks, Philip

[Anonymous]

For comparison I could do  the following for $2930 (vs $2600)

Intel Xeon Processor W-2225 (4C, 4.1GHz 4.6GHz Turbo HT 8.25MB (105W) DDR4-2933)
Nvidia Quadro RTX4000, 8GB, 3DP, VirtualLink (XX20T) (or P1000 and save $400)
32GB 2x16GB DDR4 2933MHz RDIMM ECC Memory
2.5" 512GB SATA Class 20 Solid State Drive

Better single core performance, Xeon, less ram, Class 20 512GB vs Class 50 1TB

LT, Sketchup, Twinmotion and possibly D5 rendering (ray traced, optimized for RTX cards)

Hardware is not my forte, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[pendean]

For your other listed 3D/rendering applications a Xeon processor makes way more sense IMHO.
And you need more RAM than 32GB as well as larger HD drives for those software.

Expand your search, you are exceptionally limiting yourself.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

I think you're right about getting the Xeon processor- not something to screw around with .

The Intel Xeon Processor W-2225 (4C, 4.1GHz 4.6GHz Turbo HT 8.25MB (105W)) DDR4-2933, seems to have a

good single core speed and price point. Planning on pairing with at least 32GB or 64GB ECC Ram.

   Question: Autocad LT and Sketchup are what I use 95% of the time, and I realize they don't utilize the graphic card. But I'm getting more and more in to Twinmotion which certainly does. I've heard the Quadro RTX 4000 is a great card to use with that program. Dell also offers the RTXA 4000 which looks to be more consumer (Non ECC).  The Quadros are out til January, the RTXA  is November. If the card is being used primarily for Twinmotion, is there a reason to get a quadro?

   Thanks as always, Philip