Laptop running Inventor 2017

[KevinGreenhouse]

Hi All,

My company has given me the go ahead to get a new laptop to run Inventor (So I can work from home/ Site if needed).

If possible I would like input on a sensibly priced laptop that is capable of running Inventor on a daily basis, I would on occasions have assemblies of 10k + parts.

Thanks in advance.

[mdavis22569]

I7 -  3.0 ghz or higher

SSD 

8 plus gig's of ram min' ~ more is better..

I have an ASUS i7 with 12 gig's of ram and I don't have any real issues with a 10-15k part assembly. I've rendered on it without a problem ..  

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcartic...

[Anonymous]

I have alienware R13 laptop

intel i7 6500u processor @ 3 ghz

500gb SSD Hybrid

12gb ram

No problem running 10k+ parts on this 

Please accept as answer if you like my answer

[KevinGreenhouse]

Thank you both, I have contacted our Dell sales rep and suggested the specs you have stated.

Hopefully I will get a response back soon so I can take it forward from there.

[jporter]

For *only* $3549, the Dell Precision 17 can come pre-configured with SSD, 64gb ram, a Quadro 4000, and a Xeon 2.8GHz processor. That's a LOT of bang for the buck. I currently run the Precision 4800 with a core i7 at 2.8GHz,32gb of ram, ssd, and a quadro k2100m. A little over a year ago, my machine ran about the same as that 17" model. I happened to buy at the end of the fiscal quarter, so they bumped me to 5 years prosupport (next business day if I drop it) for the price of the 3 year. I don't expect that I'll be running this 5 years out, but when we pass it to someone else in the company as a user workstation, it will still be under warranty for a good period of time. 

Dell Precision 17

[KevinGreenhouse]

Thanks for the response @jporter, funnily enough I have just had a quote back from Dell

Mobile Precision 7710 CTO BASE 2,238.72 2,238.72 SR
Intel® Core? i7-6820HQ (Quad Core 2.70GHz, 3.60GHz Turbo, 8MB 45W, w/Intel HD Graphics 530)
17.3" UltraSharp FHD IPS (1920x1080)
32GB Dual Channel DDR4 2133Mhz (16GBx2)
512GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
Nvidia Quadro M3000M, 4GB GDDR5

I was hoping for a little quicker processor (3+ Ghz) but the rest of it seems sufficient, anything anyone would change?

[jporter · Accepted solution]

I would ask him for the price adder on processor upgrades. Often, it is easy when you see the list to say "my budget allows $400 more, so I'm going to bounce it up 3 levels so I have a 3.0 GHz processor. Really, the only time I'm maxing out the processor for any significant amount of time is when I render. Other multi-core tasks aren't long enough that the difference between 2.8 GHz and 2.9 GHz would be a significant difference. I would grab the 2.9 GHz Xeon if I had the budget. Here is a snapshot of the dell configurator so you can see the ballpark prices of processor upgrades:

[jporter]

My favorite feature of my Precision 4800 is that it uses onboard graphics unless I have Inventor open. When I am on the road, the battery life is significantly different with Inventor open vs not. When I'm not doing heavy work, battery life is awesome.