Computer nerds: Critique my next build - CAD machine

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Posted by andrianko on Aug-24-2007 02:11:

Also get Windows Xp with the newest upgradest and hotfixes... AutoCad will performe way better with XP. Vista has to many bugs.... to begin with.

Posted by Euphorica on Aug-27-2007 21:30:

my turd 2-3 year old Dell Laptop (600m)
with 1.6ghz pentium M
1 gig ram

runs these programs just fine:

Catia
Inventor 11
AutoCad 2007
Solid Edge
Mastercam X
3dStudio Max

etc

Posted by psychosomatica on Aug-27-2007 22:34:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
So after a bit more research, seems the Xeon X3220s aren't showing up in anybody's hands with G0 steppings, so I'm just going to go with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 - which means I don't need that ridiculous motherboard anymore to accomodate a Xeon.

And, because Core 2 chips see their biggest increases in performance when memory and FSB are at a 1:1 ratio, I'll scale back to 800MHz memory... OCZ Platinum XTC Rev.2 PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15. I'd prefer Crucial Ballistix, but for $80 less, and the minimum RAS active time is only 3 cycles slower than the Ballstix, I'll go with OCZ.

Then I played the Bioshock demo the other day, and I forgot what a Quadro was.

So then:
Antec P182 case
Seasonic 620w PSU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme HSF with a 120mm Yate Loon
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard
2GC OCZ Platinum XTC Rev.2 PC2-6400 RAM
500GB Seagate SATA hard disk
eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB

Gonna run 8x400 on the multiplier and FSB to reach at 3200MHz, thus keeping the FSB and RAM at the desired 1:1 ratio.

I picked up an Antec Solo myself... love it.. but if you need the 182.. Seasonic 620 is overkill.. get a Corsair 520.. the HX series is built by seasonic anyway...

I have the 120 and YL combo.. the brackets dont fit.. you're going to have to cut up the yate loon.. gonna take some work.

the p35 DS3s have been getting good reviews.. but i only really see the DS3R reviews ever.. dunno about L. Good call on the 2Gb.. 64-bit is not worth it yet the drivers are not at all mature (even the 32-bit ones.. and vista's terrible pseudo-linux authorization process). If you're doing actual work on that computer i'd suggest possibly getting a DS3R and putting 2x 320gb raid 1. 8800gts is perfect price point right now.

Otherwise it's a good combo.

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