About the CPU and CAD work.

[boydage]

Speaking to a guy today he has been working with the Solidworks online training. I need to inform I am using SharkCad. Really interesting he said that Solidworks, only uses one core in a CPU loading it up. So when choosing a good PC for Solidworks, looking for a CPU with heaps of cores is not to advantage at all.

I popped a laptop a few weeks ago and am getting some cash back (refund). I have been looking around at the latest gaming laptops. RTX30** series graphics, Gen 4 7gb/sec SSD, Dual ram, the full deal.

But - after the conversation about Solidworks and the CPU I dont know what I am looking for to be best for my money now? Any computer pros out here that could shed some light on what I should do? Intel? Ryzen? Latest CPU with minimum cores?

Thanks

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[dazp1976]

Gaming rigs are only really capable if you do single small items. If you do assemblies they're a waste of time. It's not so much the CPU that is the issue. It's more the GPU. A strong graphics chip is essential.
Mine is a few years old fitted with a 4gb nvidia 1050ti GFX chip and it has its slow down/crash moments. When it comes to any simulation of a toolpath it has a nightmare.
The i7 cpu itself is barely worked.

[boydage]

Gaming rigs are only really capable if you do single small items. If you do assemblies they're a waste of time. It's not so much the CPU that is the issue. It's more the GPU. A strong graphics chip is essential.
Mine is a few years old fitted with a 4gb nvidia 1050ti GFX chip and it has its slow down/crash moments. When it comes to any simulation of a toolpath it has a nightmare.
The i7 cpu itself is barely worked.

Hi. Thanks for that. Yes I do understand that. Remember what I said about cores and only one working for Solidworks.

The gaming setups I have been looking at NZ are only focused on the GPU - right in the front of their advertising, some of the Max P options are packed inside these laptops running at 165w. Ive been looking at the RTX3070 P and RTX3080 which are about in my price range and will definitely do the job. Couple the rig with a Gen 4 SSD, and I need that speed because I have no trouble with simulations more auto-save holding up design time on large assemblies. My question was about the CPU, and I have listened to someone who knows his stuff I believe it does count. The 1050ti came out in 2016 I am looking at 6/8Gb GPUs now.

What I learned today, was detail counts. Was hoping someone might expand on that for me.

[bestof899]

yeap you would need strong cores, and maybe even go with nvme instead of ssd, these things are fast, maybe you could even get a remote machine, connect to it with vnc to it https://www.serverlynx.com/remmina-u...to-vnc-server/