{"id":676,"date":"2011-05-08T20:25:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T01:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2011-09-25T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T14:04:50","slug":"my-new-3d-cad-workstation-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/08\/my-new-3d-cad-workstation-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"My New 3D CAD Workstation Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Intel told the world that it will begin using its new &#8220;Tri gate&#8221; 3D transistors in its upcoming <a title=\"View 22nm article on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/22_nanometer\" target=\"_blank\">22nm processors<\/a>. \u00a0This got me thinking about how fast my new workstation is (with an intel Xeon processor in it, 45nm technology), and asking myself why I would need anything faster (although reduced power consumption is always attractive).<\/p>\n<p>I got a new work computer last week, and it&#8217;s a huge improvement over what I was using before (ThinkStation with Windows Vista 32 Bit OS).<\/p>\n<p>The workstation&#8217;s foundation is a Lenovo (formerly IBM) ThinkStation S20 series with the following specs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\"><a title=\"Go to Intel Xeon 3550 info page\" href=\"http:\/\/ark.intel.com\/Product.aspx?id=39720\" target=\"_blank\">Intel Xeon W3550 Processor (3.06GHz 1066MHz 8MB L2) &#8211; 130W<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\">DOS (No Software Preloaded)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\">Tower 5&#215;6 Mechanical with Intel 36S Motherboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\">2GB ECC DDR3 PC3-10600 SDRAM (1GBx2 uDIMMS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\"><a title=\"Go to NVIDIA Quadro 600 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/product-quadro-600-us.html\" 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href=\"http:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/computer\/memory-storage\/MZ-5PA128\/US\" target=\"_blank\">128 GB Samsung SSD Drive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Go to Kingston ECC 4GB DIMM page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ec.kingston.com\/ecom\/configurator_new\/PartsInfo.asp?root=us&amp;LinkBack=http:\/\/www.kingston.com&amp;ktcpartno=KVR1333D3E9S\/4G\" target=\"_blank\">12 GB ECC DDR3 10600 Server RAM (3&#215;4 GB uDIMMS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit OS (System Builder Version)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RAM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why 12 Gigabytes if RAM? \u00a0It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m a video game developer or rendering Pixar movies, but I checked SolidWorks website for their system recommendations. \u00a0For SW2011, 6GB is recommended. \u00a0Then I checked out what memory configuration works best with the <a title=\"Intel X58 Chipset Overview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intel.com\/products\/desktop\/chipsets\/x58\/x58-overview.htm\" target=\"_blank\">X58 chipset (Intel&#8217;s &#8220;workstation&#8221; chipset)<\/a>. \u00a0Apparently, Triple Channel config works best. \u00a0I&#8217;m not familiar with the <a title=\"Go to Triple Channel RAM info on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triple-channel_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">3 channel RAM thing that Intel uses for some of its processors<\/a>, all the computers I&#8217;ve built have used dual channel configurations with AMD chipsets. \u00a0Also, with this motherboard&#8217;s chipset &amp; Xeon processor, I am able to use <a title=\"Go to ECC info on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ECC_memory#Errors_and_error_correction\" target=\"_blank\">ECC (Error Correcting Code) server type memory<\/a>, which is good for professional\/office applications (is supposed to provide better stability; fewer lock-ups and blue screens).<\/p>\n<p>So as I was looking for ECC RAM, reading that it&#8217;s good to fill all 3 slots on the motherboard (or 6 slots, as long as your RAM DIMMs are in multiples of 3), and wanting at least 6GB total, it seemed the best value I found was to buy 3 sticks of RAM (each DIMM providing 4GB of memory).<\/p>\n<p><strong>SSD:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just recently started using SSD drives in my computers because they&#8217;re getting to the point where&#8217;s the price per GB is reasonable. \u00a0I went for the Samsung because of a reasonable price-point and high customer ratings. \u00a0I&#8217;ve already forgotten the technical details like what controller type it is (JMicron or SandForce, etc.), and I don&#8217;t care because it&#8217;s working very well. \u00a0Using an SSD as the primary drive (for the OS &amp; important applications) is wonderful. \u00a0It&#8217;s like taking a giant leap forward in computing user experience. \u00a0Everything is just &#8220;snappy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discrete Graphics Card:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opted for the <a title=\"NVIDIA Quadro 600 Fermi Workstation Graphics Card\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/product-quadro-600-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA 600<\/a> because it was only $40 more than the base card, and it offers the &#8220;Fermi&#8221; processing cores that I&#8217;ve been hearing so much about lately. \u00a0This is still considered an &#8220;Entry Level&#8221; workstation graphics card, but I don&#8217;t need anything too powerful for the types of assemblies and models I usually work with.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I&#8217;ve been somewhat disappointed so far. \u00a0This card is working great (and provides excellent value), until I tile several models on my screen&#8230; \u00a0This is when each model&#8217;s view acts herky-jerky, appears to be the same as another open model file, black screens, etc. \u00a0This is most likely a driver issue and due to the fact that I still use SW 2009, and Dassault Systemmes doesn&#8217;t hardly support it anymore (now that it&#8217;s mid 2011). \u00a0I&#8217;m sure that when I upgrade to a current version 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