marriokart

AFAIK there isn't, there isn't too bad of a supply of quadros in Vancouver, there's a K4000 listed on craigslist for $150

I believe it's a firmware limitatio, and that Solidworks doesn't release drivers for non-workstation cards. They don't support GPU scaling on Geforce cards

My current laptop just isn't cutting it for the workload that I'm asking it to do. I'm planning to build my first pc and would like some input. I'm an engineering student in 3rd year from B.C., Canada, so if Canadian pricing is preferable. I'm not set to a specific constrained budget (which is sort of a problem as my build keeps getting more expensive), but I'd like to keep under 1000 CAD. My primary use will be for school, and possibly some light gaming, although to justify it to my parents it's for my school workload. The primary workload I have for school is design work, primarily with Solidworks, although I am also using the Altair software suite. Along with this design work, are simulations to validate the designs. While working on designs for my school's formula SAE team, we have quite large assemblies which really strain my current laptop ( open the file and come back 3 minutes later kind of performance). With that in mind here is my build. I don't have to pay for windows thanks to my school CPU Ryzen 5 1500X CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO Motherboard ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Storage ADATA - Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" SSD Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Case Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Power Supply EVGA - B3 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/marriokart/saved/76jccf I'm not set on the 1050 Ti, I may try to pick up a used quadro, as Solidworks can't make use of non-workstation cards. I would also consider an intel build, especially with coffee lake,as Solidworks is much better optimized for intel, although ryzen seems to be much better value. I'm going to add a HDD at a later time,I don't tend to use a whole lot of storage. Any tips or recommendations would be very appreciated.

Here is my entry for the #ROGRigReboot Hope you enjoy and best of luck to everyone else!