Solidworks/Gaming Machine (UPGRADE)

[SurfaceUser02]

Budget (including currency): $300USD-$600USD Upgrade

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1080p ultra 144HZ Gaming, Solidworks

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

 

Here's what I've got currently:

CPU: Core I7-4790k

CPU Cooler: Noctua NHD-15 (very overkill, I'm aware lol)

MB: MSI Z87 MPower

RAM: 16gb corsair 1600mHz

GPU: Nvidia GTX950

SSD: 480gb Hyundai ssd

Case: Old workstation case

PSU: Older Thermaltake 600W

 

Currently getting my desktop ready for college, going to be studying mechanical engineering.

Not 100% sure what workloads I'll be dealing with in Solidworks, but according to college recommendations they want something that will run Solidworks well

Games I actively play: Phasmaphobia, BeamNG.drive, and Forza Horizon 3 and 4.

I also stack images and compile photos into video for my astrophotography hobby.

 

Looking at getting an RX6600, I was wondering if I could run that along a Quadro P4000 or similar card, or if the 6600 would do well enough.

[filpo]

9 hours ago, SurfaceUser02 said:

Budget (including currency): $300USD-$600USD Upgrade

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1080p ultra 144HZ Gaming, Solidworks

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

 

Here's what I've got currently:

CPU: Core I7-4790k

CPU Cooler: Noctua NHD-15 (very overkill, I'm aware lol)

MB: MSI Z87 MPower

RAM: 16gb corsair 1600mHz

GPU: Nvidia GTX950

SSD: 480gb Hyundai ssd

Case: Old workstation case

PSU: Older Thermaltake 600W

 

Currently getting my desktop ready for college, going to be studying mechanical engineering.

Not 100% sure what workloads I'll be dealing with in Solidworks, but according to college recommendations they want something that will run Solidworks well

Games I actively play: Phasmaphobia, BeamNG.drive, and Forza Horizon 3 and 4.

I also stack images and compile photos into video for my astrophotography hobby.

 

Looking at getting an RX6600, I was wondering if I could run that along a Quadro P4000 or similar card, or if the 6600 would do well enough.

we can reuse the psu, case, ssd and defo cooler but an upgrade for the rest i would go with this

I would take an intel arc a770 as it has 16 gigs of vram: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nCJMk9

but if you wanna stick with amd card then get this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BXct9r

[SorryBella]

4 minutes ago, filpo said:

I would take an intel arc a770 as it has 16 gigs of vram: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nCJMk9

but if you wanna stick with amd card then get this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BXct9r

ABSOLUTELY NEITHER. Solidworks only supports CUDA, and are able to use Quadro's instructions so even lower end Quadro can beat higher end geforce counterparts. I would rather spend that 300$ on Quadro P4000 or A2000, but yeah if OP wanna game theyll need more than an RTX 3050 equivalent especially on heavy esports title like Apex, Fortnite, and Warzone. In which case, id recommend trying to snag an RTX 3070 on used market, or RTX 2080Ti.

[filpo]

1 minute ago, SorryClaire said:

ABSOLUTELY NEITHER. Solidworks only supports CUDA, and are able to use Quadro's instructions so even lower end Quadro can beat higher end geforce counterparts. I would rather spend that 300$ on Quadro P4000 or A2000, but yeah if OP wanna game theyll need more than an RTX 3050 equivalent especially on heavy esports title like Apex, Fortnite, and Warzone. In which case, id recommend trying to snag an RTX 3070 on used market, or RTX 2080Ti.

fair

 

What about a used 3060 ti or something other?

[SorryBella]

Just now, filpo said:

fair

 

What about a used 3060 ti or something other?

a 3060 would still be better than either cards, but the VRAM issues arent like in machine learning where it affects performance, its just going to be the hard limit of how many active models and physics can run at the same time, and if OP is just using Solidworks academically, theyre unlikely to hit that kind of issues on low end Quadro until theyre professor. 

[SurfaceUser02]

14 hours ago, SorryClaire said:

ABSOLUTELY NEITHER. Solidworks only supports CUDA, and are able to use Quadro's instructions so even lower end Quadro can beat higher end geforce counterparts. I would rather spend that 300$ on Quadro P4000 or A2000, but yeah if OP wanna game theyll need more than an RTX 3050 equivalent especially on heavy esports title like Apex, Fortnite, and Warzone. In which case, id recommend trying to snag an RTX 3070 on used market, or RTX 2080Ti.

Sounds good! I did a bit of reading and noticed that Quadro kills AMD. A buddy of mine has a 2080 super at a really good price that I want to grab. Should that be enough for solidworks? If not, would running a P4000 in the same computer work, have the P4000 run the workload, and have the RTX card for gaming? I've done a bit of reading, but haven't ever found a solid answer.

[SorryBella]

4 hours ago, SurfaceUser02 said:

Sounds good! I did a bit of reading and noticed that Quadro kills AMD. A buddy of mine has a 2080 super at a really good price that I want to grab. Should that be enough for solidworks? If not, would running a P4000 in the same computer work, have the P4000 run the workload, and have the RTX card for gaming? I've done a bit of reading, but haven't ever found a solid answer.

The 2080 super should be enough for it yeah especially for just engineering degree. Sure as hell better than AMD or Intel.

[SurfaceUser02]

11 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

The 2080 super should be enough for it yeah especially for just engineering degree. Sure as hell better than AMD or Intel.

awesome, thank you, I'm never 100% sure with software and how they interact with drivers.