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I think this would be the way to go. Thanks for the input.   

 

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My Father and step-mom are artists. and a program that my step-mo uses to design jewelry is "Rhinoceros" And I just know that her slightly older laptop fails at running it. 

And being that I am the only one who has experience building computers in this century I was asked to help.

But I have no clue what parts would be best for it.

 

Like is it more cores the better? or what.

Any help would be nice thanks.   

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My Father and step-mom are artists. and a program that my step-mo uses to design jewelry is "Rhinoceros" And I just know that her slightly older laptop fails at running it. 

And being that I am the only one who has experience building computers in this century I was asked to help.

But I have no clue what parts would be best for it.

 

Like is it more cores the better? or what.

Any help would be nice thanks.   

Budget? Location?

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Rhino isn't that tough to run...

 

My buddy uses Rhino to design for his laser cutter.

 

A quadcore i7, decent mobo, 32GB of ram, and perhaps a low end quadro would be more than enough for just Rhino.

 

Is there more that they run?

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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Rhino isn't that tough to run...

 

My buddy uses Rhino to design for his laser cutter.

 

A quadcore i7, decent mobo, 32GB of ram, and perhaps a low end quadro would be more than enough for just Rhino.

 

Is there more that they run?

My dad said something about "matrix" 

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Rhino isn't that tough to run...

 

My buddy uses Rhino to design for his laser cutter.

 

A quadcore i7, decent mobo, 32GB of ram, and perhaps a low end quadro would be more than enough for just Rhino.

 

Is there more that they run?

>isn't that tough

>I7 and 32gb of ram w/ quadro

 

that sounds pretty tough to me

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My dad said something about "matrix" 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($302.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($288.98 @ Directron) 
Video Card: AMD FirePro W5100 4GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($17.39 @ SuperBiiz) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1573.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Something like this would work pretty well for the needs.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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>isn't that tough

>I7 and 32gb of ram w/ quadro

 

that sounds pretty tough to me

 

I like headroom on my builds for expansion... it is CAD but not the most difficult of CADs to run either.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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As long as no serious gaming is contemplated, this should do the job quite nicely.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E/CSM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($126.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($92.00 @ B&H)
Other: PNY Quadro K2200 VCQK2200-PB 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card (Newegg) ($421.00)
Total: $1233.92
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-07 00:05 EST-0500

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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As long as no serious gaming is contemplated, this should do the job quite nicely.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E/CSM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($126.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Mushkin Chronos 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($92.00 @ B&H)

Other: PNY Quadro K2200 VCQK2200-PB 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card (Newegg) ($421.00)

Total: $1233.92

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-07 00:05 EST-0500

So would they benifite from a Xeon? Or what. I have no clue what works best for the program. But they don't play games at all. 

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As long as no serious gaming is contemplated, this should do the job quite nicely.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E/CSM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($126.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Mushkin Chronos 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($92.00 @ B&H)

Other: PNY Quadro K2200 VCQK2200-PB 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card (Newegg) ($421.00)

Total: $1233.92

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-07 00:05 EST-0500

I kinda second this it's also possible to change other parts and go a bit cheaper but so far so good the brands that's slapped on those at least to my experience is pretty good (except mushkins I don't have any experience with mushkins)

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So would they benifite from a Xeon? Or what. I have no clue what works best for the program. But they don't play games at all. 

 

This model Xenon is essentially an i7 without the integrated graphics. It offers the advantage of hyperthreading which improves performance in most design, modeling, and content creation software.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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