Focusing on CAD

[NickWollman]

I'm wondering if any of you guys are familiar with CAD design. I'm working with Solidworks by Dassault Sytems. Solidworks is a single threaded application mostly except for rendering (which I don't do a lot of). Basically it needs a massively overclocked CPU and a high end GPU. None of this gamer business. I'm kinda on team red and I'm looking at the FirePro lineup. I'm on a kinda tight budget so I'm not looking to run six 4K screens with a W9100. Maybe just a 5100. I'd also want a kinda smaller sized case and watercooling. What cpu and chipset should I be looking at? I was looking at the apexx 2 by boxx technologies but I'm wondering if you guys could set up one for cheaper? Linus should chime in here. Can you overclock a 6700k to about 5ghz?

[Gumi Rokkaku]

Tight budget and water cooling typically don't mix.
What kind of budget are we talking about?

Edit: Where are my manners? Welcome to the club, friend.

[W-L]

I'm wondering if any of you guys are familiar with CAD design. I'm working with Solidworks by Dassault Sytems. Solidworks is a single threaded application mostly except for rendering (which I don't do a lot of). Basically it needs a massively overclocked CPU and a high end GPU. None of this gamer business. I'm kinda on team red and I'm looking at the FirePro lineup. I'm on a kinda tight budget so I'm not looking to run six 4K screens with a W9100. Maybe just a 5100. I'd also want a kinda smaller sized case and watercooling. What cpu and chipset should I be looking at? I was looking at the apexx 2 by boxx technologies but I'm wondering if you guys could set up one for cheaper? Linus should chime in here. Can you overclock a 6700k to about 5ghz?

 

Welcome to the Forums!

 

In general solidworks is mainly a CPU based program for rendering so you don't really need workstation based graphics unless your doing lots of live views or detailed simulations which is the only thing that can take advantage of that.

[Streetguru]

I'm wondering if any of you guys are familiar with CAD design. I'm working with Solidworks by Dassault Sytems. Solidworks is a single threaded application mostly except for rendering (which I don't do a lot of). Basically it needs a massively overclocked CPU and a high end GPU. None of this gamer business. I'm kinda on team red and I'm looking at the FirePro lineup. I'm on a kinda tight budget so I'm not looking to run six 4K screens with a W9100. Maybe just a 5100. I'd also want a kinda smaller sized case and watercooling. What cpu and chipset should I be looking at? I was looking at the apexx 2 by boxx technologies but I'm wondering if you guys could set up one for cheaper? Linus should chime in here. Can you overclock a 6700k to about 5ghz?

What budget what country? Is spending all the extra money for a .5ghz overclock on average really worth it?

[NickWollman]

Well this might not be tight for everyone. 3 thou or under if possible. I'm in Washington state. And I'd still like the discrete graphics cause I'd like all the settings cranked like real view while I'm running it. Plus I dabble in premiere every once in a while so yeah. And as for the overclock, like I say a boxx technologies apexx 2 comes overclocked to 4.5 and water cooled. And these people specifically designed those computers around Solidworks not to mention heavy rendering for companies like Disney and Warner Bros.

and thanks for the welcome!

[NickWollman]

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[NickWollman]

Boy. This topic went deader than a possum. Everybody is hidin out!

[brob]

Well this might not be tight for everyone. 3 thou or under if possible. I'm in Washington state. And I'd still like the discrete graphics cause I'd like all the settings cranked like real view while I'm running it. Plus I dabble in premiere every once in a while so yeah. And as for the overclock, like I say a boxx technologies apexx 2 comes overclocked to 4.5 and water cooled. And these people specifically designed those computers around Solidworks not to mention heavy rendering for companies like Disney and Warner Bros.

and thanks for the welcome!

 

What does the 3K have to cover?

 

What resolution are the monitors? And, why SIX?

[NickWollman]

Whoa man. I said it DOESNT have to be an amd w9100 that can run six screens. That's just overkill. I just got a 34 curved 3440x1440 so that's covered. And I also got a power strip. I don't need that anymore. Cause I've got one already.

[brob]

I7-6700K overclock reasonably well. In general tech sites are reporting overclocks above 4.5GHz. Based on the data I have seen the average seems to be around 4.7GHz. Of course any overclock one achieves depends entirely on the particular chip one receives.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($398.50 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($115.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($254.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($327.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: AMD FirePro W7100 8GB Video Card  ($619.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.89 @ Mac Mall)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2323.32
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 11:14 EST-0500

[NickWollman]

Thanks for the list man! everything is in order here? power supply good enough?

 

This is kind of what i had specced out. everything looks kind of the same except you have a better graphics card and a double size ssd. ( and maybe a better looking case.)  But mine comes assembled and overclocked.

 

AVA Direct Computer Configuration

[NickWollman]

another thing i want is quietness. which case should i go for?

[brob]

Thanks for the list man! everything is in order here? power supply good enough?

 

This is kind of what i had specced out. everything looks kind of the same except you have a better graphics card and a double size ssd. ( and maybe a better looking case.)  But mine comes assembled and overclocked.

 

AVA Direct Computer Configuration

 

Just to highlight the differences:

 

A 550W psu is more than enough. In fact 450W is quite sufficient. I choose that particular 550W unit because of its excellent quality and performance coupled with very quiet operation.

 

The memory in my suggested build has much higher performance. While it would have little impact in gaming, In memory intensive operations this will make a difference.

 

The X61 cpu cooler is very much superior to an H55. It will allow one to achieve a much better overclock.

 

There is a significant difference in storage performance. The 500GB M.2(M) ssd offers performance up to ~32Gb/s (vs 4.8Gb/s of a SATA III ssd). The 1TB ssd will significantly outperform any hdd.

 

My suggestion is for an mATX motherboard and case. This is in keeping with the OP wish for a smaller build.

 

The gpu is significantly more powerful. You will have to decide if the added performance in this area is needed. But going with a W5100 would reduce the cost by about US$280.

 

Basic overclocking these days is easily done. One simply has to tell the motherboard what sort of overclock one would like to achieve. The motherboard will do the rest of the work. Of course one can fine tune this.

 

This is an enthusiast forum so most of us will happily tell you how straightforward pc assembly is. But if you are really uncomfortable contemplating doing your own assembly, there are several vendors who offer assembly services for a small fee. NCIX for example offers a US$50 assembly with a 1 year warranty option if one buys all the parts from them.

[NickWollman]

id have no problem assembling it. i just want to be sure that the thing will work on the software side of things. Im not the worried that all the hardware will come together i just need the computer to not crash because of my (maybe) shoddy assembly.

 

Does this Asus motherboard support overclocking from the OS?

 

A 1 TB solid state drive? Where do you find these thing so cheap?

 

Thanks for the help. So how would i go about gathering all these things together? I suppose you're not figuring the shipping costs of buying all these things from different websites.

 

Does the motherboard come with a gigabit network card or capabilties?

[brob]

id have no problem assembling it. i just want to be sure that the thing will work on the software side of things. Im not the worried that all the hardware will come together i just need the computer to not crash because of my (maybe) shoddy assembly.

 

Does this Asus motherboard support overclocking from the OS?

 

A 1 TB solid state drive? Where do you find these thing so cheap?

 

Thanks for the help. So how would i go about gathering all these things together? I suppose you're not figuring the shipping costs of buying all these things from different websites.

 

Does the motherboard come with a gigabit network card or capabilties?

 

http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170M-PLUS/

 

The motherboard comes with the Asus AI Suite 3 set of motherboard utilities. These allow one to overclock, set fan profiles, monitor temperatures, etc.

 

SSD prices continue to fall as volumes increase.

 

PCPartPicker selects the lowest priced vendor for the components chosen. You can also get it to produce pricing for components from particular vendors. Shipping is sort of included, taxes not.

 

If you click on http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zWNkVn. Then click Edit This Part List you will be able to play around with various options. If you register with pcpartpicker you will be able to save various options. The site does allow one to order through them. Or you can elect to build an order directly with one or more suppliers.

 

Living in a larger city, I often shop the list a a local store or two. To see if I can get competitive pricing locally.

 

The motherboard has an RJ45 gigabit lan port on the rear i/o panel.