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Title: upgrading to SolidWorks 2009; best computer to get?
Post by: BANE on July 02, 2009, 02:11:13 PM

Hello all,
So for the past few weeks I've been working on making my workshop and upgrading things.  One upgrade I need to make is buying Solidworks 2009, since my student of 2007 version is going to expire in august, and I want to get a new computer to handle it.  I have SW 2009 at my job and we use the Dell Precision with two quad cores 8 GB of ram and 64 bit, aka the best on the market at the time.  I've never had a problem with SW at work and I would get the exact set up but they cost around $3500.  Just a bit out of my budget at this time, so I want to get something decent around $1200 or so.  I've been looking at the Dell XPS 625 which has been around for a while but is mostly used for gaming; the cost is around $1200 and has the AMD Phenom™ X4 9850+ Black Edition (2.5GHz/125W)  and 4 GB of ram.  Does anyone have any recommendations on a high performance desktop?

Bane

Title: Re: upgrading to SolidWorks 2009; best computer to get?
Post by: Metal Slug 2 on July 02, 2009, 02:29:30 PM

I would recommend you do not buy a prebuilt desktop.  Build your own, it is much cheaper.

Title: Re: upgrading to SolidWorks 2009; best computer to get?
Post by: SmAsH on July 02, 2009, 02:44:47 PM

i second the building option. you can generally build your own pc for $200-$400 cheaper than the stores.