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[–] bosunmoon ago 

Just buy a secondhand mac pro 4.1 and throw 400 bucks at it.

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[–] SolomonPapermaster [S] ago 

I would in real life, but this is homework.

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[–] BakedMofoBread ago 

When dealing with CAD, your graphics card is pretty much everyth8ng, and that quadro is literally designed for CAD (and stockbrokers who desire to display ridiculous amounts of data on ridiculous amounts of monitors).

You may want to find more ram if you can afford it.

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[–] pm_me_your_lady_bits ago  (edited ago)

Solid works is more CPU heavy. Get a stronger CPU and a mid class graphics card.

https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/57951

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[–] EpiPendemic ago 

I haven't built a computer in 17 years.... shit i feel old

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[–] SolomonPapermaster [S] ago 

I used to lust after the Pentium 1.

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[–] thebearfromstartrack ago  (edited ago)

Why not just visit one of those build your own PC websites and ask them to offer what they can given your budget constraints? Then go check better prices on buying those components yourself.

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[–] SolomonPapermaster [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Already did? I see no reason to do one or the other? Why can't I ask multiple sources at the same time?

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[–] thebearfromstartrack ago 

Because fuck you that's why. Don't get snippy with me sport. I'll ask God to drop a dump truck on your house.

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[–] Whatthefuckdood ago 

Good start. If you want it to run solidworks with all the bells and whistles, make sure to add 2 sata 6 ssds. One for windows, and one for the solidworks install. That way windows and the cache runs on one drive, and everything for solidworks runs on another. An nvme drive is an even faster option, but they are expensive.