Computer thread!!!

[lambo]

How complex of assemblies are you going to be working with in solidworks? That's where solidworks really takes a massive shit. I've maxed out 16gb of ram with large assemblies and gotten close with 32gb of ram. I would definitely focus more on CPU power for solidworks but I wouldn't discount the GPU. I'm not sure exactly how GPU scaling works with solidworks, but from my experience, having just a semi-decent GPU will be fine.

With that being said, if you find yourself having to be more mobile with your solidworks work, I would just get a decent laptop to handle it vs using rdp. I'm just not a huge fan of relying on rdp to do work.

Maybe look for something used, similar to this:

https://denver.craigslist.org/sys/d/asus-rog-gl551-series-gaming/6443571999.html

[Wschnitz]

Honestly just need to get us a budget, If you have peripherals you can use already that saves a good amount of build cost.

A really good PC that can max games and do real shit is like ~$800-900 when GPU and RAM prices are not at meme levels.

If you just want something that can run and render things in solidworks well you could probably keep it down to $500-600

[Northern]

So I've been looking for a dirty cheap(<$400), ultra-portable laptop to throw in a messenger bag and lug around school all week. It would be for basic shit, but I also need a laptop to run solidworks once a week, so that threw a huge wrench in that.

Now, I haven't really been up on technology since I was a teenager, so it blew my mind when a friend whipped out a surface tablet and brought up solidworks over RDP from his desktop at home.
I used RDP with browser based programs at my old job and it was laggy, buggy, and just fucking terrible overall, so it blew my mind when it logged in in a few seconds and there was no lag or delay with it. He went a step further and did the same thing through his phone to show me it was possible a minute later...

My last desktop used an AGP ATI X800, just to give some frame of reference... so I have no idea what I even need, but I really want to build a desktop to do this with, and buy a shit laptop/tablet and have virtually nil consequences if it is stolen/lost/broken.


Anyone have experience with this? How overkill of a desktop do I need?

[MrBurgundy]

Steam names?

omarmountain

[kickinindian]

I play pubg

me too.

Steam names?

[Dagamus(NM)]

Looks like after 10 years, we can finally run everything @ 4K on Ultra specs.

http://www.pcgamer.com/10-years-later-we-can-finally-run-crysis/

and it still requires a $1000 GPU. Crazy stuff!

Anyone else catch the release this week of a $3K GPU from Nvidia? The Titan V

There is a guy on OCN with four Titan Vs on a dual x99 board with a paid of xeon v4 2699s. It is pretty sick to say the least.

[ST1G]

I play pubg

me too.

[Johnnyboy101]

Just picked this little guy up...

If you are looking for a nice portable ultrabook... this is a pretty darn good deal:

Dell XPS 13 for $749

Dell XPS 13

comes with the revised Kaby Lake 15W mobile quad core, 10+ hrs of battery life, and can be upgraded pretty easily with a higher capacity SSD. Looks like it is Microsoft store only, but I have been hearing of a lot of success locating in store.

[Johnnyboy101]

Finally...

But can it run Crysis?

Looks like after 10 years, we can finally run everything @ 4K on Ultra specs.

http://www.pcgamer.com/10-years-later-we-can-finally-run-crysis/

and it still requires a $1000 GPU. Crazy stuff!

Anyone else catch the release this week of a $3K GPU from Nvidia? The Titan V

[MrBurgundy]

I play pubg

[Wschnitz]

sent you one on steam. do you play PUBG?

Nah If I played BR more I'd play fortnite, PUBG is going to die sometime in the next year. I don't trust bluehole at all because they shit on their community and talk about updates that never happen.

[kickinindian]

If anyone wants to play Rainbow 6 Siege or Escape from Tarkov, WOW, etc feel free to add me.

Steam: 'Rohki' or 'Liechengsos'
Uplay: 'Rohkii'
BNET: 'Rohki#1600'

sent you one on steam. do you play PUBG?

[Johnnyboy101]

FYI for any fellow Canadians, NCIX closed up all remaining retail locations and filed for bankruptcy today. It seems the website is still accepting orders but I have real strong doubts that anything is going to get filled. The general impression from some people is that the head office may have locked out all employees as no form of customer service was in action today, including the recently returned lead of the forum.

oh man that sucks. Back in the day, before Amazon really got into the game, NCIX was the main other option if you didn't use newegg. Well them and Tiger Direct. It is tough times indeed for brick and mortar retail, especially for niche markets. I went out the other day to go to Radio Shack, and was shocked to see a Sprint Store :sad: Seems 95% of them closed a few months back...

[Varinn]

FYI for any fellow Canadians, NCIX closed up all remaining retail locations and filed for bankruptcy today. It seems the website is still accepting orders but I have real strong doubts that anything is going to get filled. The general impression from some people is that the head office may have locked out all employees as no form of customer service was in action today, including the recently returned lead of the forum.

[Wschnitz]

If anyone wants to play Rainbow 6 Siege or Escape from Tarkov, WOW, etc feel free to add me.

Steam: 'Rohki' or 'Liechengsos'
Uplay: 'Rohkii'
BNET: 'Rohki#1600'