Hi! I'm a Doctor's degree student in Brazil in Structural Engineer.

I need a computer to run simulations using Finite Element Method at Abaqus. I'm not sure how big my models will be, but in my dissertation (master's degree) I worked with models with solid elements that had around 60k elements. I need to use an Explicit procedure to simulate quasi-static analysis with progressive damage (6 seconds event simulating a column loss in a building).

In my laptop (i7-4500U - 2 cores) it took 5 days to run each model. In a i7-6800k (6 cores) I need around 1 day per model.

I build this configuration: https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/271857-fem-workstation-finite-element-please-help

Here in Brazil it's very expensive, but i'm planing on importing the computer as cientific purposes, but that configuration is too expensive. Is this to OP? Can I build a cheaper configuration with a good performance? What can I change to get a better scalable performance in Abaqus?

Is it possible to get a Laptop with a good configuration that suits me? (portability is important to me, but if not possible, its ok).

I also want to game on this computer.

Thank you a lot!