I am in the process of building several badly neededWorkstations.
In the past we have been getting custom workstations based on theCore2 Quads w/ workstation Graphics.
After doing several weeks of investigating outside of SW forums Iseem have found that people with larger assemblies (1k-2k parts)were using and specifying Workstations utilizing Dual Quad CoreXeon (5400series) with server mother boards capable of up to 128gbof ram.
Was hoping to get some Input from guys that have had experiencewith both or the knowledge of what kind of differences I may see.
Last Workstation from last year specs:
Core2 Quad 2.40ghz 8mb cache
MB - Intel 975XBX2KR ATX
Corsair TwinX pc8500 4gb ram 1066mhz
fx4600 768mb
250gb SATA 3G NCQ
OS - XP64PRO
What I am working on is actually a little less expensive:
Dual Xeon Quad Core 2.5ghz 12mb cache 1333mhz FSB (Harpertown)
MB I5400PW FSB 1600/1066/1333
16gb RAM(up to 128mb) 4x4Gb Kingston performance memory ECC FBDIMM(don't have the exact speed..but it's 800-1333mhz..as I under standmin is 1/2 the bus speed)
Dual Quadro fx1700 512mb Video (non-SLI)
2X 80gb Baracuda SATA 3G (Raid 0)
Vista 64 ULTIMATE
(I have checked to make sure all parts are compatible with eachother and certified where applicable)
Any input as to why one is better than the other? Maybe one ispreferred for specific types of works? Any input isappreciated.SolidworksAdministration
In the past we have been getting custom workstations based on theCore2 Quads w/ workstation Graphics.
After doing several weeks of investigating outside of SW forums Iseem have found that people with larger assemblies (1k-2k parts)were using and specifying Workstations utilizing Dual Quad CoreXeon (5400series) with server mother boards capable of up to 128gbof ram.
Was hoping to get some Input from guys that have had experiencewith both or the knowledge of what kind of differences I may see.
Last Workstation from last year specs:
Core2 Quad 2.40ghz 8mb cache
MB - Intel 975XBX2KR ATX
Corsair TwinX pc8500 4gb ram 1066mhz
fx4600 768mb
250gb SATA 3G NCQ
OS - XP64PRO
What I am working on is actually a little less expensive:
Dual Xeon Quad Core 2.5ghz 12mb cache 1333mhz FSB (Harpertown)
MB I5400PW FSB 1600/1066/1333
16gb RAM(up to 128mb) 4x4Gb Kingston performance memory ECC FBDIMM(don't have the exact speed..but it's 800-1333mhz..as I under standmin is 1/2 the bus speed)
Dual Quadro fx1700 512mb Video (non-SLI)
2X 80gb Baracuda SATA 3G (Raid 0)
Vista 64 ULTIMATE
(I have checked to make sure all parts are compatible with eachother and certified where applicable)
Any input as to why one is better than the other? Maybe one ispreferred for specific types of works? Any input isappreciated.SolidworksAdministration
