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cdspk1-Visitor
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November 19, 2010
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PC Spec

  • November 19, 2010
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Trying to spec a new PC....

.... I've got a renderer chuntering away in the background creating an image, I'm trying to do some modelling at the same time in ProE- it all slows down very quickly!

What's the most important factor that allows both processes to run quickly?

Cheers, Sean

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    MikePhillips12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    November 19, 2010
    Rendering is very processor intensive, Pro|E regeneration is also going to
    gobble up the processor. I would say the most important factor in this
    situation is processor speed and number of cores. Try to get a machine that
    utilizes a fast Xeon processor(s) and multiple cores.



    Are you rendering with Pro|E? If not, the software you are using may
    support "render farming". Using this process you can set up the image with
    the settings you want on your main machine then pass it off to another
    machine on the network (farm) for rendering. This will free the main
    machine for Pro|E work. Some rendering software will also allow to restrict
    how many processor cores are used for the render.



    Just a thought.



    Mike Phillips


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    gkbeer1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    November 23, 2010
    With proe and the rendering software running concurrently, The rendering
    software should be configured to use 2 less cpu cores than the total
    avaliable.

    This would leave one core for proe to monopolize and one everything not proe
    or rendering.

    With that strategy, you should be able to run proe with little problem.

    Also beware of starvation of RAM. Both proe and the rendering software can
    chew up ram like mad. When the machine runs short it will start using the
    hard drive as virtual RAM, except that virtual ram runs several thousand
    times slower than the real stuff.

    For concurrent proe and rendering, the computer might need what most would
    consider insane amounts of RAM.

    --Glenn

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    abesau11-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    October 26, 2014

    Anyone have or know of a good current (2014) shopping list of recommended components to build a system capable or running Creo Parametric 2.0 or later?? I've run into shopping lists to build a gaming PC but haven't had any luck finding one for an Engineering Workstation.


    Thanks



    In Reply to Sean Kerslake:



    Trying to spec a new PC....


    .... I've got a renderer chuntering away in the background creating an image, I'm trying to do some modelling at the same time in ProE- it all slows down very quickly!


    What's the most important factor that allows both processes to run quickly?


    Cheers, Sean


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    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    October 27, 2014
    What I spec'd out recently for here at work is below (we are bound to HP or sometimes Dell by corporate):
    If you are not building large assemblies or overly complicated parts, you may not need 32gb of RAM and/or the Quadro K4000.

    HPZ420 convertible mini-tower workstation

    * Intel(r) Xeon(r) E5-1620 v2 (3.7 GHz, 10 MB cache, 4 cores)

    * 32GB RAM

    * 256GB SSD (or bigger)

    * 500GB SATA 7200 rpm HDD (or bigger)

    * DVD-RW

    * Quadro K4000 Graphics

    * 3/3/3 Warranty

    * KB and Mouse


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