System requirement for Creo 4

[SogolNayeri]

I am planning to buy a new laptop which will be my workstation while working with the Creo 4. The projects I work on are not very complex and big. On the PTC website I have found a pdf file called Hardware Note-Creo 4 with system specifications recommended for Creo 4. The recommended memory according to the document is 4 GB. However, the GPO solution the support center for Creo in my country has advised me to order a computer with minimum memory capacity of 16 GB. 

Now I doubt about the information on PTC Hardwar Note- Creo 4 and I am wondering which exact system requirements I should go for. Since upgrading the laptop is not as easy as a desktop, I would prefer to order a laptop which would work for couple of years with Creo without any problem. 

Could you plz help me to collect the right system requirements? 

[BenLoosli · Accepted solution]

The PTC recommended 4GB is the absolute minimum!!!

We had a user running Creo2 on his 4GB machine and it was unbearably slow.

Changed him to a 8GB machine and he can now get his work done.

If you want a laptop to last a few years, I would go with nothing less than 16GB.

[DITTY]

I am planning to buy a new laptop to run cero4.0 , plase sugest me the hardware spacifications

[VladimirN]

You can find hardware notes for Creo 4.0 in attachment.

[DITTY]

Thanks 

[VladimirN]

You're welcome.

[BenLoosli]

Remember the PTC published spec list is a MINIMUM!!!!

My specs for a laptop:

17" screen with high resolution

NVIDIA graphics chip in the Quadro family, not GeForce

3.0+gHz processor speed, I prefer Intel Xeon chips over the i-series

16GB ram minimum

256GB SSD for the main drive

1TB drive for data files/storage

Windows 10 OS

[bmüller]

CPU should be as fast as possible on single thread performance.

 > 3.0+gHz processor speed, I prefer Intel Xeon chips over the i-series

why Xeon?

br Bernhard

[BenLoosli]

Larger L3 Cache

Support for ECC memory

Designed to support heavier workloads

Multi-core chips

[bmüller]

but for single Creo workstations?

Multi-core has no performance advantage for Creo - Quad-Core is the best you can get.

Heavier Workloads, for Simulate maybe.

L3 Cache - haven't found a possibility to benchmark this.

ECC - there are different opinions about ECC.

[BenLoosli]

All valid arguments, I was stating my preferences. As to the original posting, the specs listed by PTC need to be taken as absolute minimum.

If it is not a dedicated Creo laptop, then other chips may be a better option depending on your actual work mix.