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Building a Solidworks PC – 2016 Edition

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EDIT: This article has been updated in Building a Solidworks PC – 2017 Edition Another year, another release of Solidworks.  2016 will bring a mix of incremental upgrades (an updated move triad!) and a few new features. This article is an update from my workstation build last year.  Not a whole lot has changed regarding a workstation build but it’s time to start considering Windows 10 and a beefier CAD GPU.  Overall there have been minimal performance relevant changes […]

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Building a Solidworks PC – 2015 Edition

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EDIT: This article has been updated in Building a Solidworks PC – 2017 Edition The core of a good Solidworks workstation should be a fast CPU, lots of RAM, and a Solidworks approved workstation graphics card. Solidworks performance is limited by the CPU and unfortunately only runs single-core for everything except simulation and rendering.  An Intel i7-4770 processor will provide good performance for the price even if you’re using only a single core on the chip. 16GB […]