Hardware spec for large assemblies

[swhitey]

Is there anybody out there building assemblies successfully with around 5000 parts or more?. If yes what hardware are you using? Ideally i want to be able to go up to in excess of 10000 parts. My Solidworks supplier advises me that the following hardware spec will be sufficient.

2.5GHz Pentium processor
2GB+ of RAM
Nvidia Quadro 4 or Wildcat graphics card
SCSI hard drive
Windows 200 (sp2)/xp pro

The computer i am in the throws of purchasing is as above with the exception that we will use a Zeon processor.

Unfortunately i have doubts about information given to me from my reseller

 

[SBaugh]

What does your Reseller suggest? Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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When in doubt, always check the help

 

[swhitey]

SBaugh
Sorry if i didn't make it clear, but the resellers suggestion is in the body of my first message

 

[SBaugh]

ohh duh...

That seems like a fine computer to me to run large assemblies on. I would get a large HDD though something like 80-120 gig. That gives you plenty of space to put a large Virtual swap memory spot. Something like 3-4 gig swap space.

IHTH, Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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When in doubt, always check the help