f700es Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 OK, time for a new machine for work. I have 2 options..... Dell Precision 3630: $1,954.90 Intel Core i7-8700, 6 core (12 threads) 3.2 -4.6 GHz 12 mb cache Nvidia GF RTX 2080 8 gb 32 GB 2666 MHz DDR4 512 GB M.2 NVMe 1 TB SATA HDD DVD RW Windows 10 Pro Dell XPS 8930: $1,975 Intel Core i7-9700 8 core 3.0-4.7 GHz 12 mb cache Nvidia RTX 2070 8 gb 32 GB 2666 MHz DDR4 512 GB PCIe x4 SSD 1 TB SATA HDD DVD RW Windows 10 Pro Leaning towards the Precision for more threads for my rendering (mine are CPU based) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 31 minutes ago, f700es said: Leaning towards the Precision for more threads for my rendering (mine are CPU based) Yep, the more cores you have, the faster you can render. And the price is nearly identical, so that would be my choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handiman Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 f700ES what software are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 28 minutes ago, Handiman said: f700ES what software are you running? I am running AutoDesk AEC Collection 2020 (AutoCAD, AutoCAD Arch, MAP 3D, Revit - 2020), SketchUp 2019, Form Z 8, SimLab Composer 9, Archibus 21, Blender 2.8 and Adobe Creative Cloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Well we ordered the Precision desktops. I'll report back on how well they perform once we get them in and setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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