SolidWorks Question

[fate0311]

returning my i9 for the 2.2....can I even keep the baseline GPU 455 or is there a nominal difference in the 560X?

Again, this will be used for an engineering student running MATLab, Mathamatica, SolidWorks.....**** like that.

 

[Qaulity]

You’ll be in bootcamp for solidworks and it doesn’t need a powerful card. You’ll be fine with the base model 6 core. Might wanna spring for the 1TB ssd and make sure you back up everything (time machine, carbon copy cloner, backblaze, etc.)

 

[fate0311]

16GB ok?

 

[Qaulity]

Yep. Could get dicey if you’re doing matlab solving for huge sets of equations and working on solidworks in the mean time. I doubt uni will give you anything too crazy tho since you’re learning the basics.

 

[fate0311]

Yep. Could get dicey if you’re doing matlab solving for huge sets of equations and working on solidworks in the mean time. I doubt uni will give you anything too crazy tho since you’re learning the basics.

Perhaps just keep the i9?
It’s 32GB/1TB so it’s sounds like I’d only be changing the processor down to a 2.2.....for 4 bills maybe just keep it.

 

[themp]

Perhaps just keep the i9?
It’s 32GB/1TB so it’s sounds like I’d only be changing the processor down to a 2.2.....for 4 bills maybe just keep it.

Yeah, I'd definitely keep it. I'm doing the exact same stuff - solid works, Matlab, etc.... and I've noticed a spectacular speed increase with this machine. Granted, my comparison is a mid-2015 i7 but it was an i7 nonetheless. I do use VM Fusion rather than Bootcamp so I can multitask on the Mac side as well, so the extra RAM is essential for me.

 

[maflynn]

Perhaps just keep the i9?
It’s 32GB/1TB so it’s sounds like I’d only be changing the processor down to a 2.2.....for 4 bills maybe just keep it.

Keep it, you have a more powerful machine. Try using Volta using that app should help with the throttling and give you a bit more consistent performance.