The BEST PC and laptop hardware specifications for Solidworks 3D CAD (2019)

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1. Kevin Siebert on June 17, 2021 at 1:06 am

   Dang, I invested in an rtx 2070 gaming card since I thought it would be equivalent to a quadro

   
   
   
2. Atul soti on June 17, 2021 at 1:07 am

   gaming cards are not supported to keep Quadro relevant (money) or is there any specific reason?

   
   
   
3. Russel Dave Espineli on June 17, 2021 at 1:07 am

   I need best laptop for civil engineering I’m starting college soon. Can someone help me what laptop should I buy that can run revit, cad, solidworks, catia, mathlab, etc?

   
   
   
4. Designer Jeweler on June 17, 2021 at 1:10 am

   Hi Sr. Can you do this type of video for materialise magic , rhinoceros… thank you

   
   
   
5. Dilpreet Cheema on June 17, 2021 at 1:11 am

   I am looking to buy nitro seven. but I am going to learn Solidworks as well. will t works in nitro 7.

   
   
   
6. AOE 11 on June 17, 2021 at 1:11 am

   Can i know if this laptop suitable for auto cad and how minimum gb for the laptop?

   
   
   
7. Albert Ochoa on June 17, 2021 at 1:12 am

   Thank you!!

   One question: is the Intel UHD 630 graphics card suitable for design, modelling and assembling?

   
   
   
8. Huzaifa Jalgaonkar on June 17, 2021 at 1:12 am

   will solidworks and other design software work on an i3 processor, with 32gb ram and 250 gb ssd

   
   
   
9. 凯彭看世界 on June 17, 2021 at 1:12 am

   听不懂(=_=)

   
   
   
10. Typhon 1 on June 17, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Is macbook pro 15 with 555x good ?

    
    
    
11. McCarthyisms on June 17, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Team red

    
    
    
12. Gowtham Muthusamy on June 17, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Turbo Boost Processor
    16-32GB RAM
    Nvidia Quadro
    Thanks

    
    
    
13. Antonio Brown on June 17, 2021 at 1:20 am

    32G of ram……are you joking. I’ve meet hundreds cad draftsmen…..only one with a quadro card…..everyone was using gaming cards….EVERYONE.

    
    
    
14. ZZP Zing Pheonix on June 17, 2021 at 1:23 am

    Please Vote to Port Solidworks to Macintosh.

    
    
    
15. Daniel Morelli on June 17, 2021 at 1:24 am

    Is the P2200 Quadro card worth it over the P1000 for this?

    
    
    
16. user1900 on June 17, 2021 at 1:24 am

    I want to buy ASUS ZenBook Flip 14 UX463FL, is it compatible
    and powerful enough to run SOLIDWORKS 2020?
    Specially it’s GPU which is Nvidia MX250 Pascal OpenGL v4.6 with 2Gb GDDR5
    graphic memory.
    my budget is limited to this choice.

    
    
    
17. Lonhji Kopop on June 17, 2021 at 1:25 am

    What About AmD

    
    
    
18. Bhavyam Parashar on June 17, 2021 at 1:29 am

    I want a laptop for CAD work, and 3D rendering. Shall I go for a laptop with Quadro GPU or with a GeForce? Budget is 2,200 USDs.

    
    
    
19. thecrazyloser7 on June 17, 2021 at 1:29 am

    So AMD does not work??? 🙁 Like Ryzen 7 3700x?

    
    
    
20. Thegoodboi27 on June 17, 2021 at 1:29 am

    Some things that may be a bit newer than this video. AMD 5000 series does have better ipc performance, meaning better single threaded performance, as well as cpus with more cores (if you can buy any of the new chips). Not to mention, zen 2 (3000) and zen 3 (5000) AMD cpus support ecc memory if your motherboard as well supports it. That way you wont have buy an expensive xeon processor for ecc ability. Not to mention, gaming GPU’s and work GPU’s are only different in their drivers and quality. The nvidia quadros and amd wx pros are picked for the best silicon and refined drivers, that way the card is less likely to crash and works more smoothly. If you have a low budget and are doing light applications, then you could probably save money buying a "gaming" card as long as it has the right amount of memory or cores. The computer market is constantly changing so it’s important to check for new products and research what is perfect for you.

    
    
    
21. Pizzatc 0 on June 17, 2021 at 1:30 am

    Currently running Solidworks education on a MacBook Air from 2015 using an i5 and 8gb RAM

    
    
    
22. JudgeFredd on June 17, 2021 at 1:31 am

    SolidWorks 2019 is single threaded ???

    
    
    
23. James Harwell on June 17, 2021 at 1:32 am

    Blink damn you!

    
    
    
24. Luke Mx on June 17, 2021 at 1:33 am

    Mobile chips are still not as powerful as their desktop counterparts. Mobile CPUs may have similar spec on paper however due to poor cooling they will thermothrottle and there is no way to keep max frequency for long. Another problem I have with your recommendation is stating that gaming GPU will cause issues with SW. This is simply untrue. Yes, gaming cards are not supported but they will be fine. They may not perform as well as their Quadro sisters, however as a lot of us do not have space for two machines, one for work/for entertainment, getting a high end gaming card will give you enough juice for quite complex assemblies. However if you stated that we need Xeon/Quadro for work, I would have not said anything as this makes sense, i.e. better stability (on paper). But recommending consumer grade CPU and professional GPU makes little sense, sorry. Talking from experience, I worked with Creo, Inventor, SW, ANSYS, Plant3D, Navisworks Manage. Bear in mind this is just an opinion :).

    
    
    
25. giacomo_sw on June 17, 2021 at 1:34 am

    Pc for cad 3d 800-900 euro?

    
    
    
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27. gab rielle on June 17, 2021 at 1:35 am

    Hi! Do you recommend ASUS Vivobook S15 for an upcoming civil engineering student?

    
    
    
28. Raymond Victorio Fabian on June 17, 2021 at 1:35 am

    Could I run it with an i5 & 16 GBs of RAM? My homework is just basic part modeling exercises from the textbook for the most part.

    
    
    
29. Patryk on June 17, 2021 at 1:39 am

    Intel he says 😛 #CRINGE#

    
    
    
30. Yash Sharma on June 17, 2021 at 1:39 am

    Why windows 8 doesn’t support solidworks

    
    
    
31. Jacob Fruehwald on June 17, 2021 at 1:40 am

    I’m starting college soon and I need the best laptop for Mechanical engineering. What would you recommend?

    
    
    
32. Kun Feng on June 17, 2021 at 1:41 am

    Almost feel like solidworks was sponsored by Dell

    
    
    
33. Steve Nazaroff on June 17, 2021 at 1:41 am

    This is an advertisement for Dell not for the best machine.

    
    
    
34. gab rielle on June 17, 2021 at 1:41 am

    Hi! Do you recommend ASUS Vivobook S15 for an upcoming civil engineering student?

    
    
    
35. Bas van den Boogaard on June 17, 2021 at 1:42 am

    Hello, I have a question. I have a computer with:
    CPU – Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz 4.00GHz
    RAM – 32 GB
    GPU – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
    Disk 0 – Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
    Disk 1 – HDD 1TB
    Ran SW2018 first, speed was good no problems. Now I rebooted my hole computer and downloaded SW2019, and it is super slow. Any idea what could cause this? I think my PC isn’t a problem, because it was good before.

    
    
    
36. Wasil Ali on June 17, 2021 at 1:42 am

    my laptop specs are:
    8 GB RAM
    Intel® Core™ M-7Y30
    No SSD
    Can my laptop run solid works? or i have to upgrade my machine?

    
    
    
37. JC Not on June 17, 2021 at 1:48 am

    Really comprehensive, but what’s with the constant brand pushing? You trying to get 5 bucks off of me?

    
    
    
38. elios greek on June 17, 2021 at 1:49 am

    Great video.

    
    
    
39. SARTHAK KAMBLE on June 17, 2021 at 1:49 am

    why you people are misleading people about computer hardware seriously this is called scamming a 500$ pc can run solidworks to the max

    
    
    
40. OwenWithAHammer on June 17, 2021 at 1:50 am

    Just an update, as of a few weeks ago, the AMD 5600x, 5800x, 5900x and 5950x CPUs have the fastest single core performance on the market. Intel was faster when this video was made and they will likely come back again one day, but AMDs newest CPUs are both the best possible option and the best value option.

    Also, while professional businesses should have Quadros, as a student or part time/hobbyist CAD designer you’re far better off getting a GTX/RTX card than a Quadro. The only feature you’ll miss out on is "trueview", which isn’t very useful for students.

    
    
    
41. Niels Lantinga on June 17, 2021 at 1:50 am

    Is a nvidea geforce gtx 1650 with 4 gb of videocard memory good for design and rendering? It also has a i5 9th gen. 16 gb ram.

    
    
    
42. Lol Kenny on June 17, 2021 at 1:56 am

    Man tell you get a quadro like we that rich get an amd card Vega 580 or more if your poor like me

    
    
    
43. Flower Buds on June 17, 2021 at 1:56 am

    I am going to study Industrial engineering and management science. And we are gonna use solidwork idk yet how deeply. But I want to buy an Microsoft Surface Pro 7. Does anyone know whether this will be suitable ?

    
    
    
44. siddhant bhandari on June 17, 2021 at 1:58 am

    Sir, what about threads?

    
    
    
45. Lord Maximillius on June 17, 2021 at 1:59 am

    Why cant you use a gaming gpu?

    
    
    
46. Ayanast Bayanast on June 17, 2021 at 1:59 am

    I would get a Tesla instead

    
    
    
47. Shilpa Sharma on June 17, 2021 at 2:01 am

    I9 10900k and rtx 3090 thats what i purchased .

    
    
    
48. Denis Zaika on June 17, 2021 at 2:04 am

    I work with CATIA on old laptop. You dont need all this stuff on the small or medium assemblies.

    
    
    
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50. MJL on June 17, 2021 at 2:04 am

    HP Spectre x360 (ultrabook) or ASUS Rog Strix (gaming laptop) will be better for 3ds max and vray rendering? Please help. Thanks in advance