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    Need new PC for Sketchup, Chief Architect, Corel, Photoshop

    Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by Kinghong1970, Nov 29, 2016.

  1. Kinghong1970

    Kinghong1970 Notebook Deity

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    Howdy folks!
    been a while since i was over here at NBR!

    hope everyone's been well...

    need to upgrade some workstation PC's.

    most of my work consist of:
    1) Corel Draw X7
    2) Sketchup Pro
    3) Chief Architect (home design cad software)
    4) Photoshop and the likes...

    i'm looking at a 3K budget.

    been a while since i've done this... but wondering what's the best route so i can run these programs without freezing and slowing...

    currently running:

    i7 4790K 4.0GHz
    16GB RAM
    GeForce GTX 980

    while i can run with this system, i'm finding myself waiting for computer... even in sketchup...

    thanks in advance,

    Al
     
    Kinghong1970, Nov 29, 2016
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  2. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Tbh, your CPU is pretty good.. I think the problem might be that you need more RAM (32GB) and an SSD to run off these programs.. I would personally just upgrade those 2 things and you should be fine.. If you really want, get a Pascal GPU, I think they are better at compute tasks..
     
    TomJGX, Nov 30, 2016
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  3. Kinghong1970

    Kinghong1970 Notebook Deity

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    Tom, thanks for the reply.
    i actually have SSD running the programs.

    at office, i am using the M6700 covet in my spec below in my sig running 32 GB RAM.
    even this, i find that it is somewhat laggy, especially when i'm working on plans or files that have many textures.

    oh, and sketchup and circles, they hate each other...
    have one model i've made with a LOT of circle holes cut out of a U-Channel beam i created and damn it's slow.

    so aside from a hardware question, the type of programs i'm running, are they more CPU intensive programs?
    will i benefit from a multiple GPU solution?

    thanks again,

    Al
     
    Kinghong1970, Nov 30, 2016
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  4. Mr.Koala

    Mr.Koala Notebook Virtuoso

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    You might want to break up the beam alone its direction of length. Triangulation of complex topology can always generate some problematic results, and SketchUp doesn't handle it well, as you've found.

    It's CPU heavy, but often single-thread dependent as well, so there's very little room for improvement no matter what you buy. I think at this point optimization of your model or the software used would be more important than worrying about hardware specs, be it GPU, CPU or anything else.
     
    Mr.Koala, Nov 30, 2016
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