Posted: 3/10/2011 9:26:13 AM EDT
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What do you all think of my computer. About to place the order. It's an HP HPE590t series. It will mainly be for CAD. Any suggestions on things to change, upgrade, downgrade?
Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-990X six-core Extreme Edition [3.46GHz, 1.5MB L2 + 12MB shared L3 cache] Memory18GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [6 DIMMs] Hard drive2TB RAID 0 (2 x 1TB SATA HDDs) - performance Office softwareMicrosoft(R) Office Home and Business 2010 Security softwareFREE UPGRADE! Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 3 year from 2 year Graphics card3GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 [DVI, HDMI, VGA] Primary optical driveBlu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner NetworkingWireless-N LAN card Productivity ports15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio, video (for TV Tuner) TV & entertainment experienceTV tuner, ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote Sound CardIntegrated sound Keyboard and MouseHP USB keyboard and optical mouse Cables & powerAPC Back-UPS ES 450VA Desktop UPS MonitorTwo HP 2311x 23-inch LED Monitors Bundle |
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That's it?  Yup, thats it. This is my first custom order PC and first computer purchased for my business. I have nothing similar to compare it to. I am currently using my personal laptop which is slow and close to maxing out its memory. Too much, not enough? |
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Why the TV tuner in a business machine? I wouldn't pay extra for that.
What about backup software? RAID doesn't cover archiving. Connections? NVM - looked it up - Comes with eSata, has PCIE for USB3 if you want that, in the near future. Otherwise, looks good to me! (Buy 2, send me 1 for testing/review purposes!) 
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Matter fact I think you should go to some CAD forums and read.
I doubt many here know much about CAD requirements and you may get bad advice here. A general purpose video card is different from a CAD specific card. The video card will be the most important aspect to get right for CAD |
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Quoted: Quoted: That's it? Yup, thats it. This is my first custom order PC and first computer purchased for my business. I have nothing similar to compare it to. I am currently using my personal laptop which is slow and close to maxing out its memory. Too much, not enough? I think it's a hell of a computer. Should be great for CAD work, but the graphics card is the only thing I'd reconsider. I don't know enough about CAD to make a good recommendation though. |
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Why the TV tuner in a business machine? I wouldn't pay extra for that. What about backup software? RAID doesn't cover archiving. Connections? NVM - looked it up - Comes with eSata, has PCIE for USB3 if you want that, in the near future. Otherwise, looks good to me! (Buy 2, send me 1 for testing/review purposes!) The TV turner was a cheap option. And i like to watch the news. I could get rid of it though. would "2TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive" be better then the RAID? I copy my important info onto USB drives. |
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I think it's a hell of a computer. Should be great for CAD work, but the graphics card is the only thing I'd reconsider. I don't know enough about CAD to make a good recommendation though. Here is the other graphics card option. 2GB DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 6570 [DVI, HDMI. VGA adapter] I think I will switch it. |
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I read somewhere once* that the 3d needs of cad differs from games, as cad does not need as fast of a texture fill of games because cad spends less time of "fleshing" the wireframe vs a 3d game. Edit: until you want to see the final cad thingy, then the software/card need to fully render the thingy. Edit edit: however, i read that 5+ years ago and 3d cards today might be so damn powerful they can eat cad and 3d games for lunch. * Good and reliable, I know. |
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Quoted: What do you all think of my computer. About to place the order. It's an HP HPE590t series. It will mainly be for CAD. Any suggestions on things to change, upgrade, downgrade? Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-990X six-core Extreme Edition [3.46GHz, 1.5MB L2 + 12MB shared L3 cache] Memory18GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [6 DIMMs] Hard drive2TB RAID 0 (2 x 1TB SATA HDDs) - performance Office softwareMicrosoft(R) Office Home and Business 2010 Security softwareFREE UPGRADE! Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 3 year from 2 year Graphics card3GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 [DVI, HDMI, VGA] Primary optical driveBlu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner NetworkingWireless-N LAN card Productivity ports15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio, video (for TV Tuner) TV & entertainment experienceTV tuner, ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote Sound CardIntegrated sound Keyboard and MouseHP USB keyboard and optical mouse Cables & powerAPC Back-UPS ES 450VA Desktop UPS MonitorTwo HP 2311x 23-inch LED Monitors Bundle You're probably paying a $700 premium for the six core chip. I'd look at a quad core 'Sandy Bridge'+P67 motherboard based PC. You might have to wait a month or so... DDR3 1066 seems on the slow side when compared to the Core i7-990 Extreme. It's like putting narrow tires on a Corvette. Also, if you aren't going to overclock the system, forget about the 'Extreme Edition' chips. RAID0 doubles the failure rate of the drives in the system. If you are storing files locally, you'll want RAID1. If you still crave speed, get RAID0+1 (four drives - striped, mirrored) A better drive layout: boot: RAID1 SSD –– dual 128GB Corsair 300s or 100GB OCZ Vertex 3s data: RAID5 4x 1TB 7200rpm external eSATA 6GB enclosure, three drives data, one hot spare For CAD, take the money you save from the i7-990 EE and get a 27" or 30" monitor. UPS seems a bit on the small side. I have a dual Opteron system with a 1500va UPS. Your machine is a bit newer, and a bit more power efficient, but I doubt a 450va system will get you more than 3-4 minutes of run time on power failure. m |
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What do you all think of my computer. About to place the order. It's an HP HPE590t series. It will mainly be for CAD. Any suggestions on things to change, upgrade, downgrade? Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-990X six-core Extreme Edition [3.46GHz, 1.5MB L2 + 12MB shared L3 cache] Memory18GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [6 DIMMs] Hard drive2TB RAID 0 (2 x 1TB SATA HDDs) - performance Office softwareMicrosoft(R) Office Home and Business 2010 Security softwareFREE UPGRADE! Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 3 year from 2 year Graphics card3GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 [DVI, HDMI, VGA] Primary optical driveBlu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner NetworkingWireless-N LAN card Productivity ports15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio, video (for TV Tuner) TV & entertainment experienceTV tuner, ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote Sound CardIntegrated sound Keyboard and MouseHP USB keyboard and optical mouse Cables & powerAPC Back-UPS ES 450VA Desktop UPS MonitorTwo HP 2311x 23-inch LED Monitors Bundle You're probably paying a $700 premium for the six core chip. I'd look at a quad core 'Sandy Bridge'+P67 motherboard based PC. You might have to wait a month or so... DDR3 1066 seems on the slow side when compared to the Core i7-990 Extreme. It's like putting narrow tires on a Corvette. Also, if you aren't going to overclock the system, forget about the 'Extreme Edition' chips. RAID0 doubles the failure rate of the drives in the system. If you are storing files locally, you'll want RAID1. If you still crave speed, get RAID0+1 (four drives - striped, mirrored) A better drive layout: boot: RAID1 SSD –– dual 128GB Corsair 300s or 100GB OCZ Vertex 3s data: RAID5 4x 1TB 7200rpm external eSATA 6GB enclosure, three drives data, one hot spare For CAD, take the money you save from the i7-990 EE and get a 27" or 30" monitor. UPS seems a bit on the small side. I have a dual Opteron system with a 1500va UPS. Your machine is a bit newer, and a bit more power efficient, but I doubt a 450va system will get you more than 3-4 minutes of run time on power failure. m Great advice |