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building an engineering desktop...component help

by stanglou Oct 7, 2010 1:33AM PDT

Alright,
I want to build a new desktop workstation for running engineering programs such as solidworks and catia. I need help picking components to get the best bang for the buck. I would like to spend around a thousand dollars for all the hardware. I will be running windows xp 64 bit. let the suggestions fly...
Louie

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Moving target.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 7, 2010 1:48AM PDT
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About XP 64
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 7, 2010 1:49AM PDT

That's one old and odd OS. It's time to move on.

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outdated os
by stanglou Oct 7, 2010 5:21AM PDT

Sadly catia has a hard time moving on from xp/xp 64 bit

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Then why not.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 7, 2010 10:26AM PDT

A nice i7 CPU and a video card that Catia supports?

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