Yes, you can get a lot of horsepower that way. We're developing more content now around an older Dell laptop that is giving pretty impressive results.

AutoWhatNow? Apologies, but we don't support that program. If this were for SOLIDWORKS I would recommend upgrading your graphics card to a workstation variant like the a FirePro to get better OpenGL performance, or start using Detailing Mode to open massive drawings in a flash. Good luck!

@@MLCCADSystems nice one

Glad it was helpful!

It really depends on your budget, but as long as you are in the right categories you can adjust each item up or down the scale to fit your budget. Xeon CPUs are essentially identical to i7 or i9, but they feature ECC RAM and by default are workstation/server grade performance optimized. You can get there with many different approaches, and traditional benchmark results are great guides.

You have no idea what you are doing....start over. If you need to feed yourself and your family....buy a capable but not overkill system with hardware support. If it's for fun or a hobby....most junk will get you by (for parts) provided you have a SW license...or some access to it. If your dad knows SolidWorks to any respectable degree...he is ahead of you in this department. A Dell (Precision) workstation is typically very capable unless you are design intensive, rendering or doing FEA work. As this vid says.....best practices are your savior....there is no processor you can't bottleneck with SolidWorks even with relatively simple projects. Sadly. Edit: As per video...a certified graphics card makes or breaks your SW experience. SW is easy to use....but hard to know the nuances of errors and graphics issues. The newer you are...the less issues you can identify readily. SW has their own issues and that's a gripe for all of us who pay for anal subscriptions....Sorry "annual" subscriptions.

I agree, this person is way overcomplicating this. There is no need in re-inventing the wheel. All my clients I support run Dell Precision Workstations and have other CAD users ask them all the time what they are running because of how well they perform. Users specs range from the T5600 to the T7800 models. SSD Hard drives and a few NVME scattered about. CPU range from 2.7 to 3.3 ghz (Xeon to I9) (and yes, the higher speed 2ghz cup's will hold up) 32 gig of ram (DDR-3), mid-range Nvidia Quadro Video cards and a few RTX models scattered about. The one difference I found that really helps is run the SSD HD off a Dell Perc Controller in a Raid 0 configuration and not off the SATA controller on the motherboard. As a side note, I personally don't see enough of a difference in speed or performance between the SSD and NVME hard drives to worry about it (your mileage might vary). The Dell Precisions are rock solid machines that just hold up. @@metricdeep8856

For small stuff just about any machine will do a good job. We tested a 10 year old computer with the graphics disabled and it finished the benchmark in a reasonable amount of time.

Yes, you can run SOLIDWORKS on this machine. Depending on your workload and the size/complexity of your files a graphics card upgrade to a workstation-class Quadro model would help, and you may have trouble keeping multiple programs open while modeling with only 8 GB of RAM.

As new technology is released, the finish line will constantly move. At the time of the video it was likely the max turbo frequency. Balance cost and performance and choose the best option for you.

This video doesn't cover CATIA, we don't support that product directly.

Intel Iris graphics won't accelerate the SOLIDWORKS graphics display, but depending on your use case it may not matter. Relatively simple parts and small assemblies will perform just fine without a dedicated certified card as the CPU will process the graphics. If you reach a point where the model gets too big for your computer, large assembly settings can be enabled to make it run faster. Certified cards however will increase the price of your computer by a lot, so it is a trade-off. Students typically can get by without a certified card to stay within budget.

@@MLCCADSystems the most I would use solidworks for is 3d printing, can an iris handle stuff of that size and complexity?

Most likely yes, although anything short of a discrete graphics card is likely to be powered by the CPU. It will be slow to rotate and select edges on complex models, but it should work.

I would refer to standard published benchmark data, raw performance translates really well into performance in CAD and rendering.

Thank you for this. But I'm not really knowledgeable on this things. So, I'll appreciate it if you can answer my question directly. Thank you so much.

Yes, but it will start to slow down or become unstable if you run it for a long time with large models. There are no minimum requirements to run SOLIDWORKS, but the complexity and performance will be limited if there is no official support. For learning SOLIDWORKS and for school it should be fine.

My general recommendation is that for college you aren't likely to work long hours on highly complex assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, so the added cost for a support graphics card is rarely warranted. Look at the price differences and your budget and buy what you can, then consider a certified workstation for professional use.

Yes it can, almost any computer can run SOLIDWORKS for small components like that. Good luck!

You can look at standard benchmarks for performance comparisons, but they are unlikely to be very different.

@@MLCCADSystems thanks for the reply dude

It is really hard to know exactly, but in general you won't be making anything large and complex your first few years in school. As long as you have enough memory and storage, I expect you'll be OK. www.mlc-cad.com/solidworks-help-center/solidworks-hardware-guide-2021-update/

It depends on what you are doing and your budget. For a student or hobbyist yes it will work out fine, but the integrated GPU won't accelerate the graphics effectively like a discrete card would.

@@MLCCADSystems yes I'm mechanical engineering student and I need to make model designs which are not so complex ,not simple either. That's why I'm making sure

The GTX video card is a gaming card, so it should work for small stuff but will struggle if you use SOLIDWORKS for large models or for long periods without rebooting. Everything else should be evaluated based on traditional pc performance benchmarks and balanced with your budget. Good luck!

For a student using SOLIDWORKS, a gaming card like the RTX3050 should work pretty well. If you find yourself working on it for an entire day on a project, save often and reboot every 4-8 hours minimum.

Smoothly no, but it should operate for parts and small drawings or assemblies.

I'm glad it is working well for you! For things like learning the software or building small lessons or hobbies, nearly any computer will get the job done. When you have a team of expensive engineers on staff building complex designs though, that is when a certified computer is worth every penny.

@@MLCCADSystems sure.thank you for all the info.

i have the same specs on my laptop. if the texture is not showing up, try the registry hack. there is a lot on youtube how. fine by me but even so after all the beginner lessons my laptop is dragging my productivity by half because when you put dimensions it need to load about half a second or a second full. so I bought a new one with i5 12500h rtx3060. itsssss very fine, just need more ram. and if youre planning to buy a new rig dont opt to ddr5 ram laptops because theyre expensiveeee. ddr4 is fine 3200.

@@MOTO_RIDERNGDABAW thanks hey.i got SOLIDWORKS to recognize my integrated graphics.went in the registry & changed the name of one of the SOLIDWORKS certified graphics cards- I changed it to the name of my gpu.so I now have Real View enabled.

This sounds like you need some support, but if it reboots your computer it sounds like it could be a more severe problem like hardware failure. I recommend enabling Software OpenGL to test.

That is going to be very tight on RAM. It would really only be suitable for small simple parts and projects where you don't have to spend a ton of time. If you want to run SOLIDWORKS consider 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud roles, all of the processing is done on the cloud.

Nice, thank you for sharing your experience! You never really know until you try, and if you aren't relying on productivity for your income you can get a lot done on very little hardware!

Barely, the 8GB of RAM is likely to be your issue. So many programs use RAM in the background so you'll be fighting for space to run with only 8 GB. I would start with 16 GB at a minimum if you can. Core i5 is fine, but faster/newer processors will run faster as you might expect. If you run out of RAM though, performance dies.

Our typical advice is that yes, a gaming card is fine for students because projects tend to be more reasonable in size and complexity, plus the computer is not being used primarily for CAD. The only drawbacks you should expect are potentially reduced quality in the graphics while working and if you work for 8 hours non-stop on a large CAD model you may find the graphics start to bug out a bit. Just save your work and re-open SOLIDWORKS or reboot to refresh that graphics memory.

@@MLCCADSystems Thanks!!

@@MLCCADSystems so just a quick follow up... Say I put in a 5700g/5600g waiting for you prices to go down for like a year... And I do only AUTOCAD 3D stuff(learning)... Will it be fine?

We don't support that other software, but just about any graphics card (or none at all) will run the software enough to learn it, it just slows it down depending on complexity.

@@MLCCADSystems 🙏🙏

If this is for school or hobbies then yes, that will suffice for small projects. If this is for full-time work I recommend using a certified workstation with an approved graphics card. www.mlc-cad.com/solidworks-help-center/solidworks-hardware-guide-2021-update/

@@MLCCADSystems Thank you!

Think about your budget and your primary usage for the computer. If you are planning to use SOLIDWORKS primarily, get a certified workstation from one of the main vendors (Lenovo, Dell, HP etc).

I believe this recommendation is boost speed, but the guidance will always shift over time as processors get faster, and it will also vary based on the number of cores a processor has. Plus, processors get more efficient per cycle with each generation. Balance your budget with the price breaks. If you get 30% more power for 10% more money, that would be a good option. If you get 5% more power for 50% more money, I would skip that upgrade. I hope that helps!!

@@MLCCADSystems Thanks for the answer. I was in doubt if an i5 12400f with a base clock of 2.5ghz would be worse than a ryzen 5600 that has a base clock of 3.5 but both arrive at a boost clock of 4.4ghz. As I'm building a new PC I'm researching what would be best for use with Solidworks and Autocad.

I typically review standard benchmarks to compare performance side-by-side. Different benchmark tests do better with faster clocks or more cores, and it at least gives you a good apples to apples comparison.

Yes, but with the understanding that it will suffer performance issues if your model exceeds your available RAM and starts to cache to the hard drive.

@@MLCCADSystems i understand you, fortunately I can add 16 GB more. I was mainly concerned for GPU. Anyway thanks thanks for answering 🙏😊

@@mihael6818 Any graphics card, even no graphics card, will allow it to run. The question then becomes how quickly it runs, how well it handles large models, and how stable it will be. If this is for school or small projects a gaming card will be fine. If you plan to do larger models or are making money with it, opt for a certified card.

@@MLCCADSystems oh i understand , i am planning to study. I guess nothing Big. I'm just beginner. Hope it will serve me well just for studying and improving my knowledge. Thank you very much 🙏

It all depends on your needs. That would be perfect for a student or a new user who doesn't have a lot of files. Over time, as models become more complex, it would be worth researching a workstation.

It depends on the specs of your Chromebook. Check out our full Hardware guide to make sure your computer is able to run Solidworks. www.mlc-cad.com/solidworks-hardware-guide/

The most likely limitation will be the operating system, it must be Windows which Chromebooks don't run out of the box.

Nearly any computer can run SOLIDWORKS as long as it runs Windows. From there, the only limitation is speed and complexity, so for basic learning and small assemblies it should be fine

Gaming cards are capable of running SOLIDWORKS but aren't optimized to do so. In much the same way a sports car and a dump truck have similar horsepower but allocate it differently, the RTX series will handle small parts easily but will struggle with large models or long modeling sessions. If this is a home computer or you are doing this as a hobbyist it will work just fine, but a full-time professional CAD user should invest in a Quadro or Pro series workstation card.

@@ccrddom6234 It is likely going to work well for you.