New PC for Mastercam

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kccadcam

October 19, 2021, 12:23 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I'm shopping for a new PC for Mastercam.
What's the top dog out there now?
Also, what Graphics card? (not the $10,000 nvidia) :ice:
I run 3 monitors (currently 23's) looking to upgrade those also.

I assume as much high speed RAM as you can stuff in it....

Lay it on me..... :unworthy:
KC

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byte

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October 19, 2021, 12:28 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: kccadcam post_id=17391 time=1634671402 user_id=129I'm shopping for a new PC for Mastercam.
What's the top dog out there now?
Also, what Graphics card? (not the $10,000 nvidia) :ice:
I run 3 monitors (currently 23's) looking to upgrade those also.

I assume as much high speed RAM as you can stuff in it....

Lay it on me..... :unworthy:


How much are you  looking to spend, cause that has a lot to do with which brand,I had a similar thread a while back that a few people weighed in on as well,
https://mastercamforums.com/OfftopicForum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=300">https://mastercamforums.com/OfftopicForum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=300

Incogneeto

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October 19, 2021, 03:16 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: kccadcam post_id=17391 time=1634671402 user_id=129I'm shopping for a new PC for Mastercam.
What's the top dog out there now?
Also, what Graphics card? (not the $10,000 nvidia) :ice:
I run 3 monitors (currently 23's) looking to upgrade those also.

I assume as much high speed RAM as you can stuff in it....

Lay it on me..... :unworthy:


I Prefer Brunettes, But Redheads are a close second.

RAM all you Can, and of Course always "Stuff it!!"

Incogneeto

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October 19, 2021, 03:24 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
How much are you  looking to spend, cause that has a lot to do with which brand,I had a similar thread a while back that a few people weighed in on as well,
https://mastercamforums.com/OfftopicForum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=300">https://mastercamforums.com/OfftopicForum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=300
[/quote]

For a guy advertising he had a girl on the way(last weekend ) you ain't talking much.

Did you just end up using the Joystick??

Also we are looking for a mid range computerrrr.

You would definetly be the first person(Neuro second but not by much,He's a Dave) I would ask.

Most of the other guys on here as soon as they started talking I would be lost.

DeBurr guys ain't smart enough to keep up.

gcode

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October 19, 2021, 05:45 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I bought one of these a couple of months ago
Overclockeck to 5.3 ghz
https://www.boxx.com/systems/workstations/s-class/apexx-s3">Boxx S3 Apex
It took a month to arrive because Quadro RTX 4000 video cards were back ordered
Now they don't even offer that card
The RTX 5000 and 6000 are way too much $$$$ for me
The RTX 4000 is still available though
https://www.newegg.com/pny-vcqrtx4000-pb/p/2VV-000K-000T1?Description=Quadro%20RTX%204000&cm_re=Quadro_RTX%204000-_-2VV-000K-000T1-_-Product&quicklink=true">Newegg
They are over $1K now... I paid $780 for one 18 months ago.

This is the best PC I've ever used.
If I was buying today I'd buy another one of these, less the video card and
install an RTX 4000 myself

ghuns

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October 20, 2021, 03:58 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I've been buying from these guys for 20+ years.

https://www.xicomputer.com/">https://www.xicomputer.com/

gcode

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October 20, 2021, 05:58 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=17409 time=1634727523 user_id=75I've been buying from these guys for 20+ years.

https://www.xicomputer.com/">https://www.xicomputer.com/


Yeas.. these guys build nice machines

ghuns

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October 20, 2021, 06:31 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: gcode post_id=17416 time=1634734727 user_id=60Yeas.. these guys build nice machines


Not sure if they still do, but back in the day when I started using them, they were building workstations for Pixar.

I was feeling bad about spending $4k on a box. Dude said, I don't wanna make you feel like you're buying junk, but what you're buying is pretty low end for us.

gcode

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October 20, 2021, 07:22 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=17418 time=1634736664 user_id=75Dude said, I don't wanna make you feel like you're buying junk, but what you're buying is pretty low end for us.


Overpriced, yes   junk, no
We've got 10 of them here, the oldest is 9 years old.. to date there have been zero issues.
The two I have at home, I bought stripped down and added hard drives, video cards and ram myself.

JParis

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October 21, 2021, 05:19 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
We finally got our new laptops...only had it a few days but it's been been very good to this point..

https://imgur.com/a/19nxu5j">https://imgur.com/a/19nxu5j

byte

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October 21, 2021, 05:29 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=17418 time=1634736664 user_id=75
Quote from: gcode post_id=17416 time=1634734727 user_id=60Yeas.. these guys build nice machines


Not sure if they still do, but back in the day when I started using them, they were building workstations for Pixar.



Pixar is owned by disney now, their animation was ahead of it's time when I was growing up.

Jim at Gentex

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October 21, 2021, 05:43 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: ghuns post_id=17418 time=1634736664 user_id=75Dude said, I don't wanna make you feel like you're buying junk, but what you're buying is pretty low end for us.



Yup.
It's like the old guy who used to build racecars to run on one of our local dirt tracks.

He always used to say: "Speed costs money...so how fast do you want to go?"  :lol:
"Never argue with idiots.
They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

gcode

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October 21, 2021, 06:21 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
[quote="Jim at Gentex" post_id=17492 time=1634820211 user_id=83]
Quote from: ghuns post_id=17418 time=1634736664 user_id=75Dude said, I don't wanna make you feel like you're buying junk, but what you're buying is pretty low end for us.



Yup.
It's like the old guy who used to build racecars to run on one of our local dirt tracks.

He always used to say: "Speed costs money...so how fast do you want to go?"  :lol:
[/quote]

This machine is running the Benchmark 3.0 in 3:10 even with all the crap our IT department loads
on it.
Back in the day a good time for Benchmark 1.0 was under 10 minutes and that was a much simpler file.
We've come a long way.

Jim at Gentex

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October 21, 2021, 06:38 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: gcode post_id=17494 time=1634822489 user_id=60[quote="Jim at Gentex" post_id=17492 time=1634820211 user_id=83]
Quote from: ghuns post_id=17418 time=1634736664 user_id=75Dude said, I don't wanna make you feel like you're buying junk, but what you're buying is pretty low end for us.



Yup.
It's like the old guy who used to build racecars to run on one of our local dirt tracks.

He always used to say: "Speed costs money...so how fast do you want to go?"  :lol:


This machine is running the Benchmark 3.0 in 3:10 even with all the crap our IT department loads
on it.
Back in the day a good time for Benchmark 1.0 was under 10 minutes and that was a much simpler file.
We've come a long way.
[/quote]

Oh definitely.
But you still gotta pull out your checkbook, as always, to make that happen.
All that changed is the number of zeroes on the check.  :lol:
"Never argue with idiots.
They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

gcode

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October 21, 2021, 06:56 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
[quote="Jim at Gentex" post_id=17495 time=1634823498 user_id=83]
All that changed is the number of zeroes on the check.
[/quote]

I don't know
Back in the day I paid $4K for hot a hot gaming  rig ( a 386 turbo with 4 meg of ram) with THE  latest greatest video card. $4K was serious money back then.  That machine was obsolete 2 months after I bought it.
At least the machines today have a longer useful life.
My 2 home machines are 2 and 5 years old.
The machine I ran here at work was 7 years old and still doing the job when I talked them into replacing it
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