BRIAN.T
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2018
- Location
- Los Angeles
I built my computer about 2 years ago, before I was doing any 5 axis work. Now I'm doing significantly larger and more complicated parts, and as a result my computer is lagging. Some toolpaths might take 10 minutes to generate, and collision checking with Camplete might take an hour, needless to say it's unbearable.
So I'm looking to either put together a new computer, or upgrade my current build. Keep in mind, I don't actually know a ton about computers so some of my statements may be wrong.
My current specs are
Intel i7-7700k
64gb Corsair ram DDR4 2400
2x Samsung 960 EVO Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD - RAID
NVIDIA Quadro P600
Windows 10 home
Now most people tell me the graphics card is most important, however when I look at my processes during toolpath generation I see my graphics card at 1-2 percent, and my CPU at about 80-100 percent. Seems to me I need a better CPU right? If so what should I buy? I assume I'll need another mother board correct?
Also what else should I have to speed things up, my hard drives are almost empty as I don't keep the files on my programming computer. I don't mind spending money, what I hate is spending time waiting.
So I'm looking to either put together a new computer, or upgrade my current build. Keep in mind, I don't actually know a ton about computers so some of my statements may be wrong.
My current specs are
Intel i7-7700k
64gb Corsair ram DDR4 2400
2x Samsung 960 EVO Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD - RAID
NVIDIA Quadro P600
Windows 10 home
Now most people tell me the graphics card is most important, however when I look at my processes during toolpath generation I see my graphics card at 1-2 percent, and my CPU at about 80-100 percent. Seems to me I need a better CPU right? If so what should I buy? I assume I'll need another mother board correct?
Also what else should I have to speed things up, my hard drives are almost empty as I don't keep the files on my programming computer. I don't mind spending money, what I hate is spending time waiting.