Help with Dell Precision 690 configuration for SW

Hi,

I must to build a configuration for buy a Dell Precision 690, and,
based with te limits of price and configuration here in Brazil, i'm
between these configurations below.
*We work with assemblyes like 600-1500 features and 100-500 parts. We
don't use for render purposes (sometimes). We run Cosmos too.
**They must be Dell (for an internal reason)

Configuration 1:

2x Xeon 5050 3ghz, 667mhz, 2MB L2
2GB DDR2 533MHZ ECC
80GB SATA 3GB/S 7200RPM 8MB
NVIDIA QUADRO FX550(D), 128MB, PCIe x16
LCD ULTRA SHARP 20"

Price: R$9700 (like $4400)

Configuration 2:

1x Xeon 5050, 3GHZ, 667MHZ, 2MB L2
2GB DDR2 533MHZ ECC
80GB SATA 3GB/S 7200RPM 8MB
NVIDIA QUADRO FX3500 256MB PCIe x16
LCD ULTRA SHARP 20"

Price: R$11222 (like $5100)

Configuration 3:

2x Xeon 5060, 3.2GHZ, 1066MHZ, 2MB L2
2GB DDR2, 533MHZ ECC
80GB SATA 3GB/S 7200RPM 8MB
NVIDIA QUADRO FX550(D), 128MB, PCIe x16
LCD ULTRA SHARP 20"

Price: R$12180 (like $5550)

What you think about the RAM? We think to work in the future x64, but
I'm not sure how it will be advantageous for our application... maybe
4gb will be better?
And about the general configuration?

I´m working arround somthing near $4500-5000 price (here for Brazil).

Thanks, and sorry for my bad english

Triad

 

If forced to use Dell, I would go with 390. Zeon dosen't seem to offer much
improvement for using Solidworks.

If you plan to go 64bit then choose,
2.66ghz dual core cpu
4gb x 4 dimms ram (8gb x 4 dimms max)
xp32 (upgrade to xp64 at your convienence)
Note: if you're not concerned about 64 bit drivers or issues with
solidworks 64, then get xp64 now (the option exists to choose either xp32 or
xp64)

skip fx550 & go with fx3450

hard drive(s), depends on if server is used for main storage.

starts at $2478 US

my .02

 

Hi Kenneth, thanks for the reply.

Yes i'm forced to use Dell.
Incredible, but the brazilian Dell doesn't have an x64 version of XP
for customers. Anyway, it can be solved afterwards.
How can I convince my boss that Xeon isn't a big advantage? Anyone know
a article or something about?

Thanks

Mauricio

kenneth escreveu:

 

Thanks for the answers.

I built another configurations with Precision 390 avaliable here. My
main doubt is about CPU vs RAM vs GPU. When I increase CPU i need to
decrease RAM and GPU, then when I increase GPU and RAM, i need to
decrease CPU. All because the money.

If is possible look below, and tell me wich is the better ways:

Configuration 1:

Core 2 Duo E6700, 2.66GHZ, 4MB L2, 1066MHZ
2GB DDR2 667MHZ ECC (2X 1GB)
80GB SATA 3GB/S 7200RPM 8MB
NVIDIA QUADRO NVS285 128MB
LCD ULTRA SHARP 20"

Price: R$9750 (like $4420)

Configuration 2:

Core 2 Duo E6300, 1.86GHZ, 2MB L2, 1066MHZ
4GB DDR2 667MHZ ECC (4X 1GB)
160GB SATA 3GB/S 10000RPM 8MB
NVIDIA QUADRO FX3450 256MB PCIe x16
LCD ULTRA SHARP 20"

Price: R$10000 (like $4550)

Configuration 3:

Core 2 Extreme X6800, 2.93GHZ, 4MB L2, 1066MHZ
2GB DDR2, 667MHZ ECC
80GB SATA 3GB/S 7200RPM 8MB
NVIDIA QUADRO NVS285,128MB
LCD ULTRA SHARP 19"

Price: R$10500 (like $4800)

Regards

Mauricio

 

Thanks for the help Anna, I will do this.

Best Regards,

Mauricio