They can settle with most gaming/consumer laptops well below 800$.
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Laptops listed here can be separated into student laptops (by this i mean people getting started with solidworks or using the software for some engineering class) and professional laptops (those working for a company or just dealing with very large assemblies).Ī student of SolidWorks does not have to buy any workstations at all. I’d recommend reading my posts on the sidebar if you are a newbie to computers first. If this will be your main tool of work, I think it’d be helpful to learn why solidworks requires this or that.īeware it’s not only long but quite technical so you’ll need to understand a few computer terms beforehand. If you want all the details, jump to last section using the TOC. Just to avoid all the jargon and make it easier for you I’ve put up a table where you can see the specifications you will need for a model of a given size. So I have a pretty good idea of what CPU, GPU, RAM and storage specs you need based on the type of user you are (student or pro), the size of your projects(creating/modifying large assemblies with +1000 parts or simple parts+low assemblies with some drawing) or the tasks you perform most regularly (modeling, drafting or rendering w/ simulations).
I’m going to be honest here and I don’t use Solidworks on a regular basis however I deal with projects of different size scales from time to time on different machines The best thing you can do is to talk to people who have used the software on both regular computers and workstations. They don’t tell you what workstations will give you the best bang for your buck nor if you really need those heavy bricks. They’re not as detailed as you’d want them to be. However, that’s all you’d get from the official website. You could start with the official website which will list a bunch of certified workstation laptops and there’s nothing wrong with their recommendations. Where can I get reliable and accurate information without making the fatal mistake of wasting hundrds of dollars on a computer that will simply not handle the size and complexity of my models ?
What kind of user am I? What kind of hardware specifications will my projects need? We’ll answer that soon. ~700$), while some professionals (like those working for an automobile company) may need to buy a workstation laptop that has a workstation GPU with plenty of vRAM (which can cost anywhere from ~1500-4000$). Most users(like engineering students) will deal with projects that will need nothing more than a consumer grade laptop with a dGPU (which costs aprox. Solidworks is a very versatile software, people will need different hardware specs depending on the kind of projects they are working with. Finding the best laptop for solidworks can very subjective.