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Recommended Hardware Guidelines

The following is an extension of theSolidWorks System Requirements pagefor choosing an optimal

system configuration for SolidWorks, Simulation, and Flow Simulation version 2012. These

recommendations are based on currently available hardware, internal testing and customer support

experience.

For users who work with large assemblies, PhotoView 360, and Simulation should consider theupgradesectionfor potential upgrades and their benefits. For additional insight, review theComprehensive Hawk

Ridge Systems Hardware Guideabout the selections made in each category.

Desktops

Out-Of-Box Solutions Dell Precision T1600, HP Z210, Lenovo ThinkStation E30

Operating System Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

Graphics Card nVidia Quadro 600, 1GB

ProcessorIntel Xeon E3-1230 Quad Core

(3.2GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)

RAM 8GB @ 1333MHz

Hard Disk Drive 250GB @ 7200RPM

Other (Required)

Widescreen monitor recommended, DVD-ROM, Microsoft Excel

2007 or 2010, Internet/email access, Internet Explorer 7, 8, or

9, Microsoft 3-Button Mouse With Scroll Wheel, Latest Adobe

Acrobat Reader

TITLE: Recommended Hardware Guidelines

DATE: 10/12/2011

SUBJECT: Computer hardware, 2012

ABSTRACT: Recommended computer hardware for 2012 SolidWorks products.
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Laptops

Out-Of-Box

Solutions

Dell Precision M4600, HP EliteBook 8560W,

Lenovo ThinkPad W520

Operating System Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

Graphics Card NVIDIA Quadro 1000M, 2GB

ProcessorIntel i7-2620QM Dual Core

(2.7GHz, 4MB L3 Cache)

RAM 8GB @ 1333Mhz

Hard Disk Drive 250GB @ 7200RPM

Other (Required)

Widescreen monitor recommended, DVD-ROM, Microsoft Excel 2007

or 2010, Internet/email access, Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9, Microsoft3-Button Mouse With Scroll Wheel, Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader

Potential Upgrades

Upgrades beyond the systems listed in the tables above would only be recommended for users who fall

into one of the following categories:

Working with large assemblies and/or complex models when good modeling practices are alreadyin place

Extensive multi-tasking (Multiple programs running simultaneously) Heavy PhotoView 360 use Heavy Simulation or Flow Simulation use

These users may benefit from the upgrades listed below based on the operations which are currently

limiting their productivity. For general upgrades, the upgrade list is also sorted in order of importance

based on Hawk Ridge Systems experience. While each upgrade can improve a users productivity, not all

the upgrades are required at one time and Hawk Ridge Systems recommends adding upgrades in a

logical manner and evaluating performance gains after each change.
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Order Component Operations That Benefit From

Upgrade

Desktop Notebook

1 Processor

Rebuilding Features, General

Performance, Simulation Solving

and Meshing Speed, Multi-tasking,

Open/Save, Rendering Speed,

Rotation Performance

Intel Xeon E3-

1280 Quad Core

(3.50GHz, 8MB

L3 Cache,

1333MHz FSB)

Intel i7-2920XM

Quad Core

(2.5GHz, 8M L3

Cache, 1333MHz

FSB)

2 RAM

General Performance, Multi-

Tasking, Capacity (Model,

Rendering and Simulation

Size/Complexity), Rendering and

Simulation Speed

12GB-16GB @

1333Mhz

12GB-16GB @

1333Mhz

3Hard Disk

Drive

Open/Save Speed, Rebuild Time,

Simulation Solving speed

160GB/256GB

SSD (SeeComprehensive

Guidefor more

Details)

128GB/160GB SSD

(SeeComprehensive

Guidefor more

Details)

4 Graphics Card

Display Capacity (Complexity,

Number of Faces and Amount of

Data Shown), Rotation

Performance

nVidia Quadro

2000, 1GB

nVidia Quadro

2000M, 2GB

Opt.

Out-Of-Box

Solutions

May be required for some

upgrades due to case/system totheir expansion capabilities

Dell Precision

T3500 or T5500,

HP Z400 or Z600,

Lenovo S20

Dell Precision

M6600, HPEliteBook 8760W

Previous Version Hardware Guidelines

2009 2010 2011This information is subject to change without notification. Please make sure you are usingthe most current version of the

document.If you have any questions or find that there are discrepancies between this document and the SolidWorks website or

documentation, please contactHawk Ridge Systems Technical Support.
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