Computers configured for Mastercam

[MotorCityMinion]

Not raggin on the forum members, just the repeated shameless promotions.

 

Yup, about $800. for the FX3800. They are nice cards.

 

Chances are, If my boss asked what I wanted, and then I pointed him here, he'd no doubt low ball it. In this scenario, I'd be better off telling him what I could build, then ordering the parts.

[Mike DeButts @ MLC CAD Systems]

MotorCityMinion,

 

I think we all know you are the "NewEgg KING"!

As gcode stated not all users have the skills to build their own system or want to spend the time to figure out what to buy. I know there are several in the forum that are plenty capable of building their own systems much cheaper. On the other hand there are some that are greatful for a company providing systems that run Mastercam very well. Do you have a copy or link to that NewEgg warranty? Will they come onsite when it fails and replace it? Dell's Pro Support will!

 

No "shameless promotions" here. Just passing on what alot of people don't know about. Multi-Threading works well for those that know how to use it...

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

I think the overuse of marketing juice rubbed him the wrong way. The degree to which Mastercam utilizes multiple cores is limited, and most users will not be able to take advantage of it. On the other hand, most users' toolpaths will generate quickly enough that it isn't an issue. There's also the fact that every computer supplier sells multi-core machines now; I'm not even sure if single-cores are still being produced for mainstream computers.

[gcode]

I've been running my new computer for a couple of

weeks and thought I'd post a quick report.

I've been doing a large part, think of a bell,

squashed into an elipse 10 ft x 5 ft and 10 ft deep.

The intial roughing toolpath is a rest rough

using an STL of the casting for stock.

It takes about 30 minutes to crunch.

While in multithreading, I can

create new operations

backplot them

verify them

even save the file

Creating smaller high speed surfacing ops

while the big one is crunching is pretty cool.

The new op kicks into multithreading, crunchs and

kicks back out while the big one keeps crunching away.

Regular surfacing toolpaths proccess as normal

while the big op runs in Multithreading.

The only catch is you have to bee sure to NOT

edit any geometry used in toolpaths running in multithreading.

If you do, you're going down.

When I open the Performance page of the

Task Manager , it shows all 6 cores working

though total CPU useage never exceeds 20%

For kicks, I tried to regen the rest rough OP

on a 3 gig quadcore Xeon/ 4 gig RAM / Win XP machine.

It crunched for an hour and a half then crashed.

The Cabide Level 1 is the most expensive computer I've ever run, but it is sure earning its keep on this project.

[Rick46]

while I agree for the most part dells are good machines the 3 yr warranty that you pay extra for is a joke and as far as support goes. The only reason you need it is because most people arent dell certified technicians. If you can build your own computer capable of running mastecam and running it to its full potential then you can most likely know what you are doing and can fix it yourself if something breaks. and if something breaks under warranty they will argue with you like a insurance company that doesnt want to pay out on a insurance claim. Have went through this before with them.

[Mike DeButts @ MLC CAD Systems]

sr_7626,

 

Thanks for sharing your experience with Dell. SolidBox customers don't get the typical run around. Plus they also use Dell's Pro Support which is not the same as their standard warranty. Not everyone has the computer skills that some of us do to problem solve nore do they have the time.