Build 298 – Luca: CAD Workstation

Luca is a CAD workstation, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 4080 Super 16GB video card.
CAD Workstation

Description

Luca is a CAD workstation, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 4080 Super 16GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 4080 Super 16GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful new workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time.

This build was designed for CAD with Trimble Business Center, AutoCAD, Agtek 4D, and Topcon.

This build was influenced by The Dirt Jedi 3.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

Memory: Kingston F​ury Renega​de ​4x32GB DDR​5-6000

OS Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB

Main Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB

Video Card (GPU): MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16GB VENTUS 3X OC

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Pure Power 12 1200W

Case: be quiet! ​Dark Bas​e Pro 901 White

Fans: 3x be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 White

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The Core Ultra 9 285K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for general use, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks. The Core Ultra 9 also has better memory support, which the specific workloads appreciate.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 240mm cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended memory setup.
  • The customer was fine with our recommended storage setup.
  • The customer upgraded the video card from an RTX 4070Ti Super to an RTX 4080 Super for more overall compute. They weren’t interested in paying the premium for the RTX 4090.
  • We recommended a 1200W power supply based on the design of the build.
  • The customer requested a specific full-tower case to fit the build.
  • The customer requested specific fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

Customer Review

“Amazing experience.

Chris and his team are very thorough and they check in with me from time to time to make sure everything is running smoothly.

Will be doing business again soon.”

Lou, Raleigh NC

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