Build 447 – CARDCAD 2: CAD Workstation

CARDCAD 2 is a CAD workstation, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 5070Ti 16GB video card.

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CAD Workstation

Description

CARDCAD 2 is a CAD workstation, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 5070Ti 16GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 5070Ti 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 Carlson and Civil 3D.

This customer previously purchased CARDCAD 1 and Big Bird.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 3 360

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

Memory: GSkill Ripjaws S5 2x32GB DDR​5-5600

OS Storage (NVME): Samsung 990 Pro 1TB

Video Card (GPU): MSI GeForce RTX 5070Ti 16GB SHADOW 3X OC

Power Supply (PSU): be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W

Case: be quiet! ​Pure Bas​e 501 Airflow Black Non-Glass

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 editing and modeling, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm liquid cooler is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer requested 64GB RAM again.
  • The customer requested a single 1TB NVME for storage.
  • The customer was fine with our GPU recommendation.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 1000W power supply was recommended.
  • We used our default mid-tower case to fit the build.

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