Build 326 – Finn Machina: CAD Workstation

Finn Machina is a CAD workstation, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 4500 ADA 24GB video card.

Finn Machina is a CAD workstation, designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 4500 ADA 24GB video card.

This build is designed around a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K processor and an RTX 4500 ADA 24GB video card.

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

This build was designed for Revit, Recap, Synchro Pro, Bentley Twin, Unreal Engine, Twinnmotion, and RealityCapture.

This customer expressed an interest in an aesthetically pleasing build, with black parts and tasteful RGB accents.

This customer previously purchased MG3DT1.

Processor (CPU): Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Light Loop Black 360mm

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

Memory: Kingston Fury Renegade RGB 2x48GB DDR5-6000

OS Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB

Main Storage (NVME): Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB

Video Card (GPU): Nvidia RTX 4500 ADA 24GB

Power Supply (PSU): Super Flower Leadex III Gold UP 1300W

Case: Fractal Design North XL Black Glass

Fans: 3x be quiet! Light Wings LX Black

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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.
To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm cooler is recommended. The customer preferred a black model with RGB.
The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
We recommended 96GB of RAM, to give the customer plenty of room for light processing tasks, and an easy upgrade path to 192GB.
The customer was fine with our recommended storage setup.
The customer was fine with our recommended video card.
We recommended a 1300W power supply based on the design of the build.
The customer requested a specific case.
The customer requested a specific fan color theme.

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