Build 205 – Polygon: CAD Workstation

Polygon is a CAD workstation, designed around a 16-core i7-13700K processor and an RTX 3060 12GB video card.

Description

Polygon is a CAD workstation, designed around a 16-core i7-13700K processor and an RTX 3060 12GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a 16-core i7-13700K processor and an RTX 3060 12GB 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 is designed for Sketchup, Teams, Office, and Zoom.

This build was influenced by our i7 DDR5 AEC workstation.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Lumen S36

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z790-A WIFI

Memory: Kingston Fury Beast 2x32GB DDR5-4800

Storage (NVME): Kingston KC3000 512GB

Storage (NVME): Kingston KC3000 1TB

Video Card (GPU): Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GAMING Twin Edge OC

Power Supply (PSU): Enermax REVOLUTION DF2 850W 80+ Gold

Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX Black

Fans: 6x Phanteks PH-F120T30

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The i7-13700K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for modeling and general use, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, air cooling with a dual-tower cooler is recommended. The customer opted for a 360mm AIO because it was a marginal cost increase.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer wanted at least 64GB of RAM, and didn’t want last-gen tech. 128GB was an easy upgrade for the customer to do.
  • The customer was fine with our default storage setup.
  • The customer was fine with our default video card
  • The overall design of the build meant that an 850W power supply was recommended.
  • We used our default mid-tower case to fit the build.
  • We used our highest-performing fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

Customer Review

“Great customer service! While my build was not at the top end of Top Flight Computers scale, Chris still took the time to understand exactly what I needed.

He gave me multiple estimates with different combinations, and in the end I have a computer that is perfect!

Customer service driven companies are rare, don’t miss your opportunity to work with Top Flight Computers!”

Niles, DeLeon Springs FL

Leonard Industries

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