Recommended Workstation For 3D Laser Scanning
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Recommended Workstation For 3D Laser Scanning Overview
This 3D laser scanning workstation is built around the Core Ultra 9 285K with an RTX 5090 32GB video card. This combination provides a very powerful overall solution for LIDAR processing and point cloud registration/processing.
This 3D laser scanning workstation is designed for use in applications such as Trimble Business Center, DJI Terra, Faro Connect, Faro Scene, Leica Cyclone, Leica Real Works, LP360, Artec Studio, and Polyworks Inspector.
This workstation also excels at photogrammetry in Metashape, Meshroom, Trimble Business Center, Pix4D, Reality Capture, Colmap, ContextCapture, and ReCap Pro. It also tends to work very well in most CAD programs.
If you need more than 32GB of VRAM, or your application use benefits from a Pro GPU driver, we recommend the RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell 48GB, RTX 6000 ADA 48GB, or RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell 96GB.
Due to support for ECC memory, the design of the CPU, quality of the memory controller, and the ability to gain a significant performance boost from overclocking, we recommend the Xeon platform when you need more than 256GB of RAM for heavy LIDAR processing.
For highly-threaded rendering workloads that don’t need a high-quality memory controller, we recommend Threadripper or Threadripper Pro (max 4 DIMMs/channels vs max 8 DIMMs/channels). If Threadripper Pro isn’t fast enough for your rendering needs, we also have dual-EPYC workstations using liquid cooling, though EPYC is NOT good for single-threaded workloads.
768GB of RAM is the highest we can go on Xeon, without resorting to EXTREMELY expensive 128GB or 256GB DIMMs.
We do have an enterprise-class Xeon motherboard with 16 DIMM slots, but we do NOT recommend this board for workloads needing high CPU clock speeds, ONLY memory-heavy processing workloads that do not need a CPU with a high turbo clock. Please note that this enterprise-class board does NOT offer any audio connectivity or WiFi.
3D Laser Scanning Workstation Limitations
This platform is currently limited to 24 threads, 1 GPU, and 256GB of memory. Please let us know if you need a more robust platform.
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Recommended Workstation for 3D Laser Scanning
This 3D Laser Scanning workstation is designed for use in applications such as Trimble Business Center, DJI Terra, Faro Connect, Faro Scene, Leica Cyclone, Leica Real Works, LP360, Artec Studio, Polyworks Inspector, Metashape, Meshroom, Pix4D, Reality Capture, Colmap, ContextCapture, and ReCap Pro
This system uses a Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, 256GB RAM, 6TB NVME, and an RTX 5090 32GB video card.
Recommended Hardware for 3D Laser Scanning
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
- High single-core and multi-core performance in several applications
- Relatively cheap for the performance
CPU Cooler: be Quiet Silent Loop 3 360
- Capable cooling that is recommended to hit full CPU performance
- Built to run quiet even under full load
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7
- High build quality and excellent power delivery
- Support for 1 GPU
- Support for 4 M2 NVME drives, up to 256GB of memory
- Simple visual design
Memory: Kingston Fury Beast 4x64GB DDR5-5600
- 4x64GB DDR5-5600 for maximum capacity
Storage: Kingston KC3000 2TB (OS+Programs) + Kingston KC3000 4TB (Main)
- High capacity
- Superior PCIe 4 speed
- Superior reliability
Video Card: PNY GeForce RTX 5090 32GB VERTO OC
- Very high VRAM
- Single-GPU cooling performance
- Long-term stability
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Black
- High build quality
- Incredible amount of cooling potential
Power Supply: be Quiet Straight Power 12 1500W
- Solid build quality, capacity, and efficiency
About Top Flight Computers
Top Flight Computers is based in Fuquay-Varina North Carolina 27526 and designs custom built computers, focusing on bespoke desktop workstations, SFF workstations, laptop workstations, rackmount workstations, and gaming PCs.
We offer free delivery within 20 miles of our shop, can deliver within 3 hours of our shop, and ship nationwide.
We work with local NC partners for other tech services, such as computer repair and managed IT. Call us at 919-500-5002 or email us at sales@topflightpc.com to inquire about a build.
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