Using Dell E6540 PC for Solidwork

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Hello

I want to get a laptop for my activity but I don't really know which pc to turn to...

I'm thinking of getting a refurbished one (budget about 600€) and I found a Dell Latitude E6540 15" Core i7 3.0 GHz - HDD 500 GB RAM 16 GB, do you think I could use Solidwork on this PC knowing that I use it mainly to make plans in order to have throughput ratings for my achievements?

Thanks in advance

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For SW not very convinced of the graphics card

Trying to find a workstation 

with a graphics card for CAD

See the Optimize or Approved map for Solidworks 

That's where it makes all the difference 

and a proc that runs above 3.4 Ghz

@+;-)

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See this type of site:

https://www.laptopservice.fr/5-micro-et-multimedia/s-1/controleur_graphique-nvidia_quadro_4000+nvidia_quadro_k2000m_2go_gddr3+nvidia_quadro_k2100m_2go_gddr5+nvidia_quadro_k1100m_2go_gddr5

 

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Thank you for your answer I looked at workstations a little but in laptop it's quickly out of budget and proc above 3.4Ghz I haven't seen any, do you have models to offer me? 

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Hello

It all depends on how you actually use Solidworks. I don't do any surfaces, I have assemblies with a maximum of 1000 parts and I run on a DELL 15.6" Latitude 5580 intel core i7 laptop of 7th generation at 2.9GHz with 16GB of RAM and an integrated "graphics card" intel HD Graphics 630, the only concern I have is to watch not to install the latest graphics driver that crashes Solidworks 2019.

It seems to me that the Dell Latitude E6540 has an AMD Radeon HD 8790M graphics card and there I don't know at all if Solidworks works with this card.

The best is of course a workstation with a certified graphics card but indeed it is not the same price anymore.

Kind regards

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Hello everyone and thank you for your answers!

After some other research I think I'm going for a Lenovo ThinkPad W541 16GB with NVIDIA Quadro K2100M card, do you have any feedback on this pc?

https://www.laptopservice.fr/stations-de-travail/19745-lenovo-thinkpad-w541-16go-240go-ssd-3700868468352.html 

Thank you