Hardware Roundup: Workstation Reference Guide

Hardware Roundup: Workstation Reference Guide

Hardware Roundup:
Workstation Reference Guide
February 2006
Welcome to our 2005 Hardware Roundup! Specifications for workstations suitable for MCAD operations are featured in this Roundup.
Vendors were invited to submit specifications for both a high-end and
low-end workstation appropriate for CAD modeling. After careful
deliberation, we've gathered them together for publication—along with
complete contact information—to help you make better-informed buying
decisions.
It is not possible to provide a complete list of configurations; specs vary greatly as technology
increases in efficiency, and decreases in price. Use this Roundup as a starting point.
Remember these Associated Roundups
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articles by Dell, Sun Microsystems, and ATI.
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Contributed by Sun Microsystems
Product development is getting more attention these days as businesses
recognize the strategic importance of their product offerings and the value of
meeting specific customer needs before the competition can react.
Why Choose a Workstation? Benefits of Workstations over Standard
Desktops
By Darrel Ward, Senior Manager for Dell Precision Global Marketing
When it comes time to consider purchasing a workstation, these professionals need to consider what attributes
a workstation should have
Prices do not include monitors unless specified by the individual manufacturer. ConnectPress cannot
guarantee the accuracy of this data; we suggest you contact the specific company for further information,
particularly to confirm technical specifications regarding their products. All prices are shown in US dollars.
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Name/Model
Sun Ultra 40 Workstation
Sun Ultra 45 Workstation
Processor
Up to 2 single/dual-core AMD Opteron, 940-pin series, 1
MB Level 2 cache/core, 3 AMD Hypertransport links/CPU
1 or 2 1.6-GHz Sun UltraSPARC IIIi processors, 1
MB/CPU
Operating System
Solaris 10 1/06 OS, Red Hat Ent Linux WS v3 (32-bit, 64bit) Upd 6, WS v4 (32-/64-bit) Upd 2, SUSE Ln Ent Serv
9 (32-bit,64-bit) SP3, Win XP Pro (32-bit), XP Pro x64
Solaris 10 Operating System (preloaded)
RAM
16 GB max. Up to 8 registered DIMMs (4/CPU); DDR1400 ECC in 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB capacities
16GB maximum; up to 4 registered DIMMs/CPU
Hard Drive
Up to 4 SATA hard drives (I TB max.) in 80 GB, 250 GB,
and 500 GB capacities (7,200 rpm)
4 3.5" SAS or SATA drives with up to 4: 250 GB
7200 RPM SATA; 146 GB 15000 RPM SAS drive
Optical Drives
DVD Dual (DVD-ROM and CD-RW combo)
One slim dual DVD-RW/CD-RW drive
Other Drives
Integrated AC '97 (2 front, 8 rear) chanl full stereo audio
w/ line in/out, SPDF support, 2 PCI Exp x16 graphics
slots, 2 PCI Exp x4 exp slots, 2 PCI 33 Mhz, 32-bit slots
2 PCI Express x16 graphics slots (x8 logically),
One PCI-Express x8 expansion slot (x4 logically), 2
100-MHz PCI-X
Graphics Card
Options: Pro 2-D NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 (PCIe); 3-D
Quadro FX 540 (PCIe); Midrange 3-D Quadro FX 1400
(PCIe); SLI ready; 3-D Quadro FX 3450, Quadro FX 4500
Entry-level pro 2-D Sun XVR-100 RoHS compliant
graphics accelerator or for High-end 3-D XVR-2500
RoHS compliant graphics accelerator
Accessories
Free license to Sun N1 Grid Engine 6. Preloaded with
fully-licensed versions of Sun's dev tools, including Sun
Studio 11, Sun Java Studio Creator 20004Q2, Sun Java
Studio Enterprise 8, NetBeans IDE 4.1
Free license to Sun N1 Grid Engine 6. Preloaded
w/ fully-licensed versions of Sun's dev tools, inc
Sun Studio 11, Sun Java Studio Creator 20004Q2,
Sun Java Studio Ent 8 and NetBeans IDE 4.1
Warranty
Standard 1-year warranty; option to upgrade 3 yrs
Standard 1-year warranty; option to upgrade 3 yrs
Price
starting at $2,295 USD, trade-in discounts available at
http://www.sun.com/ibb/tradeins/x64/
Starting at $3,695 USD, Trade-in discounts avail at
CAD Certified
Yes on CATIA, SolidWorks, AutoDesk, UGS, Pro/E
across all supported operating systems
No, in the process of certifications
Web Address
www.sun.com/ultra40
www.sun.com/ultra45
Name/Model
Sun Ultra 20 Workstation
Processor
1 dual or single-core AMD Opteron processor (dual-core
up to 2.4 Hz, single-core up to 2.8 Ghz)
Operating System
Solaris 10 OS preinstalled, Red Hat Ent Linux WS v3 (32bit, 64-bit) Update 6, RH Ent Linux WS v4 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Update 2, SUSE Linux Ent Server 9 (32-bit, 64-bit) SP3,
Win XP Pro (32-bit), XP x64
RAM
4 GB PC3200 ECC (1 GB, 512 MB) or non-ECC (256
MB) unbuff'd DIMMs; 4 DIMM slots, unbuff'd DIMMs only
Hard Drive
Up to 2 SATA hard drives
Optical Drive
DVD-ROM or DVD+R/RW
Other Drives
4 conventional PCI slots (32-bit, 33 Mhz), Ultra320 SCSI
support via X-Option
Graphics Card
Onboard ATI Rage XL PCI Controller. Choice of 4
graphics sols including Quadro FX 3450, FX 1400, FX
540, NVS 285
Accessories
Preloaded with Sun's dev tools, inc Sun Studio 11, Sun
Java Studio Creator 20004Q2, Sun Java Studio
Enterprise 8, NetBeans IDE 4.1
Warranty
1-year warranty, option to upgrade to 3 yrs
Price
Starting at $895 USD, Trade-In discounts available at
http://www.sun.com/ibb/tradeins/x64/
CAD Certified
Yes on CATIA, SolidWorks, AutoDesk, UGS, Pro/E
across all supported operating systems
Web Address
www.sun.com/ultra20
1-800-555-9SUN
Phone
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@Xi Computer Corp.
Alienware Corporation
Boxx Technologies
Name/Model
M Tower
MJ-12 7550a
3DBOXX 7300
Motherboard
8151 AMD 5 external bays, 5
internal slots
Tyan® Thunder K8WE
Motherboard w/ SLI Support
Processor
Dual AMD Opteron 252
Dual AMD Opteron™ 275 2.2
GHz 64-Bit w/Dual Core Tech
Dual AMD Opteron 252
Operating System
Linux Red Hat/SuSe
Microsoft® Windows® XP
Professional x64 Edition
Windows XP Pro
RAM
16GB RAM DDR333 ECC
4GB Dual Channel DDR Reg.
ECC SDRAM at 400MHz
2GB
Hard Drive
73GB Ultra SCSI 320 15K
2TB (500GB x 4) Ser. ATA-II
3Gb 7,200 RPM w/32MB Cache
250GB
Optical Drives
16x Sony RW double density
16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
DVD Burner
Other Drives
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk
Free Alienware® Mousepad
CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
Graphics Card
NVIDIA Quadro 4400 PCI Express
NVIDIA® Quadro™ FX 4500
PCI-E 512MB DDR3
Nvidia FX4500
Accessories
Keyboard & mouse
MS® Multimedia Keyboard,
MS® IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 USB
Warranty
1 year
4-Year Toll-Free 24/7 Phone
Support with Onsite Service
3 Year
Price
$12,000
$8,249
$5,458
CAD Certified
N/A
No
N/A
Name/Model
M Tower
MJ-12 5500
3DBOXX 4400
Motherboard
Intel 915 Chipset
Alienware® PCI Express
Motherboard with Intel® 955X
Chipset
N/A
Processor
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor
640 w/ HT Tech 3.2GHz
800MHz FSB 2MB
Single Intel P4 3.4GHz
Operating System
XP Professional
MS® Windows® XP Pro. with
Service Pack 2
Windows XP Pro
RAM
512MB DDR2 533
512MB 2 Channel DDR2
SDRAM at 533MHz-2 x 256MB
1GB
Hard Drive
SATA 80GB
80GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM
w/8MB Cache
80GB
Optical Drive
52/52cdRrW
16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
Other Drives
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk
Free Alienware® Mousepad
Graphics Card
NVIDIA Quadro 1300 PCI
NVIDIA® Quadro™ FX 330
PCI-E 64MB DDR
Accessories
Keyboard & mouse
MS® Multimedia Keyboard,
MS® IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 USB
Warranty
1 year phone; onsite available
1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7
Phone Sup. w/Onsite
3 Year
Price
$1,500
$ 1,593
$2,266
CAD Certified
N/A
N/A
N/A
Web Address
www.xicomputer.com
www.alienware.com
www.boxxtech.com
Contact
Samuel Corralz
Sales
Eric Brunker
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Phone
800.432.0486
800.ALIENWARE
512.835.0400
High End Workstation
Low End Workstation
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Dell
HP
IBM
Name/Model
Dell Precision M70 Mobile
Workstation
HP xw8200 Workstation
Intellistation Z Pro 622329U
Motherboard
Dell Inc.
Processor
2.26 Pentium M
Intel® Xeon™ processor(s) at
2.8, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.6 GHz
Dual Intel Xeon 3.6GHz 1MB
Cache, FSB 800MHz
Operating System
Microsoft XP Professional
Preinstalled Microsoft®
Windows® XP Professional x64
Windows XP Prof or Red Hat
Entrprs Linux WS 3 Standard
RAM
2GB DDR2 RAM 533 MHz
Up to 16 GB
1GB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz
Hard Drive
60GB 7200 RPM
40, 80, 160, 2502, 400, 500GB
SATA/150
73.4GB 10,000 RPM Ultra320
SCSI
Optical Drives
24X DVD/CDRW Combo drive
Other Drives
Dell Wireless™ 1370 802.11b/g
WLAN miniPCI Card, Intel 56K
Modem
48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-RW, 16X
DVD-ROM, 48X CD-RW/DVD
combo
N/A
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® Quadro® FX Go1400
256MB OpenGL graphics
Professional 2D: NVIDIA Quadro
NVS 280, PCI
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 PCI
Express, 256MB Video RAM
High End Workstation
Accessories
Intel 875P chipset, 800MHz
system bus
48x/32x/48x Max EIDE CD-RW
HP L1755 17 inch flat panel
Keyboard & mouse
Warranty
3-year Next Business Day Onsite
3 years onsite labor (next
business day) 8-5 phone
3 years parts & labor; onsite
repair
Price
$3,366
Start: $1,549
$6,995
CAD Certified
Y: Pro/E, Wildfire, CATIA Solid
Edge, SW, ENOVIA, DELMIA, UG,
Ideas, AutoCAD, Inventor
Y: same as above
N/A
Name/Model
Dell Precision 380
HP xw4300 Workstation
Intellistation M Pro 622020U
Motherboard
Dell Inc.
Processor
3.8 Pentium 4
Preinstalled Microsoft®
Windows® XP Professional x64
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 512KB
Level 2 Cache, FSB 800MHz
Operating System
Microsoft XP Professional
Preinstalled Microsoft®
Windows® XP Professional x64
Edition
XP Professional
RAM
3GB DDR2 RAM 533 MHz
Up to 8 GB DDR2 533 MHz ECC
256MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
Hard Drive
160GB NCQ 7200 RPM
Hard drive(s) Up to 4 SATA*
drives, 2.0 TB max
40GB Integrated ATA-100 EIDE;
7,200
Optical Drive
48X/32X CD-RW/DVD Com.
Other Drives
1394
48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-RW, 16X
DVD-ROM, 48X CD-RW/DVD
combo
N/A
Graphics Card
256MB PCIe x16 NVIDIA Quadro
FX 3450
ATI Entry 2D, NVIDIA Quadro
NVS 280
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280, 64MB
Video RAM, AGP 8x
Accessories
USB Keyboard and Mouse
HP L1755 17 inch flat panel
Keyboard and Mouse
Warranty
3-yr Next Bus. Day Onsite
3 years parts & onsite labor (next
business day)
3 yr parts & labor; onsite repair
Price
$3,300
Start: $849
$1,059
CAD Certified
Yes, same as above
Y: Inventor, ProE, UGS, CATIA,
SW, Solid Edge, MicroStation
Web Address
www.dell.com/wsadvisor
www.hp.com/go/workstations
www.ibm.com/intellistation
Contact
Sales
Sales
Sales
Email
None
None
None
Phone
800.999.3355
800.888.0262
888.SHOP.IBM
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Intel 875P chipset, 800MHz
system bus
48x EIDE CD-ROM
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Polywell
PowerNotebooks
Puget Custom Computers
Name/Model
Poly 7525X4
Sager NP9890 17”
Puget Perf. CAM/CAD Workstation
Motherboard
XP Professional Intel E7525
Chipset 800FSB, SATA, Gigabit
Ethernet
Clevo
Tyan Thunder K8WE
Processor
Dual Xeon 3.0GHz 800FSB 1MB
Cache
Intel Pentium 4 64bit 6xx
series from 3.0 ~ 3.8GHz
AMD Opteron (940) 265 Dual-Core
1.8GHz 64-bit (2)
Operating System
XP Professional
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Pro SP2
RAM
2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 400MHz ECC
Up to 3GB PC4200
DDR2/533 Dual Chnl Memory
OCZ PC3200 DDR REG ECC 1024mb (4)
Hard Drive
2x 250GB WD SATA 7200RPM,
16MB Cache w/ RAID 0 Controller
Dual ATA or SATA up to
120GB w/RAID 0/1
Western Digital SATA Raptor
74GB RAID0 (2)
Optical Drives
16x DVD-R/RW 52x CD-R/RW
Dual Combo Dual Layer DVDR/RW/CD-RW
Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16x
DVD+RW/-RW SATA
Other Drives
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy+ 9-in-1 Media
Card Reader
Built-in 7-in-1 memory card,
Integrated Digital Web Cam,
TV Tuner
Norton AV 2005;Lian-Li V1200B
Mid-Tower Black;Seasonic S12
Ser 600W Pwr Sup. Black Sleeving
Graphics Card
Quadro FX3450 PCI Express
256MB
nVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 or
Quadro FX Go 1400, 256MB
PNY Quadro FX 3400 PCI-E
256mb
Accessories
Logitech Cordless Key & Mo
Carrying Case
Mitsumi Floppy 7in1 Card rdr
Warranty
Lifetime business hrs. sup.; 5 yr.
labor, 3 parts; 1 yr. 7x24 phone
3 years onsite; 1 year part
exchange
1 year (parts, shipping, labor)
Price
$2,999
Varies-configuration
$6,750.23
N
N
High End Workstation
CAD Certified
Low End Workstation
Name/Model
Polywell MiniBox2 939NX-3500
Sager NP9750 17”
Puget CAM/CAD Workstation
Motherboard
Poly 939NX MicroATX MB for
939pin Athlon64
Clevo
Asus A8N-SLI
Processor
AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual-Core 3800
Processor
Dual Core AMD 64 Athlon
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ DUAL
CORE
Operating System
XP Professional Edition
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Pro SP2
RAM
1GB (2x512M) dual channel
400MHz DDR
Same as above
OCZ Performance 2GB DDR400
(2x1GB)
Hard Drive
WD 250GB SATA-2 7200RPM,
16M Cache
Dual ATA or SATA up to
120GB w/RAID 0/1
Western Digital Raptor SATA
10,000RPM 74GB
Optical Drive
16X DVD-RW Dual Layer
Dual Combo Dual Layer DVDR/RW/CD-RW
Lite On 16x/40x DVD-Rom
Other Drives
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy + 9-in-1
Media Card Reader
Built-in 7-in-1 memory card,
Integrated Digital Web Cam,
TV Tuner
Norton AV 2005;Lian-Li PC7H Mid
Tower w/ Win; Thermalright XP120 CPU Cooling; Seasonic S12
500W
Graphics Card
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 128M
PCI-E OpenGL
nVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
w/256MB
PNY Quadro FX 1300 128MB PCIE
Accessories
Logitech Keyboard & mouse
Same as above
Same as above
Warranty
Same as above
Same as above
1 year (parts, shipping, labor)
Price
$1,499
Same as above
$2,801.18
CAD Certified
N/A
N
N
Web Address
www.polywell.com
www.PowerNotebooks.com
http://www.pugetsystems.co9
Contact
Sales
Donald Stratton
Jon Bach
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Phone
800.999.1278
877.711.1777
425.885.7014 Ext. 4
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Sys Technology, Inc.*
TriStar Computers
Name/Model
PowerHouse
StarStation III
Motherboard
Intel WS SE7525GP2 DP, XEON,
4 USB, 1 PCIX 16, 1 PCIX 4, 2
PCIX 64bit 66Mhz, 2 PCI slots
Intel Motherboard, 800FSB,
10/100/1000 Gig Ethernet
Processor
2 Intel® Xeon 2l proc 3.60 GHz,
800 MHz FSB, 1 MB 604 pin
Intel Pentium D Dual-Core
Extreme Proc, 2x1MB Cache,
64-bit enabled, HyperThr
Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Prof
MS Windows XP Pro (x32, x64)
RAM
4 GB, PC2700, DDR 333 MHz,
Reg ECC, 2 channel
2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 533 Dual
Channel
Hard Drive
Western Digital WD4000KD
400GB SATA 16MB Cache
Dual SATA Drives, 1.5Mbps,
Raid 0 Config
Optical Drives
52X CD-RW/ 16X DVD-ROM
Combo Dr & 16X DVD±/RW Dr
DVD+RW/-RW 4.7GB combo
CD/RW
Other Drives
3.5" Floppy Disk
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk
Graphics Card
PNY (NVIDIA) Quadro FX 4500,
512 MB, PCI Exp, dual
NVIDIA Quadro FX4400 Pro
Card, 512MB GDDR3 RAM
Accessories
Multimedia & Int Keyboard + Opt
Wheel mouse, USB, PS/2
MultiMedia Keyboard & Optical
Mouse
Warranty
1 year onsite ser, 8-5 800# tech
support, 3K, US Canada only
3 Years & Lifetime Toll-Free
tech support
Price
$5,895
$4,995
Name/Model
DesignPro
StarStation
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA8I955X Royal, P4,
Sup 2 Core, Bluetooth, 6 USB, 1
PCIX 16, 1 PCIX 1, 3 PCI slots
Intel Motherboard, 800FSB,
10/100 Ethernet
Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 proc 640J LGA
775 with HT Tech 3.20 GHz, 800
MHz FSB, 2 MB L2
Intel Pentium 4, 2MB Cache,
64-bit enabled, HyperThr
Operating System
MS Windows XP Pro
Same as above
RAM
1GB, PC3200, DDR2 ECC 533
MHz, (2 x 512 MB)
1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 533
Dual Channel
Hard Drive
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80 GB,
Ser ATA/150, 7200 RPM, 8 MB ca
SATA (Serial ATA) Drive,
1.5Mbps
Optical Drive
52X CD-RW/ 16X DVD-ROM
Combo Drive
CD-RW Read/Write
Other Drives
3.5" Floppy Disk
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk
Graphics Card
3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk
NVIDIA Quadro FX540 Pro
Graphics Card, 128MB RAM
Accessories
Same as above
MultiMedia Keybd, Opt Mouse
Warranty
Same as above
Same as above
Price
$1,575
$1,495
Web Address
www.sys.com
http://www.tristarcomputers.com/
Contact
Ace Garin
Sales
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
Phone
626.810.2345
800.800.1714 ext.1
High End Workstation
CAD Certified
Low End Workstation
CAD Certified
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