Reddit mentions of NVIDIA Quadro P600

Mechanical Engineer here, some things to know/think about:

• Consider how complex of models you'll actually be doing with this computer. If you don't think anything you'll do will use more than a couple hundred parts, you could probably get away with 8Gb of RAM, and add more if you need it.
  
  
• Having an i7 will be useful for rendering. For everything else, Solidworks will not use more than 4 cores. Given this, you can get an i5. You could also get a Ryzen R5 1600 if you want the best of both worlds. It won't be quite as fast as the i7, but unless your models are going to be hundreds of parts, it will be perfectly fine.
  
  
• Your quadro is essentially a GTX 750. I'd recommend just buying a GTX 1050 instead for $100. This is UNLESS you want to use RealView, which seems to require a certified GPU. My suggestion is something like this.
  
  
• Having 2 monitors is extremely useful and I strongly recommend having 2. Having Solidworks full screen on one while you have references/etc on the other is super nice.
  
  
• You don't need a liquid cooler for your cpu.
  
  
• Change that HDD to a 2Tb Seagate.
  
  

• Get a better SSD like an 850 Evo. If you're not concerned about money, you could get something like a 960 Pro/Evo that will be a bit faster. Make sure your motherboard choice will support the NVME if you do. Also consider a larger capacity (500 Gb) SSD.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  For exactly $1500, I'd build this:
  

  
  

  PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
  

  
  

  Type|Item|Price
  

  ----|:----|:----
  CPU | Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor | $328.79 @ SuperBiiz
  CPU Cooler | Noctua - NH-C14 CPU Cooler | $95.12 @ Amazon
  Motherboard | Asus - ROG STRIX Z270i GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard | $169.89 @ OutletPC
  Memory | Team - Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory | $99.99 @ Newegg
  Storage | Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $324.00 @ Amazon
  Storage | Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $69.89 @ OutletPC
  Case | Fractal Design - Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case | $71.98 @ Newegg
  Power Supply | EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $69.99 @ Newegg
  Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | $87.89 @ OutletPC
  Other | PNY NVIDIA Quadro P600 Professional Graphics Board - VCQP600-PB) Graphic Cards | $178.00 @ Amazon
  | Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
  | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1520.54
  | Mail-in rebates | -$25.00
  | Total | $1495.54
  | Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-18 12:06 EDT-0400 |
  
  
  For less, I'd build something like this:
  
  PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
  
  PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
  
  Type|Item|Price
  

  ----|:----|:----
  CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor | $217.89 @ OutletPC
  CPU Cooler | CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler | $34.89 @ OutletPC
  Motherboard | ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $77.98 @ Newegg
  Memory | Kingston - FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory | $66.99 @ SuperBiiz
  Storage | Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $169.00 @ B&H
  Storage | Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $69.89 @ OutletPC
  Video Card | MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card | $88.98 @ Newegg
  Case | Fractal Design - Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $29.99 @ SuperBiiz
  Power Supply | EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $69.99 @ Newegg
  Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | $87.89 @ OutletPC
  | Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
  | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $963.49
  | Mail-in rebates | -$50.00
  | Total | $913.49
  | Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-18 12:30 EDT-0400 |
  
  Edit: I keep editing this.

Hi sHoRtBuss

First off - thats nice that you are setting up a computer for your fiance.

Secondly - a quadro P600 is listed as fully supported on this site:

https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html

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And is priced at 170$ on this site:

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-VCQP600-PB-NVIDIA-Quadro-P600/dp/B06X9DWQM6/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=quadro+P2000&qid=1554293790&s=gateway&sr=8-4

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so that's the route I would take (or a similar route - a supported Quadro card thats within your price range).

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Just be sure to get the adapters to get from that card to your monitor(s).

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Hope this helps,

Toby

well, the Quadro pro is a pretty good card, it seems like its from 2017. tho you didnt tell us what you plan on doing with this.

Heres the same card on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/PNY-VCQP600-PB-NVIDIA-Quadro-P600/dp/B06X9DWQM6

and heres a PDF specs sheet:

https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/design-visualization/productspage/quadro/quadro-desktop/quadro-pascal-p600-data-sheet-us-nv-704532-r1.pdf

without knowing what you plan on using ot for, cant provide any more info. nor do we know where this is coming from, id say be careful of "too good to be true deals" and since ive purchased many tech items from people online where you meet in person, see what they say about whats included, why it doesnt have any plugs or anything else.

Quadro k5000 for $100, it's practically theft!

Guaranteed to decimate a 1050ti at CAD.

If you need more modern features then Kepler offers, even a puny p600 will win at AutoCAD.

Scour craigslist and ebay too, you can find these cards stupid cheap sometimes - either massive corporate surplus or people just don't know what they're selling!

So would this be better than a 1050Ti? https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06X9DWQM6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1510163702&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=nvidia+quadro&dpPl=1&dpID=51Y3q%2BhaaTL&ref=plSrch Only 2GB of RAM but it's not too expensive. It is only for schoolwork so I'm not sure if a Quadro is justifiable for me.

How bout this, or if power means that much to him this. Both are better, and the second is better in every way, including power.

You probably want the Quadro or the NVS workstation cards. We have these cards at work and they are specifically designed to drive multiple monitors.

https://www.amazon.ca/PNY-P600Â-gráficos-profesionales-JuntaÂ-â€-Â-vcqp600-pb/dp/B06X9DWQM6/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B009S2F268/

There's also the older NVS 450, if you want to try your luck with liquidators:

https://m.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m4084.l1313.TR5.TRC2.A0.H0.Xnvs+450.TRS0&_nkw=nvs+450
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B001RBE7GO/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=all

I would go with one of these for each computer. It's approximately 10 times as powerful as the NVS 310s you're currently using, and has 4 display outputs so you only need one per computer to run all the required displays.

For 3d stuff, a quadro might be a better option for you having much better driver optimization for that kind of thing. An entry level pascal quadro or a higher end older generation maxwell quadro won't be too much most likely. Something like a p400 or maybe a p600 aren't too expensive and will usually perform better in things like 3d modeling etc than a "gaming" GPU.

Edit: AMD also have workstation GPUs if you absolutely want AMD. Firepro I believe they are called.