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Used for: Less than a month
Whatever it cost, it does not make you wait
It weighs enough that stairs are a job for two
Getting it into a first-floor studio was the hardest part of the whole purchase, and it is not work for one person with a bad back. Since then it has been effortless. Simulation runs that used to be left going overnight now finish inside the working day, which means the results arrive while the design is still in your head rather than the morning after
Used for: 3–6 months
Never once slowed down on a big assembly
Front panel ports are awkward to reach
quick, quiet, and the drawings open the instant you ask
Used for: More than a year
Large assemblies rotate as though they were empty
The tower is deeper than the desk it was meant to live under
Assemblies that used to rebuild over a coffee break now rebuild while your hand is still on the mouse, and that changes how often you are willing to try something. A year in, the only thing added to it has been a second drive.
Used for: More than a year
Bought for a small product design consultancy where it sits under a desk in an open room, which is not what the noise figures suggest you should do. Under a sustained render there is an audible rise, but it is a smooth one, and nobody has ever asked for it to be moved. The upgrade path has already been used once. Memory went in without a fight, another drive went in without a fight, and there is room for a bigger card whenever the software finally insists. A year and a half of daily use, no faults, no surprises, no reason to think about it.
Used for: Less than a month
The certified driver list was the deciding factor
No spare bay left once the second drive went in
The reason for buying a proper workstation rather than assembling one is the approved hardware list our software publishes. Everything in this machine is on it, which means that when something odd happens, the conversation with the software vendor is about the software. Too early to say much else. It arrived, it took the licence and the plugins without a murmur, and the first assembly opened on it came up before I had finished sitting down!