[panos_metal21]

Hello,

i am into buying a new pc or workstation where i will run ansys 18 for modelling of heat and mass transfer models to simple geometries like tubes or furnace cavities. I know that "simple" is quite relative, but i can say that maximum cells number will be below 2 mil (attached a representative work can be found). My budget is 2000 euros (excluding screen and periphericals).
Can you please advice concerning the pc components (RAM, CPU, hard disk) properties is order for my PC to be functional and able to run similar models?

Thanks a lot.
Panos

[flotus1]

Case: 80€ (e.g. Fractal Design define C)
PSU: 95€ (e.g. Seasonic focus plus platinum 550W)
CPU: 550€ Intel Core-I7 7820X
Mainboard: 300€ (e.g. ASRock X299 Taichi)
Cooling: 130€ 280mm AIO water cooler (e.g. Bequiet silent loop 280mm)
RAM: 350€ 4x8GB DDR4-3000 or faster (e.g. Crucial Ballistix Elite)
GPU: 150€ Nvidia GTX 1050TI
SSD: 150€ Samsung 850 Evo 500GB
HDD: 130€ WD red 4TB

Paying your local hardware shop or an online retailer for putting it all together: 100€

Storage is just an example, I don't know how much storage you need or if you need fast file-I/O for transient simulations.