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Building Your Engineering Edge – Together

Why HP for SolidWorks Users

Why HP for SolidWorks Users

With HP and SolidWorks you can be confident that you’ve picked a winning combination:

In fact, SolidWorks uses HP Workstations to develop their software on.

See our recommended HP Workstation solutions for SolidWorks users.

Solution information
» HP in MCAD
» Events
» SolidWorks Certification Status

Related links
» HP and SolidWorks Brochure (PDF, 6 MB, High Res)
» HP and SolidWorks Brochure (PDF, 500 KB, Low Res)

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Design Without Limits

HP and SolidWorks Corporation have joined forces to create the design engineer’s ultimate prize package.
»  See how

Partnering Together

“Because of our strong partnership, our customers will be well served by selecting HP as their computing platform. Not only are HP workstations thoroughly tested and certified to provide the utmost in performance and reliability for SolidWorks, but the HP Performance Tuning Framework quickly provides key system information necessary when contacting SolidWorks support.”
—Efrat Ravid, Director, Marketing & Alliances, SolidWorks

List of Applications

Click on the live links below for HP certification status:

»  SolidWorks
»  Cosmos

See What Other Customers Are Doing
Factory Five Racing
 "The HP xw4400 Workstation is fast, dependable and handles applications extremely well."

-- Jesper Ingerslev, Senior Engineer, Factory Five Racing

Factory Five Racing
»  Factory Five Racing Case Study
»  Factory Five Racing Video (.wmv, 60MB)


New Balance
»  New Balance Case Study
»  New Balance Video (.wmv, 42MB)

Recommended HP Workstation Solutions for SolidWorks

SMB SolidWorks User
HP xw4600 Workstation
Buy now:  RB461UT#ABA
Price:  $1,649
Reduced $599 – that’s a 27% savings

  • Genuine Windows Vista Business (32-bit) Downgrade to Genuine Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
  • Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400/ 3.00 GHz, 6 MB L2, 1333 MHz FSB
  • 2 GB (2 x 1 GB) DDR2-800 ECC
  • 250 GB SATA 3 Gb/s NCQ 7200 rpm
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 PCIe
  • 16X DVD+/- RW DL SuperMulti

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Mainstream SolidWorks User
HP xw4600 Workstation
Buy now:  RB431UT#ABA
Price:  $1,999
Reduced $459 -- that’s a 19% savings

  • Genuine Windows Vista Business (32-bit) Downgrade to Genuine Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
  • Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600/ 2.40 GHz, 8 MB L2, 1066 MHz FSB
  • 4 GB (4 x 1 GB) DDR2-800 ECC
  • 250 GB SATA 3 Gb/s NCQ 7200 rpm
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 PCIe
  • 16X DVD+/- RW DL SuperMulti

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Power SolidWorks User
HP xw8600 Workstation
Buy now:  RB438UT#ABA
Price:  $3,939
Reduced $551 – that’s a 12% savings

  • Genuine Windows Vista Business (32-bit) Downgrade to Genuine Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
  • Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5450/ 3.00 GHz, 12 MB L2, 1333 MHz FSB
  • 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR2-667 ECC FBD
  • 250 GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 7200 rpm
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 PCIe
  • 16X DVD+/-RW DL SuperMulti

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All HP Workstations come with the HP Performance Tuning Framework Utility

All HP Workstations come with a 3 years parts, 3 years labor, and 3 years onsite service (3/3/3) standard warranty.

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