PC hardware specs for Visual MODFLOW and ModelMuse

[Sam Kelsey]

Hi everyone,

I am currently looking to upgrade a modelling computer and I am wondering if anyone could advise on minimum/optimum hardware specifications for running Visual MODFLOW and ModelMuse?

Best regards,

Samuel Kelsey

[Saul Montoya]

I got confused, are you going to work with model muse or visual modflow?

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[elnaz bayat]

I want to learn modflow with flopy and python. now I am learning to work with modelmuse. Is that important before learning to work with flopy?

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[Jakab Andras - Gmail]

Please consult this link for recommendations for Visual MODFLOW Flex, and look for the following topic there: "Do you have any recommendations for system configuration to improve the performance of Flex?" Those recommendations should be valid for other GUIs too. Keep in mind though, that much depends on the size of the model grid, and you may take advantage of multiple cores if you are planning to perform model calibration using parallelized runs.

[rbwinston]

ModelMuse and Flopy are alternative methods for accomplishing the same goal of preparing the model input and displaying the model output.

See my free book

Getting Started with MODFLOW.

https://gw-project.org/books/getting-started-with-modflow/

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[Sam Kelsey]

Hi Saul,

I will be using the computer for running Visual MODFLOW and ModelMuse.

Hi Jakab,

Thanks for the link and explanation.

Regards,

[Philip Margarit]

Hi Sam,

Also, make sure if you are going to be doing a lot of model calibration to have a second SSD. Running PEST on the SSD that houses your OS could potentially cause problems down the line. It is a cheap upgrade but it could potentially save you some headache later on. 

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[Saul Montoya]

Hi Sam

This is what I had for the last 3 years.

The computer is on a Intel NUC frame so it is extremely small. If I want something more heavy for long term processing and some pest calculation I would use another computer.

I have also 2 24" monitors. Wider or bigger monitors will bring me a headache.

Regards

Saul

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[Saul Montoya]

Hi

I use two computers for groundwater modeling and there is a reason for that. When I create a model, I use the described pc that is a nuc, so there is more office space but when I ran PEST or do intensive simulation I use a i7 on a normal case with a better power source and better ventilation. In that way I still have all the capabilities of the first computer to do other stuff.

Viva el software libre.

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[Sam Kelsey]

Thanks everyone for your responses to this query.

Much appreciated,

Sam Kelsey