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Which computer to buy?

mikesamson801mikesamson801 Posts: 10
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I plan to buy a new PC or laptop and would love your suggestions. Like many, I want something good for fast rendering, animation. Trying to keep below $3k, preferably closer to $2,500. Here are two I'm looking at. What are your thoughts? I'd prefer a laptop, but if I'd be sacrificing significant performance between these two, I'd bite the bullet and go with the PC. 

PC:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (8x 3.9 GHZ/32MB L3 Cache)

Cooling: iBUYPOWER 360mm Addressable RGB Liquid Cooling

Memory: 32 GB (2 - 16 GB) DDR4-3200

VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER - 8 GB GDDR6

Primary HD: 2 TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD

Secondary HD: 4 TB WD - 256MB Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s - Dual 4TB drives

PRICE: $2,967

LAPTOP: 

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (6 x 3.6 GHz/32MB L3 Cache)

Memory: 32GB (2 16 GB) 2666MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GDDR6

Two x 1 TB Samsung 970 PRO M.2 PCle NVMe SSD

Hard Drive: 2 TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD

Price: $2,737

Comments

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,240

    It looks pretty clear that the PC is the better choice for your objectives:

    • Better faster processor
    • Faster memory
    • Better faster graphics card
    • More storage space
    • Most likely much better cooling
  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739

    The desktop would be faster, but for portability the laptop would work quite well. I have a laptop with a 2070 and have been really happy with it. Not as fast as a similar priced desktop, but I can't take a desktop with me. I'm happy with the performance. I've been able to make some images I'm really happy with (you can look in my gallery to get an Idea regarding what you could do with the 2070).

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,120

    The PC and it's upgradable. You don't want a laptop for those sort of price until the new GPUs come out in such laptops.

  • mikesamson801mikesamson801 Posts: 10

    Thank you guys for the suggestions/comments. As I mentioned, I plan to do animation, not just images, so I really need something robust. I kind of figured the PC would be the way to go, but as DustRider said, I'd love to take it with me, and I can't do that with a Desktop. 

  • mikesamson801mikesamson801 Posts: 10
    DustRider said:

    The desktop would be faster, but for portability the laptop would work quite well. I have a laptop with a 2070 and have been really happy with it. Not as fast as a similar priced desktop, but I can't take a desktop with me. I'm happy with the performance. I've been able to make some images I'm really happy with (you can look in my gallery to get an Idea regarding what you could do with the 2070).

    Do you ever do animation, as opposed to images, on your laptop? I'm curious how fast it is in that regard? 

  • mikesamson801mikesamson801 Posts: 10

    Okay, here was the offer I got. This is a lot of money  for me, so if there is anything I need to add, remove or change please let me know. Again, I want something that renders fast for animation. (Is liquid cooling for CPU only sufficient?) 

    Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (8x 3.9 GHZ/32MB L3 Cache)
    Liquid Cooling  (for CPU only)
    32 GB 
    NVIDIA (GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER - 8 GB GDDR6). 
    Primary HD: 2 TB - SSD 
    Secondary HD: 4 TB WD - 256MB Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s - Dual 4TB drives
    OS: Windows
    Corsair CC-9011078-WW Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Edition, Full Tower ATX Case
    Power Supply 850W Fully Modular 80+ Gold Certified
    ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Motherboard

    $2,800 - $2,900

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