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in your sofa
02-28-2010, 09:12 PM
hey all, i'm looking to buy a new computer. my budget is $4,000. i do a lot of heavy computational 3d computer animation, compositing and visual effects (maya, 3dsmax, boujou, z-brush, after effects, photoshop, flash). i also use it to compose and perform live music using ableton live, reason, my guitar and various midi controllers. i'm not sure what kind of hardware/OS is best for the money nowadays for this kind of work and thought you folks may have some insight. i'm not very tech savvy so if there's less setup i have to do to make this computer what would best for me than another computer i'll likely go for the former. any ideas?
thx,
zach
PanzerMKZ
02-28-2010, 09:30 PM
Look around at some of the other buying a new computer threads that have around the same budget as yours.



Panzer
Jettatore
02-28-2010, 10:18 PM
Buy the same style computer suggested about 200x over in other similar threads. Spend the extra money (since your budget is enough forat least 2 high end machines) on a really good, color accurate monitor from NEC or Eizo.
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