Ok my GTX900 machine is looking pretty old, so time for an upgrade. I received the following quote (in $AU) and was wondering if these are the right specs and price if i’m freelancing with Blender, Unreal/Twinmotion, Photogrammetry software, mainly for technical or interactive architecture still or animated projects (see my portfolio here https://twistedpancreas.artstation.com for the work I do)…
Sounds awful.
Looks like they charge you +30% for prebuild system. Even if you are in AU, you can get much better deal building pc yourself. Or pay somebody $100 to assemble it for you.
CPU
For +100 USD you can get 12 core CPU, for + 250 USD 16 core. Your build costs a lot of money, +$100 or +$250 is small fraction extra for huge performance boost
Look at benchmarks
GPU
Prices seem to be going down. May be wait for 1-2 months more.
May be buy cheapest GPU ~ 3060 TI, in 1 year prices will decrease 2 times. You can upgrade then.
My friend, this is the best build if you can buy it here Dreampc
$4,102.22
Please note about my selection
CPU 12 core, for +400$ you can have 16 core - 30% faster render/shader compile if you want.
No build in wi-fi card - I assume you run ethernet cable from router to PC. Unless you may need it +35$.
Storage space - 2.5 Tb - is it enough? you can add 6TB of slower HDD for 250$
PC case without glass - much quieter, but you cant see shiny colors inside.
Videocard - has 8 GB memory, unless you want 12.
P.S. It would be good if you listed what cpu/gpu you have now. You may have like 24 cores now, I dont know?