Looking for computer recommendations

Charlie Judge

My old desktop computer is showing signs of slowly failing; so, it is time to be thinking about getting a new one. The primary use would be for DAZ Studio and other computer graphis, Photoshop, and MS Office. I want a tower or minitower desktop and because of budget limitations need to keep the cost significantly under $1K. One computer I have found is this Dell XPS8900: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015QKSWQW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=A17MC6HOH9AVE6

What do you think? With a budget under $1K what would be the best computer to get for using DAZ Studio with Iray?

Thanks for any help and recommendations.

Charlie

Joe Webb

While you're all giving Charlie a recommendation, please give me one as well. I need to have a Mac recommendation. Budget is higher, but probably under $2k

I read somewhere on this forum that the older tower Macs are better than the new hockey puck style, so used/rebuilt is fine with me.

Thanks, and sorry Charlie for gloming into your thread.

R25S

Charlie Judge said:

My old desktop computer is showing signs of slowly failing; so, it is time to be thinking about getting a new one. The primary use would be for DAZ Studio and other computer graphis, Photoshop, and MS Office. I want a tower or minitower desktop and because of budget limitations need to keep the cost significantly under $1K. One computer I have found is this Dell XPS8700 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010DODM02?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_4&smid=A2OAU17TXC6ZAL.

What do you think? With a budget under $1K what would be the best computer to get for using DAZ Studio with Iray?

Thanks for any help and recommendations.

Charlie

Personaly I had bad experience with DELL Computers. I had a Desktop and a Laptop (both Inspiron)  and both had a complete crush (Procesor, Main Bord and Hard Drive at the same time) exactly after the warranty was over.  

If I would need a Desktop under $1K I would prefer the Asus G20AJ-US009S  http://www.amazon.com/Asus-G20AJ-US009S-i7-4790-Windows-Desktop/dp/B00OFQR38C/ref=sr_1_19?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455320301&sr=1-19&keywords=asus wich have bearly the same specification as the DELL.

 

Charlie Judge

R25S said:

Charlie Judge said:

My old desktop computer is showing signs of slowly failing; so, it is time to be thinking about getting a new one. The primary use would be for DAZ Studio and other computer graphis, Photoshop, and MS Office. I want a tower or minitower desktop and because of budget limitations need to keep the cost significantly under $1K. One computer I have found is this Dell XPS8700 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010DODM02?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_4&smid=A2OAU17TXC6ZAL.

What do you think? With a budget under $1K what would be the best computer to get for using DAZ Studio with Iray?

Thanks for any help and recommendations.

Charlie

Personaly I had bad experience with DELL Computers. I had a Desktop and a Laptop (both Inspiron)  and both had a complete crush (Procesor, Main Bord and Hard Drive at the same time) exactly after the warranty was over.  

If I would need a Desktop under $1K I would prefer the Asus G20AJ-US009S  http://www.amazon.com/Asus-G20AJ-US009S-i7-4790-Windows-Desktop/dp/B00OFQR38C/ref=sr_1_19?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455320301&sr=1-19&keywords=asus wich have bearly the same specification as the DELL.

 

Yeh, I've had mixed results with Dell. I had one Dell that was great (for its time) so I replaced it with another Dell. The second Dell was DOA and required Dell to send a technician twice before it was working right. That lasted about 2 years (the length of the warrenty) and then it started eating power supplies about every 6 months. So, I replaced it with the HP which I have now and has lasted for more than 5 years.

I'm having trouble visualizing the form factor of the ASUS you referenced or how it would be in the space I have available. I did look at another ASUS with a more conventional tower form: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OY0ON82?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_3&smid=A284PRV19Y1MTF

SlimerJSpud

There are various build to order sites that cater to gamers. I've bought two from http://www.ibuypower.com/ that have served well. They have specials all the time. I did spend more than 1K tho.

Sone

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B014644OJI/ref=psdc_565098_t1_B014JCWBP6

This one has a little bit more umph for iRAY.

Charlie Judge

Does anybodyhave any experience with CyberPower computers like this:http://www.staples.com/CyberpowerPC-Gamer-Ultra-GUA550-16GB-DDR3-Windows-10-Home/product_1798625?fromUrl=tokens&cid=BNR%3ACORP%3A8689192%3A1037702%3A117501376%3A290360272%3A0

Or Cybertronics computers such as this:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D1KWS3I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_3&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Charlie Judge

I'm still researching possible computers for DS and IRAY as well as other CG applications and Photoshop. So far this appears to be the best deal I've found An HP with I7 processor, 12GB memory and a 4GB Nvida card:

http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/desktops/hp-envy-phoenix-desktop---860-014-%28energy-star%29-m9z95aa-aba

So, I'm looking for any help and opinions on its suitability.What do you think of it?

Thanks,

Charlie