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Good morning,

I am doing a great deal more of motion graphic work on my computer. I would rather stay with PC and not Mac. My budget is no more than $2000. Can someone provide a list of specs I need to look at to get a real POWER machine.

Some questions I have are:

What kind motherboard I need?
How much memory?
What kind of processor?
Which OS is best?
What Brand?

Where can I find information with comparisons of the most powerful graphics-oriented computers?

Thanks

aadih

Consider (laptops):

(1) Lenovo - ThinkPad 15.6" Laptop - 8GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive.

(2) Samsung - ATIV Book 9 Plus 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - 4GB Memory - 128GB SSD.

(3) Asus - ZENBOOK Prime 13.3" Laptop - 4GB Memory - 256GB SSD.

(4) HP - EliteBook 2-in-1 11.6" Laptop - 4GB Memory - 128GB SSD.

(5) Toshiba - KIRAbook 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD.

(6) Lenovo - 12.5" ThinkPad Ultrabook - 4 GB Memory and 128 GB SSD.

pcwizz1

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Thank you for your response aadih,

I was thinking desktops but Laptops may be fine... Question... Wouldn't a desktop have a better and more powerful processor, take more memory, and have more options?

Thanks...

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Gary Case

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aadih

Thanks, garycase.

Having given up on desktops in favor of laptops a few years ago, I cannot offer any advice based on experience.

arnold

Look at the applications you are using and their suggested, preferred requirements.
Processor/memory is one but a higher end graphics card (GPU) may help.
Newer apps have a tie into a GPU to perform computations previously performed elsewhere.

nobus

and if you want a fast system - use an SSD for the oS; you can put the data on a normal drive with the GB's needed, or even 2-3 TB
best SSD are Intel, or Crucial imo

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