After a great 5 years with my Surface Pro 4, after an inflated battery and a replacement screen that glitches from overuse and overheat, I feel it's time to settle down to a new computer as my work is increasingly at home. I've tried researching through different models of PCs, but honestly, I know what makes a computer, but I have no idea which ram stick brand is reliable or which PSU I should look at, etc. Hoping to find great help here, thanks in advance!
Budget (including currency): Between $3000 - $4000 AUD ($1970.51 - $2627.35 USD)
Country: Australia
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:
No games (maybe Minecraft over quarantine).
Mostly to make 2D and 3D animation + other 2d art.
Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, AE, Premiere)
ClipStudio EX
ToonBoom Harmony Premium + Storyboard Pro
Maya, Blender (but with 3D they're not going to be too complicated, think using 3D to make 2D look better + character animation).
Really just looking to make animation as fast as possible to scrub through while I'm making it and to export. Also web-browsing if that matters.
Other details:
Min x2 monitors
I use a 24inch 4k cintiq pro wacom tablet (supports USB-C port) and will get a second monitor (would also love recommendations for that, doing animation and film, I'm thinking I'm going to want a 4k monitor that can also turn portrait)
I have a keyboard, mouse and speakers that work well for me but might upgrade in the future
Bonus but also important
Probably a tricky one but I would love to have some form of portability with the computer. It's not a laptop, but just in case I need to work somewhere else (sometimes I like to work with friends), it'd be great to have it at a size that I could just carry it.
Also, don't want it to look boring, but not too unicorn vomit/gamer either
Examples I like aesthetically
(These last two, especially the last one, is incredibly cool to me, but am willing to get argued out of the small form factor if it will make things run better.)
Cheers in advance to anyone who reads through this and is able to respond!
Yeah I looked at that, super cool design! Yeah that mobile chip is a bit of a worry and so is having something I can't play around with too much. But damn it looks awesome. I'll probably end up getting someone build the computer for me as, while I have built them in the past, I'd rather someone else mess it up on their dime. Thanks for the response!
