Hi Martin! And, so in what price range are we talking about for a desktop/workstation that would be recommended? Do we need to build our own with water cooling etc.?
Yeah, the truth is that Blender and 3D are power beast and you need computers that go beast mode for the software to function efficiently. You can learn on a laptop, but asking it to deliver smooth functionality is a bit much for a puny laptop. So try to work around it as much as you can if you don't have a choice, but be aware you'll have serious limitations.
Hi Tom tfsuper3d ,
That is hard to tell, there is so much to that subject. Maybe just look at your budget and then get the best you can (focus on GPU, VRAM, CPU (more Cores is better)...normal RAM is also important, but quite cheap and usually very easy to upgrade later). Price-wise, if you spend a similar amount on a desktop, as on a laptop, you'll probably get something a lot better.
Thanks Martin,
but that didn't give me much meat on my bones, hehe. Those things can even I figure out matters, who is far far from a hardware expert. I was not asking for an exact figure like 4321,9876 dollars. Let me rephrase. what is the lowest price for a desktop/workstation that can handle everything what is taught here at CGcookie? is it 1000, 2000, 3000,... 10 000 dollars or more?