Seeking advice ( about laptop setup )
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greetings 
I need some advice from more those who have experience.
Here´s the thing, I will be going on a trip for about a year, (I'm from Argentina, but I will be visiting France.I have an aunt there. and Brazil. and a few other countries). As a 2D freelance artist I work 95% of the time at home, so this trip comes just on time when should upgrade my pc (mine is already 7 years old :P), but as I need to save money and also I´ll be traveling I will postpone this a year, year and a half. Besides, I want to learn 3D modeling and rendering.
I did my research, (and almost went nuts XD) hardware for rendering is more tricky than just for plain 2d. Ok so, if anyone can advice me I will be grateful!
I need a laptop. (because of traveling ) but as I said. I need to save money and also no point to burn bucks now for a laptop because after a year I will be building a new pc. I don´t need a super extreme one. IM not a hardcore gamer and I don´t care if cpu is not the latest one.
or the gpu is not the most powerful at this moment also I don´t care if I need to wait some more minutes, since I will be learning.
What I understand that cpu comes first, ram more is better, ssd and hdd and a good quality lcd (I will be doing some 2d art ocationaly so I need a good ips screen).
I will be using "modo" and Z brush, and if I can something like Painter.
zBrush is more cpu bounded so not much to say here I guess.
Modo relys on open gl for viewport right ? for what I found yes, so. what gpu ? (correct me if Im wrong pleas)
Rendering maxwell.octane. vray ? I dont have a clue about them, some are gpu accelerated like octane.
but since I don't plan to render biiig scenes.
Also since I prefer to save some bucks, getting a 9xx m nvidia gpu. would be enough?
What I want to achieve is build a model and render it, like some of Mr. Tor Frick 3D stuff (model +render).
To sum up, a laptop with and I7 HQ cpu. 16GB Ram, 250-500 ssd + 1tb hdd. is ok-ish?
Rest of the setup : GPU : ? 970M ? 1050 ti ? 980m ? As for the screen, 1080p or 4K? I don't mind if the laptop is heavy. so better a 17" screen ?
That's all. Keep in mind folks that didn't bought a laptop since peeff! like 8 years. I was using ipads, cintiq companions and my desktop pc.
I have a budget of 1000 u$d (I can go higher but I prefer avoid that), I don't mind getting a used one on ebay either.
Regards to all and thanks in advance.
TLDR: I will be traveling, I need a laptop. My budget is ~$1000.00 USD. I don't need bleeding edge hardware. Tor is my hero, I use Modo, zBrush and Painter, HALP!
Mod edit: Fixed formatting -Vig
Regards to all and thanks in advance.
TLDR: I will be traveling, I need a laptop. My budget is ~$1000.00 USD. I don't need bleeding edge hardware. Tor is my hero, I use Modo, zBrush and Painter, HALP!
Mod edit: Fixed formatting -Vig
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Yes for ~$1000 USD, you should get a 1080p IPS screen, 4 core i7 processor (check the core count on laptops), 16 GB ram, GTX 1050ti or GTX 1060, 256gb SSD. At that price point it might not have a 1tb HDD, but plenty of laptops today make that an easy upgrade to do yourself. Which you could do later when you need more storage.
why did you format it that way?
I'm running 3dsMax, Zbrush, Substance Painter, UE4, Arnold and Keyshot for rendering, Photoshop, and sometimes Marvellous Designer.(not all at the same time
Specs are latest 4 core i7/1070 4gig/16gig ram/250 ssd/1tb data(4x portable TB drives)
If you're mostly doing 2d and will be dabbling in Zbrush/Modo then these specs will be fine for your purposes.
I have a laptop with a 16GB RAM and a GTX 1050 4GB GPU. (The CPU is some kind of i5.) Should I upgrade the RAM to 32GB and/or get a new laptop with 1050ti GPU?
So if you read any posts out there about Modo running sluggish on AMD (There were a lot), check the date. It could save you some money that you could spend elsewhere. Though going Nvidia is still a safe bet, it just gives you more options.
Cheers