Where can I get a good custom computer?

[William Miller]

I would like to get a new computer that can run Houdini and Substance Painter reasonably quickly.  I want it to have a good graphics card (or two) such as an Nvidia Quadro or Titan.  I a prefer solid state drive for memory, and I want at least 32 gigabytes of RAM, preferably more.  My budget is about $2000.  I have been looking at various custom computer websites, but none of them have what I’m looking for.  Do you have any advice?  Is the computer I have described capable of running Houdini and Substance Painter, or is it to weak/overkill?  Is the budget reasonable for something like that?  Your advice is welcome.

[Matthew Fricker]

I’m assuming you are in America , so this may be of no use , but here in the UK I always use this place to buy my custom computers : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ 

[William Miller]

Yes, I am in America.  Thanks anyway.

[keenan18]

Take a look at this. I don’t know if it has all your specs, but it very close to your price:

https://www.velocitymicro.com/houdini.php

[William Miller]

Thanks, I might get that.

[William Miller]

I’ve been avoiding Geforce GPUs because my computer has one and it can’t render things well, causing me to regard Geforces as the cheap, common peasants of graphics cards.  Was my hesitation well founded, or do I just have one of the worse Geforces?

[William Miller]

What kind of CPU should I be looking for?  I don’t know what all the numbers mean.

[William Miller]

This looks really good, but I don’t know what all of the GPU information under “more info” means.

[Markus Berg]

That’s the first time I’ve heard that Geforce GPUs can’t render things well. Especially since so many individuals doing 3d stuff seems to use one. And some of them are listed as supported graphics cards on the Houdini company website. May I ask, what Geforce graphics card are you using?

[William Miller]

That’s good to know; I thought all the professionals were using Quadros and Titans.  I have a Geforce 940 mx.

[William Miller]

Is it true that the higher the number is, the more powerful the GPU is?  For example, is a Quadro 4000 more powerful than a Quadro 3000?

[Markus Berg]

Ah, that explains it. 🙂  Take a look at this page: https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html GPU benchmark list, and you can see you card way down near the bottom.

[Markus Berg]

There have been exceptions to this, but in most cases, I would say yes. The higher the number the better, if it’s within the same category.

[William Miller]

Thanks a lot for your help!

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