What exactly should I buy?

[AnimatingAmateur]

Hi,

So, I have recently been using Maya on a school computer, but now I am planning to get a new computer that can run Maya. What graphics card, computer type, etc. should I buy? I'm hoping not to spend over 1k since I am infact a bit of an amateur and don't have a large budget to work off of. Thanks y'all!

[jbbarnette427]

a Geforce 760 with 4GB of ram is the perfect card.

Geforce 760 4GB

[dgorsman]

Its not exactly a light program.  Depending where you are located (a dollar here isn't necessarily a dollar where you are), you'll probably be looking at ~ $1500 for a computer that will do more than the bare minimum simple exercises.  You'll want something with either four or six cores with a decent clock speed (i5 is frequently recommended as best cost/performance blend).  Plenty of RAM, 12 - 16 GB is normal.  You can probably get by with 8 GB but it won't take much to overrun that and RAM is cheap these days.  Don't skimp on hard drive size - its tempting to get a small/cheap solid state drive but almost all application data needs to be on it, not just the operating sytem.  Best cost/performance blend is usually a commonly available mid-size SSD with a large SATA III/large buffer conventional hard drive for data storage.

[jbbarnette427]

Here you go this is what I would get.

Qty.	Product Description	Savings	Total Price
1	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 Desktop Processor Item #:N82E16819116502 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy		$299.99
1	G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Item #:N82E16820231589 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy		$189.99
1	EVGA G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 04G-P4-2768-KR SC 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card Item #:N82E16814130949 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy		$309.99
1	ASUS P8Z77-V LK ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS Item #:N82E16813131837 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$139.99 $124.99
1	Seagate SV35.6 Series 1TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Surveillance Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #:N82E16822148912 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$79.99 $64.99
1	SanDisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-256G-G25 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #:N82E16820171741 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy		$199.99 $109.99
1	RAIDMAX Altas ATX-295WBP Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window Item #:N82E16811156258 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$69.99 $59.99
Grand Total:	$1,159.93

[AnimatingAmateur]

Thanks for the list of items, but what computer should I use with the stuff? Also, are there any good and recommendable computers that has one or more of the items on the list pre-installed?

[Dimind]

That stuff is a computer.  You buy those, then put it together.