Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting art for a bit.
Last Monday (Jan 30th) I finally purchased A GAMING DESKTOP!!!
Now I can draw better, ACTUALLY animate with an animation program (once I find a good one to use), get back into pc gaming, and STREAM (eventually)
ALL this time I was drawing and animating with this hunk of crap:
This is a TOSHIBA Satellite 17 inch Windows 7 Laptop.
Windows 7.
That I've been using since 2012.
As a whole, this computer is an absolute piece of shit.
It's on life support (plugged in charger when running at all times). It cannot multitask. You can't even play music in the background while drawing. AND I couldn't even use discord. Any program idling in the background would slow it down and heat it up. Video card would crash when watching youtube. Flash games would load 1 frame every 3 seconds. That is not an exaggeration. I'm lucky that my Wacom tablet worked on it, but that probably was gonna go next. There's a lot more wrong with this laptop, but you get the gist.
I've been eagerly wanting to upgrade. So my tax refund came in about 3 weeks ago and I had found a desktop that was within my budget. This...is my new rig:
(these are just still photos; the tower, mouse and keyboard actually cycle through all colors of the rainbow)
This is an iBUYPOWER Trace MR258i . Now don't be fooled like I was with the company's Aliexpress-sounding name, lol; this is a reputable gaming pc company. I picked it up for $1080, including tax (it includes the mouse and keyboard, not the monitor ofc). Originally it retails at $1500 before taxes, but it was on sale for $1000. Now this is definitely not a high-end rig, but it is a fucking amazing computer nonetheless.
Under the hood:
- Mobo: ASRock B550M-c microATX form factor
- Video card: Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB
- Drive: 1TB Western Digital NvMe M.2 SSD (Solid State Drive)
- RAM: 16GB (2x8GB sticks) DDR4 3000
- Power supply: 650 watt
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 3700Mhz
- Operating System: Windows 11 Home
One side of the case is made with a tempered glass panel, so I can see all the cool compy parts with RGB; it's lookin like a rave in there :D
When playing GTAV at High settings I get around 160fps.
I'm not terribly picky, plus I'm still learning about pc parts 'n stuff, but this computer is definitely beyond my expectations and can handle everything I throw at it. It's perfect for what I need to use it for.
WHAT THIS MEANS NOW:
- I can draw much easier, on larger canvases, and they can get done somewhat faster now that I have a properly working pc. I can also draw better art with backgrounds and all that.
- I PLAN ON ANIMATING WITH A LEGITIMATE ANIMATION PROGRAM. MAYBE EVEN AN ACTUAL MADCOM FAN EPISODE.
- STREAMING (SOON)
- GAMING (of course)
I've never seen the art program I use run so smooth. My drawing tablet works with the new PC, and lines are really fucking smooth and there's zero lag nor jittering.
The past week since I've gotten it, I've had to transfer all my stuff from my old laptop to this new one, setting the new pc up, downloading games, etc etc. AKA I've been busy af the past week, not including my retail job that's been kicking my ass.
I just wanted to make this post so you all can be updated on what the hiatus was all about.
