This video discusses the different options available for and tries to assess the best computer for blender.

Chapters
00:00
00:25 What budget is a low/mid budget machine?
01:23 minimum spec for Blender?
01:58 Blender on very slow machines
02:21 What to do if you can't afford a decent machine
03:33 Main Components
03:50 CPU central Processing Unit
06:55 GPU Graphics Processing Unit
07:48 Denoise
09:07 Introducing the optimum PC
10:02 low/Mid Budget PC Specs
10:20 Chosen CPU Ryzen 5 5600x
11:51 GPU RTX3060
12:18 RAM 16GB
13:25 Storage SSD's vs HHD
14:27 Power supply
14:50 Cooling
15:20 Testing the mid/low budget PC
16:05 laptops?
16:37 Macs?
18:18 Second hand Computers?

The suggested mid/low budget creator PC for Blender is as follows:
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 200R COMPACT GAMING CASE
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
ASUS® PRIME B550PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) ARGB Ready!
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 HDMI, DP, LHR
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CV SERIES™ CV650 POWER SUPPLY
Change to: CORSAIR 650W CXM Series™ SEMIMODULAR 80 PLUS® BRONZE
PCS FrostFlow 100 V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCIE CARD
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit inc. Single Licence [KK300027]

Thanks to Nvidia & PC Specialist for the advice and supplying the test computer
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/tracki...
https://www.nvidia.com/

Blender Benchmark: https://opendata.blender.org/
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The data provided by the community is public domain and everyone is welcome to explore it
The project welcomes contributors to improve and extend its functionality. More info at https://opendata.blender.org/about/.

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My PC specs
CPU AMD RYZEN 9 5950X
GPU RTX 3090
RAM 128GB