Let's spec out a Mac Studio setup. My last MBP I payed $7300 which included taxes (10% I think) and Apple Care. So let's say $6000 limit.

Mac Studio Display is $1600 right off, $2000 with adjustable height stand. Let's do that so that leaves $4000.

Guess no M1 Ultra setup, or it would be the base M1 Ultra with 48-core GPU (vs 64-core), 64 GB RAM (vs 128 GB) and 1 TB SSD (max 8 TB). So let's say that's option B.

Note that my current MBP has 64 GB RAM and the GPU has 8 GB. I'm generally not using all that much CPU RAM while I do tax the GPU so 64 GB shared memory would be an improvement I think.

M1 Max base with extra memory (to the max of 64 GB) and SSD (to 1 TB) is $2600. With upgraded to 32-core GPU (vs 24-core) and 4 TB SSD it's $3800. Option A.

Option A is (mostly) half the processing power but +3 TB SSD. Option B is the way to go if I can live with 1 TB internal storage. Currently I'm at 2 TB used with 1.1 TB in videos and 100 GB in music. Oh, 300 GB in downloads (from itch.io bundle I barely started downloading). So I could offload the video and be down to about 600 GB. A bit much but doable for 1 TB storage.

Looks like Option B is the way to go:

Mac Studio with M1 Ultra (base) + Mac Studio Display with adjustable height stand. Oops. Let's make it:

Mac Studio M1 Ultra (base) with 2 TB storage ($4400)
Mac Studio Display with standard stand ($1600)