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My PC build for VR gaming

Deepu K Sasidharan on June 12, 2020

Originally published at deepu.tech. I built my first PC when I was in high school, in 2003. It was an Intel Pentium 4 system, not high specs or an...
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Deepu K Sasidharan

Do let me know what you think about the setup and also if you have any questions

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Patrick Ejetavwo

I have one question about how much ram do i really need for coding, 3d modelling and adobe illustrator.

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Muhimen

What kind of 3d modeling are you upto?

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Patrick Ejetavwo

I use blender to create different characters

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Muhimen

In that case, you can go for 8GB if you are short on budget. 8gb is enough as I used blender and photoshop in my old crappy 4gb laptop. A decent graphics card is much appreciated

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Deepu K Sasidharan

If you are on a PC then start with 16, as you can always add more later

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Deepu K Sasidharan

For gaming, 16G would be more than enough, but if you are gonna do 3D modeling and coding 32G would be sweet. 16G will still do the job perfectly fine but with 32 you will experience fewer slowdowns

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Patrick Ejetavwo

Thanks

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Muhimen

Why didn't you went for the new B550 motherboard?

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Deepu K Sasidharan

Unfortunately, it wasn't out when I started building the PC and I didn't know they will release it the end of May, else I might have waited. But then I don't feel like I missed out on anything so its fine.

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Muhimen

I see, this is a older project of yours. B450 is still pretty promising.

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Deepu K Sasidharan

Well not that old. I built it mid of May so like 2 weeks ago

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Ashish Banjare

Like a dream pc, i hope looking awesome with amazing experience.

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Deepu K Sasidharan

So far has been good. But I'm using it only for VR games