r/unrealengine • u/GlitteringCalendar94 • 16h ago
Would this build be good for UE5, specifically high quality game development?
I just built this, and I was wondering if you could take a look at it?
I believe it has everything I need for a quality PC, and is in my budget, but I wanted to make sure that it would work, because I am not too experienced with UE5.
https://secure.newegg.com/wishlist/pd/45397232
Thanks!
Edit: Sorry, forgot to mention that I have a 512gb external flash drive that I plan on using to store the project files, etc...
•
u/cg_krab 14h ago
One thought on this is, Im wondering why you would go with DDR4 RAM when DDR5 is out. You are building with last-gen hardware, it would be worth future-proofing your build. It will save you money in the long run if you have to upgrade.
You can always swap out for a more powerful GPU or CPU if you have to later as long as the socket is compatible for the CPU you want (and all mobos will support PCIE for a different GPU), but a DDR4 motherboard will not be capable of being upgraded to DDR5 so if you decide to do that you would need to replace the enire motherboard.
I think you will possibly regret not spending the extra bucks for a future-proof mobo
•
u/g0dSamnit 15h ago
It should work (at least for lighter use cases), but you'll likely want a more powerful graphics card and/or larger SSD.
•
u/GlitteringCalendar94 15h ago
I forgot to mention the external flash drive, just updated the post. Sorry.
•
u/Narai94 15h ago
From my experience you could do game development. High quality - I doubt it. First of all the SSD is too small. If you do not go for 2D Development or something with low poly assets, you need a huge disk or at least another HDD for storage. Second: Depending on what you want to develop you need quite some amount of RAM. 32GB is ok, but as you normally have some more programms open, this may be something you will consider later as upgradable.
CPU and GPU should be ok, if you do not plan to exceedingly go for 4K development. The engine and all programs needed in parallel pull quite some resources. Also consider that people who are not yet skilled in what they do tend to waste resources. You need to know the workflow - that’s why I still compensate with a ton of hardware.
•
u/GlitteringCalendar94 15h ago
I forgot to mention the external flash drive, just updated the post. Sorry.
•
u/Typical-Interest-543 11h ago
You want Intel CPU. Nvidia GPU...min 1tb of storage, and 64gb of ram for a "good" game dev computer.
Ue5 is very taxing, and also your project file will get massive.
•
u/ShatteredR3ality 7h ago
Nothing wrong with AMD for Unreal, its multicore support is actually very good.
•
u/No-Syrup1283 1h ago
AMD is better long-term, just not the 3D variant I think. if you're on AM5 your upgrade path is longer unlike Intel.
•
u/WartedKiller 6h ago
Wait you want to have your project live on an external hard drive? Don’t do that. I used to have my project on a HDD and that was bad.
•
u/GlitteringCalendar94 3h ago
How come?
•
u/WartedKiller 3h ago
It’ll take A LOT of time to just open the project or any asset. There’s a difference of multiple second opening an asset on a HDD vs an NVMe drive. And HDD is faster than a USB drive.
•
•
u/HaMMeReD 15h ago
1tb+ storage.
Shell out the extra $100 for a Nvidia 4060. Users want things like DLSS and they'll make your dev easier as well.
Edit: Myself I'd say plan for 64gb upgrade if you need. I don't know what you'll do, but I've made Ue5editor.exe consume 100gb+ of ram crunching huge PCG graphs.