unity pc spec

[longislandman99]

Hello i am starting to learn unity and i was wondering what you guys think the recommend specs to run unity should be? The website says it runs on a really low potato computer but i don't want to be waiting for the computer to load and run when i am in the computer. I was thinking about getting a budget laptop to work on it. What do you guys think a i3 or a i5? How much ram 8gb or 16gb? i know for sure i am putting in a 1tb ssd. let me know your thoughts please. 

[Glennieboyyy007]

well, my intel core 2 duo e8400, from like 10 years ago, ran it fine one year ago. with fine i mean for a basic game it's good enough, so an i3 is very good for basic unity development

[longislandman99]

Can you use a laptop to begin learning unreal and unity on? if so what are the specs do you think i need?

[Anjelllo]

You obviously need a gpu but you’d be fine with a 1050 or better

[longislandman99]

ok so a laptop like i5 quad core, 16gb ddr4, gtx 1050, and a ssd would be good?

[SupaKomputa]

yeah that would be enough.

[longislandman99]

ok i guess ill go with a dell inspiron 557 i5-7300hg gtx 1050 8gb ddr4-2400 and 500gb ssd

[AJTerminator]

We need to know what you're going to be using it for, because a simulation would need some Ryzen 5/7 CPU, but for something like making a game with relatively non-demanding scripts, then you could get away with something like a i5-2320 and a 1050. 

 

Heavy Unity use:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3cJnnH

 

Light Unity use:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nrdbjy

 

(I left out the stuff that you can fill in, like the case, and don't trust the prices on PCpartpicker, it's usually right, but sometimes, massively off)