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  • as you only adjust one shape for the print

    I’m not sure what you mean by this. CAD and 3D printing are two separate processes. You make a design in CAD and then bring that file into 3D printing software (known as a slicer), which converts the model file into a gcode file (basically a list of instructions that the printer interprets for printing) that is given to the printer. The 3D printing part is mostly handled by the printer itself. Slicing the model file is the only part done on the computer. You can also just download files to print and never even use a computer if you don’t want to design yourself.

    I sometimes download premade files to print, but more often that not I make designs myself in CAD, which I then print. But yes, you are correct in that the 3D printing part isn’t memory intensive. But I do a lot of CAD design, which is.


  • Man, thanks for the detailed post! I’ll definitely have to look more into how I’m using my PC nowadays. I still game, but I jump back and forth between the PC and the PS5 a lot. Most of my time is spent in Fusion 360 designing for 3D printing. So I’m not sure about the 5800x3d, but maybe upgrading to a newer generation Ryzen could be in the cards. Either way, I don’t want to rush into anything just yet, but you’ve definitely given me something to think about. Much appreciated!









  • Nah, no issues. This was mostly just for discussion really. I guess I could have worded it better. Like “This is my setup, if you had it and wanted to upgrade something, what would be first?”.

    I mostly play single player story stuff. Right now playing Breath of the Wild on Cemu. But usually stuff like Fallout, Tomb Raider, Sony’s games, Resident Evil, and VR on a Valve Index.

    I do feel like cpu/mb/ram would be the thing to upgrade next, but I’d probably do that later. I’m probably going to end up doing water cooling the more I think of it.