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@asklemmy@lemmy.world @asklemmy@lemmy.ml @ask l wish to build up a workstation right from scratch, where l can do basic animation, graphics and games. I wish to build it up purely on floss products as l wish to work entirely with Foss. Can anybody suggest what are the likely hardware components that would go into building up such a workstation ?? I would also be modifying the machine later on according to my requirements, so I need to build it up accordingly.#animation #graphics #blender #godot

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Old thinkpads are the way to go if you want a full libre kernal with coreboot, but I assume you mean foss userspace programs lol

For a desktop look at AMD am4 or higher/6th gen intel cpus or higher, that should enough to get you started (I used a 6th gen intel laptop for 90% of my art, gamedev, and 3d rendering, before I bought a PC and old tablet in 2024). If you got the money for a GPU, go AMD as they have much better support on linux. Even a cheap rx460 is more than enough to make basic 3d games

That kinda rig depending on where you live should run you $400 max. Its enough to get you into the scene and by the time your pushing that hardware to the limit your have enough experience to know what to upgrade

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