ahmedjawad333444
Hi all! I just wanted to know is if the i7-7700HQ is a good CPU for compiling unreal C++. By good, I mean how much time does it take to compile C++ components in unreal engine.
ahmedjawad333444
yes it is, We use less powerful cpus and have no issue with compile time.
maybe a couple minutes for the project, 15 seconds at most for a reload.
It should be ok, i mean i didn’t hear any time compilation complains for recent CPUs and 7700 if quite top of the line in it’s generation
VS compiles in parallel so more cores the better, if compilation time is your top priority then 8-Core Ryzen, Threadripper or even super multi core Xeon or i9 is very good option to consider. I myself got Ryzen because of that reason.
VS compiles each file (or file group if you compile in unity mode) on own single thread (it acully run instance of compiler for each file as in C++ files are compiled invidually, so it’s not rocket science) so you will get benefit of core if you compile more cpp files then number of your cores then you benefit from them. i7’s hyper threading might be good factor here too, but i don’t know how Intel’s HT performs in compilation, google some banchmarks.