[Windows/Linux license]

Purchased 3d-coat for windows via Steam.

Then, upgraded to Linux license.

 

Now find that using windows is more convenient at this time.

Do I have the right to reinstall the Steam version?

 

Do I have the right to use whichever version I like?

 

[hardware and tutorials]

I'm eyeballing this combo.

Already have tower cases,fans and drives.

Will need a beefier PSU, mine's only 450W.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2086642

 

Can buy cooler and gpu later.

 

I assume the cpu comes with some sort of cooling.

Haven't bought Intel in years.

[hardware and tutorials]

Good advice. There's no hurry.

I'll postpone any purchases while I learn.

Not a lot of confidence in Dell anyway.

[hardware and tutorials]

Can already can see that my system won't cut it.

 

Sculpting performance is more important to me than rendering.

I want to make character models for 3D printing.

 

This is selling for $900 at NewEgg.

Would it be adequate for learning 3D-Coat.?

Any glaring deficiencies?

 

Dell

Model X8700-3313BLK

Processor Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz

Memory 16 GB DDR3 1600

Hard Drive 1 TB SATA 6Gb/s

Graphics NVIDIA Geforce GTX 745 4 GB GDDR3

GPU/VGA Type NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 4 GB GDDR3

Memory Capacity 16GB DDR3

Memory Speed DDR3 1600

Memory Slot (Total) 4

HDD 1TB

[hardware and tutorials]

New user here. Bought 3d-Coat from Steam ($75 version) yesterday.

 

Started working through the 'Rat From Scratch' tutorials and like the way it's going.

 

Two questions:

 

1st question:

 

I'll eventually need to upgrade my system, but am curious as to how soon, how much power I'll need.

My goal is to learn to make 3D printable, cartoon style figurines.

 

I have:

AMD A8 -3850 APU with Radeon HD graphics  2.90 GHz

8.0 Gb memory installed.

Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit.

 

I imagine my system is adequate for plenty of learning, but would appreciate comments on what will eventually be needed.

Especially, can I get by with more memory, and maybe a second GPU.

And, should I expect to need the Pro version of 3D-Coat?

 

2nd question:

 

Hope it's OK to ask this, but are the 'Adam Gibson' tutorials a pretty good resource for learning?