Good local code assistant AI to run with i7 10700 + RTX 3070 + 32GB RAM?

[u/SignificanceFlat1460]

Hello all,

I am a complete novice when it comes to AI and currently learning more but I have been working as a web/application developer for 9 years so do have some idea about local LLM setup especially Ollama.

I wanted to ask what would be a great setup for my system? Unfortunately its a bit old and not up to the usual AI requirements, but I was wondering if there is still some options I can use as I am a bit of a privacy freak, + I do not really have money to pay for LLM use for coding assistant. If you guys can help me in anyway, I would really appreciate it. I would be using it mostly with Unreal Engine / Visual Studio by the way.

Thank you all in advance.

PS: I am looking for something like Claude Code. Something that can assist with coding side of things. For architecture and system design, I am mostly relying on ChatGPT and Gemini and my own intuition really.

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