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Double check my Linux gaming build Update w/ Build pics (pcpartpicker.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Greetings buildapc!

I built my current rig during the parts drought during the pandemic or whatever, I scraped together whatever I could find and then stopped keeping up with PC parts for a few years. Looking to build a new rig, PCPartPicker attached, just looking for some double checking for any details I missed.

Use case: Linux and Linux only. It's gonna run some FreeCAD and some LibreOffice and a lot of Firefox and a lot of Satisfactory. I'm trying to build it in time for Satisfactory's launch on September 10, I've heard tell of a Ryzen 7600X3D coming imminently that I don't want to wait for.

I have a Gigabyte M34WQ monitor (1440p ultrawide 144Hz FreeSync) that I'd like to take full advantage of in Unreal engine games like Satisfactory, the upcoming Subnautica 3 and such.

My budget is $1500, I can exceed that but for every $100 over I'm going to read you a vogon poem.

This is to be my first desktop AMD GPU. My current rig (Ryzen 3600/GTX-1080) is Nvidia, it was all I could get my hands on, and the 1080 predates a lot of the whiz bang acronyms like DLSS RTX OMG LOL, I have no idea how well any of that from AMD or Nvidia works in Linux, I don't particularly care about raytracing. Word on the street is AMD is less of a pain in the head to deal with on Linux and Wayland stands a chance of running, so...

thoughts/suggestions/donations?

Update: Sub in a 7700X CPU and a 7900GRE GPU and...IT'S ALIVE:

Everything but the case arrived so I decided to go ahead and test bench it.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

oh hey your build and my friend's is almost the same: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/bDzZh3

just a question are you set on a Micro ATX build?
Reason I'm asking is cause:

you could upgrade the Air CPU cooler with an All-In-One (AIO) liquid cooler like the Thermalright Aqua Elite [$44.99 USD as of Aug 21, 2024]
you could save a significant amount of money on the case with like Be Quiet's 500DX [$56.90 USD as of Aug 21, 2024]
- it's kinda crazy that the white variant is even cheaper than the black case as there's usually a 'white tax' for white colored cases

Word on the street is AMD is less of a pain in the head to deal with on Linux and Wayland stands a chance of running, so...

Yep, NVIDIA's gpus can cause inexplicably weird issues with Linux, they've gotten a better but honestly you'll have a better time with AMD rather than NVIDIA.

even tho NVIDIA's previously announced open sourcing their drivers it's only kernel space code which is still barely better than not open sourcing at all

besides the suggestions made above, I see nothing wrong with your build. Even with your current selection of parts, Wayland should just work no matter which distro you go with👍

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