I know the first thing everyone will say is to use an AMD GPU. Agreed, sounds good (NVIDIA is sucky on my current machine). I have no clue which ones to start looking in to however.
I’m someone that is pretty good with the software side of computing, but not so much with the hardware side. I can comfortably construct a computer, just don’t know much about what the best components to buy are. Any hardware suggestions / recommendations (for any component) are greatly appreciated (reasons for the suggestion is an optional bonus I would appreciate).
As for budget, I probably don’t wanna spend much over $2.5K USD. $1K to 2K is probably about my preferred budget.
Thanks in advance to anyone that decides to help out.
(For anyone asking what I’ll likely run on it: Arch Linux)
PC Builder is a YouTube channel that specialises in choosing parts that will give you the best bang for the buck. Definitely worth checking out.
Well for me I have: RAM - 32gb ddr5 corsair vengeance MOBO - gigabyte b650 aorus elite CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 GPU - sapphire Raedon rx 7900 xtx CASE - corsair airflow 4700d PSU - gol 850w can’t remember the model atm COOLER - Ek nucleus aio 240
That should leave you well within budget depending on storage. I have 2 Samsung 2tb m.2s. But you may not need that much. I run popos on it and have had no issues with it at all.
I bought everything listed during black Friday minus the case and psu because I pulled those out of my old rig. Total cost for everything but the case and psu, but including storage was about 1,900 after tax.
Thanks for the recommendations! (I should have done this around Black Friday lol, that would have been smart)
Honestly, after Christmas is better than on Black Friday IMO, because vendors then to inflate prices on the latter.
You can see builds other people made and pick AMD exclusive ones
Good site, thank you! :)
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Thanks for the recommendations! Linking to a build was a nice touch :)
This is all a lot to take in lol, I might have to start a spreadsheet.
Why two sticks of RAM instead of four? Is there some kind of issue with how Linux handles it or do these CPUs not handle it well or something?
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Thanks. Haven’t been into the desktop scene in a while so was unsure why four sticks would be a worse idea. Always thought it would be better than two.
It puts more stress on the memory controller, DOCP might not work which is essential for Ryzen since it likes fast RAM.
I’m certainly not a hardware expert but i’ve also been researching a new machine and everything i see about power supplies seems to suggest those 80+ ratings are mostly meaningless and suggest the cultists tier list
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The air cooler market is very competitive right now. Noctua has great customer support and quality, as always, but there are better value options.
I would pick Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, or alternatively the Peerless Assassin 120 SE
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Qould you pick those based on price or on performance?
Both. One downside seems to be the required pressure necessary when mounting. Noise normalized performance and overall value is great though. The phantom spirit is a slightly upgraded version with one more heat pipe compared to PA120SE
