Linux PC build (2025)

Hello,

it’s me again. Some of you might remember me from this post, in which I was asking for feedback to build a Linux PC in 2025.

Stuff happened and I didn’t went through with it. So this still my first attempt at a build. Well now I’ve got time and want to try it again.

As you may notice, I’ve ditched the Z790-9 mother board in favor of a MSI PRO B650M-P. My dream of building a coreboot-system is officially dead, thus I decided to build an AMD-System.

Short Listing:

If you notice anything wrong or have suggestions/improvements don’t hesitate to point them out.

Thanks in advance!!!

Specifications:

  • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    21 days ago

    You can definitely support more pixels than 1080p, even at 165hz. My kid has a 6700 xt and I’m constantly impressed with it at 2k 165. Worst case you can run at 1080 and upscale.

    • B0g3nNutz3r@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      21 days ago

      You are right the build could probably handle more, but I don’t need anything fancy. Anything beats the setup I have now. The monitor is basically just included because I need something with a higher refresh rate, than my current monitor allows.

  • DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca
    3·
    21 days ago

    Anecdotal, but I have owned a total of 3 sapphire amd cards in my lifetime, and all 3 failed much sooner than a GPU should.

    It has been about a decade since my last one, so maybe they have stopped using low quality parts, but just wanted to give that input.

  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
    3·
    21 days ago

    Hardware is very similar to my own build from last fall, except I went with a 7800XT. it’s been running CachyOS since then and works superbly.

    • B0g3nNutz3r@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      21 days ago

      Since you have a similar setup. I have a question for you. The motherboard was released in 2023. I’ve read that most suppliers drop the firmware support after 3-5 years.

      What I am asking is, is it worth in your opinion to buy this motherboard or should I look for a newer model instead?

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
        3·
        21 days ago

        I don’t know, I never really thought about that. I had my previous mobo for about 10 years and at that point it was becoming a problem, but for the first 7 years or so it worked fine. After 7 years there would be a new CPU socket anyway, so it would be a good time to upgrade.

        This is my build:

        • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
        • Thermalright Frost Commander 140 BLACK 95.5 CFM CPU Cooler
        • Asus TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
        • TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
        • Silicon Power A60 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
        • XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card
        • Lian Li O11 Air Mini ATX Mid Tower Case
        • Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
        • B0g3nNutz3r@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          21 days ago

          I thought it might be a good idea to buy something with firmware-support, since I can’t flash coreboot onto it. But the main reason I want to build this PC is that, my current hardware heavily limits what I can do with it.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
        2·
        21 days ago

        Oh, and I use an 8bitdo controller with it and a Rii wireless keyboard and both work fine!

  • lattrommi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    21 days ago

    How did you list your hardware like that? Where it shows the key specifications for each part as bullet points, not the bullet points though, if that makes sense. I know how to make bullets, I mean the data.

    Was is generated with a script or did you copy and paste individual part stats from their website specs or some other way?

    I have a few ways to generate info, like with inxi or searching pcpartpicker, but there often there is not enough info, important info that is missing, far too much info about stuff I don’t care about or I have to spend a lot of time searching for specific data and have to copy and paste each feature for each part individually which can be too time consuming.

    What you have shows pretty much exactly what I would like, so I could easily share when needed.

  • bazsy@lemmy.world
    2·
    21 days ago

    That monitor will hold it back. 1080p wouldn’t be bad if modern games run without TAA blur, but most games require it. Even a cheap 144hz IPS 1440p will give you a better experience.