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🖥️ General PC Discussion

Realized I made some errors there with compatiblity. Finally settled on parts and have them ordered. Going with an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, ASUS TUF B650 Plus and a ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 Super Evo for the GPU. Slightly more expensive altogether than I was planning but still in the range I can afford right now. I can always upgrade parts in the future as necessary.
 
Realized I made some errors there with compatiblity. Finally settled on parts and have them ordered. Going with an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, ASUS TUF B650 Plus and a ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 Super Evo for the GPU. Slightly more expensive altogether than I was planning but still in the range I can afford right now. I can always upgrade parts in the future as necessary.
Will you be playing at 1080p or 1440p? That 4070 should suffice and with DLSS 3 you should get good performances from the "AAA" games at max settings with ray-tracing enabled.

As you said, you could always resell the GPU and re-invest the money into something more powerful if you wish.

PS: Please don't cheap out on the PSU. I highly recommend getting a PSU from the A/B/C tiers (A/B preferably):
 
I do plan to play at 1440p, I have a 4k monitor already, just not a 4k card on this old machine.

I'm not cheaping out on the PSU either. I've heard and seen those fail in the past miserably. The one I got is a Corsair RM850e. I doubt I will need 1000w so 850w should be more than enough for what I have.
 
850W is plenty enough for a 4070 and if you ever decide to overclock the CPU and/or GPU.

I know you've mentioned not liking Win11 (who does? :funny:). Have you considered Linux? Unless you absolutely need Windows for work and whatnot...
 
I am probably going to put Linux on this machine once I get the new one built and then go from there. I do unfortunately have a few programs and apps that are not Linux compatible so that's a bit of a barrier.
 
I am probably going to put Linux on this machine once I get the new one built and then go from there. I do unfortunately have a few programs and apps that are not Linux compatible so that's a bit of a barrier.
You can always dualboot or find alternatives. What kind of programs?
 
It'll cost me $900 to upgrade my HTPC with a new mobo, CPU, and GPU. I'm going with an AMD set up so Ryzen 7 Pro with RX 7700XT. Using SteamOS for it.
 
You can always dualboot or find alternatives. What kind of programs?
I've done dualboot in the past but that was a long time ago. May do that again this time. Last time I used Linux, Red Hat was still independent and good. :o
 
I've done dualboot in the past but that was a long time ago. May do that again this time. Last time I used Linux, Red Hat was still independent and good. :o
I'm using Fedora with GNOME at the moment. But Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS, Debian, OpenSUSE are great stable options. KDE is great for a Windows-like experience.
 
If you plan to use GNOME and don't like the vanilla experience, here are the main steps to fully customize it:

  • Download Extension Manager by Matthew Jakeman from the Software Center or type "sudo apt install-gnome-shell-extension-manager" (or whatever the command is in your distro) into the Terminal.
  • Download Dash to Dock or Dash to Panel to have a Dock or Taskbar on the desktop.
  • Download Blur My Shell to customize the transparency or change the color of your GNOME shell.
  • Download Night Theme Switcher if you want to create a schedule to automatically change your system to Light and Dark Mode.
  • Download Desktop Icons NG (DING) to add icon shortcuts to your desktop.
  • Download GNOME Tweaks to add more features like Minimize and Maximize buttons to the Title Bar and a Light and Dark background when you switch modes.
 
(Mostly) up and running on my new PC. I still have a lot of files to transfer, sync up and etc. but the bulk of what I need is ported over. Still getting used to Windows 11 at home. I use it at work so it isn't entirely a new experience but there are definitely some adjustments to be made. Starting with turning off every bit of telemetry I can disable.
 
Checked "Can I Run It" and got 97/100 of the top games so that's a big improvement. Their recommendation of a GeForce RTX 4090 to run absolutely everything at max costs nearly as much as my entire computer though. :cash:
 
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Yeah I think Ryzen will be popular for quite a while.
 

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