General PC Discussion

[Teelie]

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.

 

[Gee]

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):

PSU Tier List rev. 17.0g - Cultists Network

PSU Tier List will help you to choose the best PSU out of hundreds of models on the market. From budget to the highest end Power Supplies.

cultists.network

 

[Teelie]

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.

 

[Gee]

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? ). Have you considered Linux? Unless you absolutely need Windows for work and whatnot...

 

[Teelie]

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.

 

[Lily Adler]

Windows 12 May Require a Subscription​

No, of course 'Windows 12' won't require a subscription to use it

Rumors that the next version of Windows will require a subscription are greatly exaggerated.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Lily Adler]

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?

 

[Lily Adler]

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.

 

[Teelie]

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.

 

[Lily Adler]

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.

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.

 

[Lily Adler]

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.

 

[Teelie]

(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.

 

[Teelie]

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.

 

[blueharvest]

A law firm is investigating whether to launch a class action case against Intel for 13th/14th Gen CPU instability issues

And you can register your interest via an online form.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Gestarn]

I have an old Dragon case but that thing is huge (holds 4 disc drives from way back when that mattered) and my current computer I plan to convert to a media server so still need the case. The motherboard and CPU are going to be in the middle-upper range (looking at an ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570E Plus with a AMD Ryzen 9 5950x ) and I'm planning to get a decent SSD around 2tb (WD Blue SN580), a big improvement on the existing 465gb Crucial one I have currently. NVMe's have gotten so much cheaper since the last time I built a computer but that's like 7-8 years ago.

Graphics card wise I'm still up in the air because that's going to be one of the bigger expenses and I'm hoping the prices come down soon (from crypto to AI, can't catch a break). Though I may just go with something decent for now and upgrade next year and resell whatever I end up getting. It seems like ut gives me good vibes you know, like for example it can easily handling with strong games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield, but while also having good results in Palworld with their huge Palword Fast Travel Map and other games, so it is cool

Pretty nice setup i guess. I also wait for prices to low down for some hardware, because having good and strong pc is kinda an expensive thing)

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Yeah I think Ryzen will be popular for quite a while.

 

[DKDetective]

Yeah I think Ryzen will be popular for quite a while.

An i7 is so 2017, darling.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Turns out this was very true. **** Google!

 

[Teelie]

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