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I would suggest building a PC with a Ryzen 7800X3D or a 9800X3D if you can find one in stock and an RX 7800 XT GPU.
Prebuilt desktops are really overpriced if you want something high end and there is very little customization available.
Ughhh that was my fear. Haven't built a desktop in probably 20 years. I definitely worry about the time sink mostly in deciding every component, researching if it'll work with linux, sourcing it, hoping it's authentic, etc. Any recent guides you could recommend if I have to go down that route?
Compatibility for desktop pcs is a whole lot better nowadays. Main thing to check is the motherboard; Bluetooth, WiFi and BIOS updates without windows can be pain areas but even that is getting rarer. Laptops require some more reasearch.
If you're going cutting edge (AMD Ryzen 9800X3D) then you'll need kernel 6.12 or higher.
Here's a Linux review of the 9800X3D - https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-linux
The article mentions that it works fine on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, so it shouldn't be an issue unless you're running something older than that.
Ah yeah, this was the line I read a bit too fast: