Please let me know if there's a better place to seek information /answers.
I'm planning on finally jumping away from Windows altogether and I've needed to build a new PC for awhile so I've put together a potential Linux build here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fhYvQP
I'm planning on running Nobara and using this as a daily driver with a focus on gaming and some future proofing for down the road as well.
I'm mainly curious if there's any glaring issues (besides updating the mobo) with the build, and if there's any more efficient parts I've overlooked. The storage are just placeholders for drives I already have. I was kinda aiming for a budget build ish, but future proofing bumped it up a bit.
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fhYvQP
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($391.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($199.00 @ MSI)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($106.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 309 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case ($114.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1542.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-03 21:12 EDT-0400
Honestly, ditch the spinning disks, and get as much SSD as you can for the money, preferably NVME. The performance increase will be huge. If you need a big bucket for eg. videos then fine, but for gaming you want SSD, and 250GB is not going to cut it.
I had similar thoughts and was going to suggest that if he was storing video, that he probably has existing drives and could continue to use those for video.
But if you look above, he's doing that.
That is, he's not buying new drives, but using his existing ones.
I think that that might not be a crazy idea, especially depending upon what he intends to play and budget constraints. But I do have to say that I would be getting this and then keeping a solid-state drive in mind as an upgrade at some point.