I’m working on a build list for a Linux gaming rig. It’s my first build so I’d welcome any comments or tips!
I’m mostly looking to run games like the Total War series. I’m not obsessed with getting peak performance, I’m angling more for a reasonable value mid-range build.
Linux support is essential, I won’t buy any Nvidia products.
UK market if that makes a difference.
List below…
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
- Motherboard: MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£89.97 @ Ebuyer)
- Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
- Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£84.24 @ Amazon UK)
- Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card (£239.00 @ Computer Orbit)
- Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.50 @ Computer Orbit)
- Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£101.62 @ Amazon UK) Total: £794.30
I think nvidia has some decent drivers for gpus nowadays but you can’t go wrong with AMD, aldo their company philosophy will probably suit you better.
Me, I like to go single brand as much as possible. So going for a corsair psu would be my way to go, just for the logos.
Your cpu won’t bottleneck your gpu and your RAM seems fine. I have the same SSD, I have heard some stuff about them dying quickly as OS disks.
As far as your mobo is concerned: that’s down to personal preference, which ports you need and more importantly which ones you don’t. I went auth q micro-ATX because I prefer it to be smaller.
OP can’t buy an nvidia gpu if they want use Linux going forward. Xorg is in sunset mode at this point, with the bleeding/leading edge distros looking to retire it in favour of Wayland based compositors. Nvidia’s GBM back end in their driver is in no state for anyone who wants a problem free, no hassle Linux gaming experience.
Buying nvidia for Linux would be buying hope that nvidia straightens Wayland support out. But why take the risk when you could buy a known working amd (or even Intel) gpu today