Building my new PC!
For a very long time I have been using my ThinkpadP70 as my daily driver laptop which thanks to the excellent docking station has been running well for 6 years and driving 3 monitors. However, it was getting very old, tired and would crash the second I tried to play any game. I’ve been working in Tech for a while but never built a PC so finally decided to take the plunge and make one myself!
A few thoughts about my choices:
- I wanted to finally move away from Windows and use Linux as my daily driver
- Water Cooled with BQuite fans for a low noise setup
- AMD everything - for better open-source Linux compatability
- Mini ITX case - small and compact
Specs
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor
- CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 2 240 73.33 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
- Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
- Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory
- Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card
- Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case
- Power Supply: Silverstone SFX 800 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
- OS: Endeavour Linux
- Window Manager: Xfce
Tips
- Remember to enable resizable bar in your UEFI BIOS! Without it some games will stutter and have really bad performance (
drm_buddyspikes in the GPU Driver using# perf top) - Remember to enable DOCP in your UEFI BIOS! In order for your memory to run at the correct speed.
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