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Rate my Build: Long time since a hardware upgrade, and finally making the jump to Linux (pcpartpicker.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/buildapc@lemmy.world
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I've been slow to make an upgrade, and figure what better time to switch to linux?

Did what I could to try to research that the parts were all fairly linux friendly, with a warning about the motherboard's wifi7 maybe not yet supported yet by the kernel.

Looking for a mid-high range build without going crazy on the cost. Build actually came in a bit cheaper than I expected, so feel like maybe I'm missing something here.

My monitor, which I'm planning to keep, does have G-Sync, but I don't know that I'll miss it.

PS: I know i can get more life out of my old hardware, but I want to turn that into a NAS.

EDIT: Fixed link.

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you were looking to save costs, where's the first place you look?

I'm looking for something I can set and forget for a bit. Lots of RAM is about the only thing I won't budge on in the build here.

I'd like to be able to do some AAA gaming from time to time, but this is a big upgrade, so I don't expect I'll be sweating any frame rate drops. I spend most of my gaming time in simpler stuff anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Compared to all those Amazon prices, I think everything would be a little bit cheaper if you are within reasonable driving distance of a Microcenter. Getting one of their bundle deal might save even more on top of that, and there's also the possibility of lucking out on an open-box item in-store.

    Your 64GB DDR5-6000 CL30 RAM is apparently about $50 more than it needs to be, compared to the cheapest RAM of that spec on PCPartPicker.

    From the description of how much and what kind of gaming you do, you'd probably be fine with a 9060 XT (16GB) ($350ish?) or maybe even an Intel Arc B580 (12GB) ($250ish?). Just don't get an 8GB card; they aren't future-proof enough.

    Finally, if compactness isn't actually a need, you could probably save some money ditching the ITX motherboard and SFX PSU in favor of regular ATX ones, even if it causes you to have to spend a bit more for your case.

    Speaking of the case, I was also considering a cheap Cooler Master case (a Q300L) for my recent build, and while it looked good on paper, it wasn't so great when I saw it in person. For that reason, I'm kinda skeptical about the NR200.

    It's exactly the opposite of saving costs, but cases last a pretty long time. I'd consider splurging on something that's actually high-quality, like a Fractal Design Terra or Lian Li A4-H2O. (I ended up getting the latter myself, which I found as a discounted display model from Microcenter for ~$50!)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah I don’t need the small case. It’s an aesthetic thing. Could use a medium tower again. Was a little worried about that, and saw another commenter saying they thought it might be too tight. Worth a think.

    Thanks for the pointers

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    With 3-slot height and 330mm allowed length, the case you picked should fit literally any AMD or Intel graphics card you might want to put in it (and all Nvdia cards but the absolute largest 4090s, for that matter).

    The two ITX cases I mentioned have slight restrictions on graphics card length, but still fit 3-slot cards. I have a Gigabyte 9070 XT (which is not the smallest 9070 XT) in my A4-H2O, and it fits just fine with room to spare. It's really the CPU sides of those really tiny sandwich-style cases where things get tricky: the Terra can only fit a very short CPU cooler when using a 3-slot GPU, and the A4-H2O not only requires a 240mm AIO water cooler, it's even slightly picky about which one you get: I had to swap out my initial choice for a different brand because the fitting at the radiator caused the tubing bend radius to be too large. It's also legitimately a bit challenging to fit all the power cables and such. That's tight!

    I think it'd still be worth it compared to a cheap-feeling case that's larger than it needs to be (if you're going for ITX at all vs. a big case with a window and whatnot), though.

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