Linux PC build (2025)
Hello,
it’s me again. Some of you might remember me from this post, in which I was asking for feedback to build a Linux PC in 2025.
Stuff happened and I didn’t went through with it. So this still my first attempt at a build. Well now I’ve got time and want to try it again.
As you may notice, I’ve ditched the Z790-9 mother board in favor of a MSI PRO B650M-P. My dream of building a coreboot-system is officially dead, thus I decided to build an AMD-System.
Short Listing:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core
- CPU-Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
- Mother board: MSI PRO B650M-P Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
- Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
- Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- GPU: Sapphire 21323-01-20G Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card
- Case: Zalman P10 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
- PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
- Monitor: KOORUI 24E3 24.0" 1920 x 1080 165 Hz Monitor
If you notice anything wrong or have suggestions/improvements don’t hesitate to point them out.
Thanks in advance!!!
Specifications:
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
- Boost Clock: 5.4 GHz
- TDP: 105 W
- L2 Chache: 8 MB
- L3 Chache: 32 MB
- Socket: AM5
- iGPU: Radeon
- Max. Memory: 128 GB
- Arch.: Zen 4
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CPU-Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
- RPM: 1550
- Noise: 25.6 dB
- Height: 148 mm
- CPU-Socket: AM5 and others
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Mother board: MSI PRO B650M-P Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
- Chipset: AMD B650
- Memory:
- Type: DDR5
- Slots: 4
- Speed: DDR5-6000
- Max.: 128 GB
- PCIe x16 Slots: 1
- PCIe x1 Slots: 2
- M.2 Slots: 2x 2260/2280 M-key
- SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports: 4
- Onboard Ethernet: 2.5 Gb/s Port (Realtek RTL8125BG)
- USB 2.0 Headers: 2
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 Headers: 1
- USB 3.2 Gen 2 Headers: 1
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Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
- First Word Latency: 10 ns
- CAS Latency: 30
- Voltage: 1.35 V
- Timing: 30-40-40-76
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Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- Cache: 2048 MB
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GPU: Sapphire 21323-01-20G Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card
- Memory: 20 GB
- Memory Type: GDDR6
- Core Clock: 2000 MHz
- Boost Clock: 2400 MHz
- Interface: PCIe x16
- Length: 276 mm
- TDP: 308 W
- Cooling: 3 Fans
- External Power: 2 x PCIe 8-pin
- DisplayPort: 2.1 Outputs 2
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PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
- Length: 140 mm
- Wattage: 850 W
- EPS 8-pin Connectors: 2
- PCIe 6+2-pin Connectors: 6
- SATA Connectors: 8
- AMP/Molex 4-pin Connectors: 4
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Monitor: KOORUI 24E3 24.0" 1920 x 1080 165 Hz Monitor
- Size: 24"
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Refresh Rate: 165 Hz
- Response Time: 1 ms
- Inputs:
- 1x HDMI 1.4
- 1x DisplayPort 1.2
You can definitely support more pixels than 1080p, even at 165hz. My kid has a 6700 xt and I’m constantly impressed with it at 2k 165. Worst case you can run at 1080 and upscale.
You are right the build could probably handle more, but I don’t need anything fancy. Anything beats the setup I have now. The monitor is basically just included because I need something with a higher refresh rate, than my current monitor allows.
Why the 7900XT and not a 9070 or 9070XT? Stock issue? Both are overkill for 1080p gaming but if you’re trying to future proof, wouldn’t the newer card with FSR4 be the better option?
I couldn’t find a 9070XT at around MSRP anywhere, I wanted to use them in a combination with other GPUs for AI. Know where I can find some?
AI is a different beast altogether, maybe I missed that use case in this or your previous post. From what I’ve read, rocm support for the 9070 cards is still being worked on.
Edit: Just learned to stay away from the keyboard until after coffee. Also, GPU pricing is horrible all around.
I’m not the OP, and yeah I saw that too. Thanks
That monitor will hold it back. 1080p wouldn’t be bad if modern games run without TAA blur, but most games require it. Even a cheap 144hz IPS 1440p will give you a better experience.
Hardware is very similar to my own build from last fall, except I went with a 7800XT. it’s been running CachyOS since then and works superbly.
Since you have a similar setup. I have a question for you. The motherboard was released in 2023. I’ve read that most suppliers drop the firmware support after 3-5 years.
What I am asking is, is it worth in your opinion to buy this motherboard or should I look for a newer model instead?
I don’t know, I never really thought about that. I had my previous mobo for about 10 years and at that point it was becoming a problem, but for the first 7 years or so it worked fine. After 7 years there would be a new CPU socket anyway, so it would be a good time to upgrade.
This is my build:
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
- Thermalright Frost Commander 140 BLACK 95.5 CFM CPU Cooler
- Asus TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
- TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
- Silicon Power A60 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card
- Lian Li O11 Air Mini ATX Mid Tower Case
- Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
I thought it might be a good idea to buy something with firmware-support, since I can’t flash coreboot onto it. But the main reason I want to build this PC is that, my current hardware heavily limits what I can do with it.
Oh, and I use an 8bitdo controller with it and a Rii wireless keyboard and both work fine!
Everyone else already mentioned the monitor so I’ll do something else.
With newer motherboards, some WiFi/bluetooth chipsets have poor support. I had trouble with the Realtek chipset that came in my brand new motherboard. The solution for me was to buy a pcie WiFi/bluetooth combo card for about $30. Throwing it out there in case you run into the same problem.
Anecdotal, but I have owned a total of 3 sapphire amd cards in my lifetime, and all 3 failed much sooner than a GPU should.
It has been about a decade since my last one, so maybe they have stopped using low quality parts, but just wanted to give that input.
I had a Sapphire RX580 fail on me in 2023. It was a cheap card I got from ebay, so who knows what the previous owner did to it though.
Why did you decide to change the motherboard? Is it because of Intel’s issues with their chips? Wouldn’t that problem be fixed with their microcode patch if you buy now?
How did you list your hardware like that? Where it shows the key specifications for each part as bullet points, not the bullet points though, if that makes sense. I know how to make bullets, I mean the data.
Was is generated with a script or did you copy and paste individual part stats from their website specs or some other way?
I have a few ways to generate info, like with inxi or searching pcpartpicker, but there often there is not enough info, important info that is missing, far too much info about stuff I don’t care about or I have to spend a lot of time searching for specific data and have to copy and paste each feature for each part individually which can be too time consuming.
What you have shows pretty much exactly what I would like, so I could easily share when needed.
I think pcpartpicker has different options to share with similar formatting that you could paste.
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this looks pretty cool but i think i’d probably get a 1440p or even a 4k monitor but yeah…
