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I'm thinking of building a PC - any advice? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My laptop is running out of storage space and I don't have anything I can remove anymore to increase it by much, so I'm thinking about building a pc. I'd also like to find a better gpu for doing video editing.

It will be the first one I've built, so I don't really know what I need. Also, does it matter for compatibility for Linux whether I go with AMD or Intel?

The high end of what I want to use it for is video editing with Kdenlive or Davinci Resolve, some modeling and animation in Blender, and some light gaming, like Minecraft or TUNIC.

I figure one of these guides might be useful, but I don't really know which.

Is there anything else I should know for setting up a PC to run Linux?

Edit: Maybe these guides from Logical Increments can help actually.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

cpu wise both amd and intel are decent.

gpu wise stick with amd.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just don’t bother with a 13th/14th gen intel right now. Either go 12th gen intel, or straight up AMD which is what I’d recommend.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Good to know, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

why would one get an old intel instead of amd?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

If you're on a budget and can get 12th gen parts for cheap, I guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Like the other commenter said, you can get some pretty good deals due to the recent issues.

[–] RogueBanana 1 points 2 months ago

As they already mentioned, they also recommend amd but it's still good to have a few options to deal with budget constraints.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Better Linux support?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

both support linux perfectly. apparently old CPUs get cheaper in most countries, not here though. ryzen 7 prices even went up since 9 came out.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

What about integrated GPU? Support was always stellar for that with Intel.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uh… are you not aware of the catastrophically bad lithography issues Intel has had lately across both the 13th and 14th gen, and the subsequent ass-tier fashion in which they handled it?

Do not buy a 13th or 14th gen Intel CPU.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i forgot about that one.

all-amd rig it is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention, iirc you should get a bit of a perf bump for the GPU due to AMD’s Infinity Cache, so long as you roll with (iirc) Zen2+ and RDNA2+

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

plus, on linux, theres always AMD FineWine™ technology.