- CPU: Ryzen 9 9900X
- Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 90 SE
- GPU: Radeon RX 9070XT
- RAM: 2x32Gb DDR5 6000MHz
- Mobo: ASRock 620AM PRO-A
- SSD: Kingston 1Tb
- Power: Fox Spirit HG 1000W
The choice of GPU is because this will be a Linux machine. I plan to install PopOS on it and use it for video editing, digital art, gaming, and streaming thereof.
I've had Mint installed on my side computers for a while, but i don't do anything complicated with them. This is the big one, the one where things can actually go wrong. Pray for me lmao
Oh yeah it was emotional, i've been passively researching this for ever.
The build turned into a 10 hour stream. The motherboard's manual didn't make it clear which headers were for the front panel so i connected the power button wrong, that's where three of those hours went.
CachyOS gave me enough frustration that i'm reconsidering my decisions, but that's a problem for later haha
Manuals really aren't what they used to be. My first motherboard came with a big manual that explained every last detail of it, but when I bought the same model again (because I managed to break the old one), it didn't even include a link to an online manual. I kept the old manual, fortunately, because figuring out the front panel without it would've sucked.
Looks like CachyOS is an Arch-based distro. I don't know anything about Arch because I've only ever used Ubuntu-based distros (mostly Mint), but from what I've heard, Arch users spend a lot of time reading the Arch wiki. Don't be afraid to try out different distros before you settle down!