Linux PC build (2025)
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:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- Cache: 2048 MB
- 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
- Case: Zalman P10 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
- 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
- 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
Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (PVV532G600C30K) - PCPartPicker
Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (PVV532G600C30K)pcpartpicker.com
This entry was edited (1 month ago)
cygnus
in reply to B0g3nNutz3r • • •B0g3nNutz3r
in reply to cygnus • • •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?
cygnus
in reply to B0g3nNutz3r • • •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:
Nanook
in reply to B0g3nNutz3r • •Jeena
in reply to Nanook • • •Nanook
in reply to Jeena • •marauding_gibberish142
in reply to Nanook • • •Nanook
in reply to marauding_gibberish142 • •marauding_gibberish142
in reply to Nanook • • •How do you not configure the network stack? If you have an Intel NIC on the motherboard/any PCIE lanes in theory it should be able to connect.
What worries me is that someone could perform a reverse shell on my system with/in addition to a magic packet and get full ring 0 access to my system. I'm investigating network monitoring tools that can help me find traces of ME on my network.
lattrommi
in reply to B0g3nNutz3r • • •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.
darcmage
in reply to B0g3nNutz3r • • •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?
marauding_gibberish142
in reply to darcmage • • •darcmage
in reply to marauding_gibberish142 • • •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.
Jeena
in reply to B0g3nNutz3r • • •marauding_gibberish142
in reply to Jeena • • •absGeekNZ
in reply to marauding_gibberish142 • • •I have ollama running locally on my RX9070, I have to use kernel 6.14 since it's such a new GPU.
The 16G VRAM means I can run decent models, faster than I can read.... currently running gemma3:12b, it's crazy fast.
marauding_gibberish142
in reply to absGeekNZ • • •How quantized? I don't think 16GB of RAM is enough to run a full fat 12B model at FP16 but maybe I'm wrong.
Nvidia cards are just too expensive
absGeekNZ
in reply to marauding_gibberish142 • • •q4_k_m
8.1GB file size