It's my first time building a computer. I also haven't really done much PC gaming in the past 15 years, except on my Steam Deck. Actually, it is the Steam Deck that has convinced me to invest in a desktop PC with some more power. I like the Linux experience on Steam Deck and would like to stick with that if possible. I haven't used Windows in 15 years either, as I tend to use Mac OS and a bit of Linux for personal and work. Windows seems to just get worse and worse and I'd like to avoid it if possible.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zr2ZVW
In any case, I went with an AMD CPU because I've heard about Intel's recent corrosion issues. And, chose an NVidia GPU since I'd like to take advantage of ray tracing. I've heard the driver support can be a bit mixed on Linux, but I'm open to trying to make it work unless folks think it really is terrible. Any feedback is helpful.
just like other commentors have said you'll probably want to drop the wifi and ethernet cards, and with the money saved from that you'd get the option to upgrade your:
For Linux, AMD is the it_just_works.™️ option and Nvidia's GPUs should also work fine, but I can't say for sure as I personally upgraded from a GTX 1080 to 7900 XTX (I had several infuriating issues with Nvidia on Linux so I didn't want to take any chances)
Edit:
I shared a wrong link for PSU info but I'm gonna leave it for anyone that wants more info about them
Additional Info:
Extra Info:
Adding some more links:
Tier List, choosing an A-Tier PSU with from this list helps ensure quality:
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/
They also have a spreadsheet that lists the details that they use to create their tiered list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eL0893Ramlwk6E3s3uSvH1_juom7SMG5SCNzP2Uov8w/edit?gid=1214219159#gid=1214219159
Toms Hardware, info about 80 Plus efficiency levels:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/what-80-plus-levels-mean,36721.html
Don't buy AiO their pumps don't last a lifetime and they are very very marginal gain.