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need helpbuiltding a PC, not sure where to ask (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, I have a not so unique problem. I want to build a PC with decent power and good Linux support but local parts are hard to get and importing is a mess.

Local shops don't have much

https://www.scanmalta.com/shop/ this is the only local shop with parts in stock, and even they only have 1 amd GPU.

I'm looking for both amd CPU and GPU. At least 16 GB of ram and ideally as cheap as I can. Anyone have any advice to give me?

I'm aiming for something midrange-ish

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

The site that you've linked blocked me for some reason, and cost/benefit in Malta is bound to be different from the one here in LatAm, but I've recently built a midrange-ish computer, so might as well list what I bought for reference.

CPU - Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Good cost/benefit ratio, and rather good performance. I had to buy a third party cooler as the CPU doesn't come with one, so keep that in mind. I considered the Ryzen 5 5600 for budget reasons, too; it might be an option if you want to make the build cheaper.
Mobo - Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite. If coupled with the above you need to Q-Flash update the BIOS, but that was relatively painless. So far it's working great, can't complain about it.
RAM - I went for 2*16GB instead, mostly to future-proof my build. The brand is Apacer Nox, I didn't find people complaining about it and it had a reasonable price.
SSD - Adata 480GB.
PSU - Gamdias Cyclops M1-750B, 750W. Frankly my method to look for a PSU was to look for 700~800W ones in a local forum, with the word "porcaria" (rubbish, shit) alongside it so I could see complains, then I found people actually praising this one.

If I convert my overall costs from reals to euros it was around €500, but keep in mind that I didn't buy a new HDD or a new GPU. GPUs in special are relatively expensive here, I'm hoping that the prices go down next year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you

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

The site blocked me as well. Probably to protect it from being overloaded since its a local shop for malta and probably would have trouble handling traffic from all over the world?