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Motherboard upgrade
(lemmy.world)
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xylogx@lemmy.world
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Considering upgrading my gaming rig with the following bundle ->
I have a GeForce RTX 3070 which I will keep and I am running Linux Mint 21.2. Any thoughts on compatibility? Any one running one of these ASUS B650-E TUF Gaming motherboards under Linux? Mint?
Edit: Thanks for all the great advice. It seems like I should spend just a few more dollars to get the Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX v2:
Thanks that is super-helpful! There is also a Gigabyte option that is only moderately more expensive. I will check it out!
TBH I usually wouldn't recommend one vendor over another when it comes to motherboards because realistically nobody spends much time in the BIOS anyway, I'd just suggest the one that has the features you actually want but as the other comment pointed out Asus has been pretty crappy with customer repairs and warranty stuff so it might be worth spending a little bit more in case you do have an issue down the line but that's completely up to you, I have no idea if Gigabyte is better to deal with than Asus, but I do remember they had issues with exploding PSUs before lol
Asus Warranty and Repair Issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMrssIrKcY&t=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DwhTc7Z4o&t=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdtpU8FKO8&t=0
Asus issues related to AM5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGfc-JBxlY&t=0
Gigabyte's Exploding PSUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACtT_rzToI&t=0