The PC build thread

I put my root install on a 50 gig partition and I'm constantly running out of space with my arch install. Linux can read and write NTFS but I wouldn't really recommend it for regular use as it's a reverse engineered fs in Linux as far as I know. Are you planning on installing steam games in both? What's the plan?

 

Honestly I have not run much in Linux yet. Recently switched my really old laptop over to it. It only has a 30G hd and 4G RAM. It's a big improvement. Just currently using that for videos movies/TV shows on Kodi.

For the new PC. It'll be for that as well as gaming. But I don't use steam. I always do a full install of the game on the PC.

 

I don't dual boot Windows with Linux any longer. I actually stopped using Linux many years ago and switched to iPad. In all honesty, you can get a 1TB NVMe from a national brand for under $150 and a 1TB HDD for under $50. I see no need to skimp on storage. Today if I was going to dual boot I would buy a 500GB NVMe and use 350GB for windows and 150GB for Linux. I would actually place a 2nd storage in my system to hold data. Again, the prices of solid-state drives have come way down over the past 10 years and this has also driven down the prices of HDDs as well. I see no need to skimp.

 

So got the GPU installed today and then the wifi driver. Now just getting all the other drivers updated. But the beast is alive.

 

I love your setup. I am so terrible with cable management and the like, that my desk always looks messy. You have it down pat.

 

Nice lightspeed Duo.

 

Finally got a 6800 and it barely fit in my case. Needed to pull the front intake fan to put the card through to get the right angle.

 

I have the 3060. In my build.

 

So, guys, my time has come to build a PC. I’ve saved some money. In short, I want my PC to be capable of editing photos and videos. I mostly use Ph, Lr, Ae and PrPro. I’ve decided to start building my machine with a monitor. What would you suggest? I need a colourful monitor, but I still can’t decide which one to choose: OLED or IPS. What would you recommend, guys? The only option I’ve come up with so far is this one https://productz.com/en/dell-s2419hgf/p/WaqJ6. My friend has a similar monitor, so he’s advised me about it. What do you think?

 

If you're just doing photos and such, I'd say the MATERIAL the actual screen is covered with makes a huge difference. Glass ALL the way. Some monitors have these kind of...matte? finishes. I dunno. It's hard to explain what I mean.

But glass gives the color vividness and depth.