Ive not had a PC or gaming PC in 15 years. I want to get back into it now.

Im fairly against windows. I’d like to try a Linux system and thought this would be a fun way to get into Linux.

Ive been looking at some black friday sales here Newegg sales

Its been so long since ive looked at PC specs I feel like im completely new. Ive read that an AMD GPU can be easier for Linux so I started there.

So Ive got two questions!

What are some must have specs in you opinion to run most modern games, and would you have a #1 recommend for a prebuilt to get started with?

What disto is best for a total newbie who wants to use it for gaming and eventually transition for anything/everything else?

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    1. I have a 4-core CPU, 16GB of RAM, and 4GB of VRAM. Nowadays you’ll want at least a 6-core CPU, 32GB of RAM, and 8GB of VRAM. What I have works for me though if you’re on a budget.

    2. I don’t know prebuilts, and I doubt many people here do either.

    3. CachyOS (Arch-based) is good but requires you use the terminal to do a lot of things. Mint (Ubuntu-based) is basically all GUI so it’s good but I haven’t tried gaming on it and it doesn’t yet have Wayland. The most important thing is just to use Steam really, Steam does everything for you.