Very nice, Lutris works great but Playnite’s beautiful GUI is something I’ve been missing since I got rid of MS

either I allucinated, misread something, or I got a kernel update in the past two or three days, as I just checked and I’m on 6.16.3, while I think last time I checked I wasn’t. anyway, 6.16 is up-to-date enough for RX9000 cards according to the few forum posts I read. thanks for asking that!

I was waiting for PoP 24 to leave beta for that so I think I’ll just update the kernel for now. thanks!

I can’t really tell, because your use-case is very different from mine and could change in the future. a 5600 gets you 250+ FPS at 1024*768 in CS2, and with it the bottleneck in other, more modern games, will be the GPU instead, so I think spending 20% more for a 5700X when the 5600 is more than enough for your monitor is a bit of wasted money… you could save that for a newer GPU once you find that yours isn’t enough anymore.

just watch videos titled 5600 RX580 + name-of-the-game-you-play and then do the same with 5700X instead and see for yourself if it’s worth the higjer price or not!

did you mean 5700F? for €11, get the X then because the F is a step below the 5600.

depending on how much you want to spend, and keeping in mind that the 5600 is more than enough to get to your maximum refresh rate, an then some, I’d get the 5600/5600X and save the money.

at your resolution (1024*768?) that video shows even higher FPS so I really don’t see the need to go for a 5700X.

you’re right that your current bottleneck is the CPU

How much is the 5600 (non x)? because the difference between the two is around 5-8%. I remember that when I went from a 2600x to a 5600 I got a nice fps boost at 1440p (don’t remember how much but I feel like it was 10-15%, maybe more), granted with a better GPU and not in CS2, but you will see a difference.

According to this video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=95JcvPyxPiQ

5600 + RX580 averages 200ish fps at 1080p

I have 8TB Seagates Exos and they are quite noisy; mine sit in my desktop (don’t have a dedicated NAS) which is sitting on a wooden desk, which ampifies the noise. if I suspend the desktop, the noise goes down considerably, but I still wouldn’t call them quiet

Good to know, I guess I’ll email them to make sure, thanks!

thanks, that could work! I missed that section, I went straight for the ready-to-use KB!