My old 4790k finally died, and I need to replace both the CPU & MB. I was wondering if there would be any conflict in having an AMD CPU and an Nvidia GPU.

I want to use Bazzite on it. I’m running the same distro on my main rig and I’m very happy with it.

Any suggestions?

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    2 months ago

    There is basically 1 reason to go Intel cpu: quicksync video encoding. Amd’s is fine but intel’s is the gold standard.

    Otherwise definitely go amd, it rocks Nvidia perfectly.

  • nyan@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    2 months ago

    The GPU doesn’t care about the CPU, or vice-versa. AMD is probably better value for money right now if you’re intending to replace both CPU and mobo, but Intel will work.

    The reason you don’t see AMD CPU + nVidia GPU in premade machines these days has to do with corporate contracts, not interoperability. Before AMD bought out ATI, it wasn’t an uncommon combination.

  • NIB@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    Either is fine but i strongly recommend going for amd, especially an x3d one, like 7800x3d(if you care about gaming).

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 months ago

    Nah, anything will work fine.

    Just a quick question, are you sure it’s the cpu that died? Those ivy bridge (?) chips really seem to last. I’d be surprised if it was the cpu and not the motherboard or power supply of something.

    You have one of the nicer fourth gen chips. It would probably be worth it to take it to a computer shop or something and have them try to boot it with a good board.

    If it’s still kicking, those motherboards are cheap as heck. The ddr3 is cheap too.

    No reason not to keep it around to run a file server/seedbox/Jellyfin server/whatever.