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Discussion on: Which computer to choose for Linux OS with good graphical processing power? + UPDATE

 
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JoelBonetR 🥇

well, actually you can buy a customized computer on hardware shops (usually), simply ask for a R5 3600 with a Sapphire 5700 XT Nitro +, an M.2 SSD nvme of 500Gb or 1Tb and 16Gb RAM DDR4 3200Mhz (or higher), a 80 plus gold PSU and an x570 chipset mobo, then ask they to show you the PC Box catalog to choose one that fits into your office / room design or that you like most, and they will do the rest for sure. Here on spain they usually charge about 60€ for assembly and OS installing (you can also ask for windows + distro dual boot).

Then you can go home with your computer and start working.
You can also ask for some already assembled PC or for a PC to fit your requirements but it's usually better to know what you want (they can use windows only and be unaware of nvidia driver issues for example).

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Annie Taylor Chen

Good idea, we will consider that. Actually we just did something similar (online) for a desktop that uses Windows and Swedish keyboard from a Swedish online store. We can check if the same store can do sth for my needs. :) Before it was a pain to get any store to get me an English keyboard ...that's why I don't think of them first. :P Also I'd never used Windows nor did I want to buy that, stores here don't have the option.

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JoelBonetR 🥇

Well you can get a PC configured with English on a sweden store (as they will need to install windows/Linux anyway so you can check English instead on Swedish, then you can buy a qwerty English lauout keyboard on Amazon (i bet they ship to Sweden from Amazon.com). The keyboard must not be a blocking item

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Annie Taylor Chen

indeed... for a laptop that's more important, but for desktop it is a minor issue.

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JoelBonetR 🥇

Exactly :D

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Annie Taylor Chen

I did a bit digging on the same site we ordered, except keyboard we found most things you recommend. Here is another concern: how cool is this? does the fan make a lot of noise? Since we work in the same room, this is important. I can "sacrifice" a bit power for the sake of being quiet.

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JoelBonetR 🥇

I can't tell you as I'm with a 360mm radiator liquid cooling with 6 fans on it (3 in the back and 3 in the front).

But I can recommend you the cheap Corsair H45 which is silent enough for getting it at half meter and being silent, just make sure it's at "Silent Mode" on the motherboard options.
If you want performance an quietness you can keep the original fan at the reverse side and add a corsair LL120 RGB pointing inside the box (this is called pull-push and increases the performance on a liquid cooler radiator sightly).

I had a PC with this configuration with a Corsair H45 near me at the home office and it's pleasantly quiet :)