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Toes@ani.social 1 day ago3rd gen i7 platform will be your major bottleneck.
If the prices for ram weren’t insane right now I’d suggest a whole new build depending on what games you’re hoping to play.
Don’t go with ARC as it’s not compatible with that motherboard. You need resizable bar support and ideally an x8 pcie gen4 lane or better.
Since you’re rocking Linux I would suggest sticking to AMD graphics.
What PSU are you using and games/software would you like to run better?
The 980 is pretty good for most purposes outside of modern games.
I’d suggest a new SSD and redoing the thermal paste on the cpu. Clean up the dust too.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
Thanks, I didn’t know that x8 pcie was a thing now… also resizable bar support – something else to research.
I cleaned up the dust and I haven’t noticed those “jerky cursor” problems for a bit, so hopefully that was it. It wasn’t even that much dust, so we’ll see how long ‘til the system does it again. I am not trying to play any specific games, just trying to use the OS, file picker, etc., without lag.
Toes@ani.social 18 hours ago
Are you using the nvidia drivers and have your monitor connected to the gpu?
The 980 should be more than capable of a fully functional desktop experience, so after cleaning the dust it may have just been a heating issue.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
I am using the nvidia proprietary drivers, and had to use
prime-selectto set them to default. I am guessing it was just a heating issue! It looks like I should add dusting it out to the regular preventative maintenance schedule. I am hoping to not have to mess with the thermal paste.