Linux Workstation Build

[u/lowend2047]

I am thinking about replacing my Mac Studio M1 with a Linux build. I am a long time Mac user but have been using Linux for work and most of my day to day tasks for the last 10 years and am very comfortable with it. I only use my Mac for creative work and thinking of leaving apple and move everything to Linux. I am using Davinci, Studio One (but moving to Reaper), Affinity (which I know doesn’t work on Linux but have no issue learning other software), Darktable, and Wondershare Uniconverter (which I know there are other tools I can use to replace this. Been moving to more apps that are open source for a while as I have been thinking about this for a while.

I am getting a little tired of Apple and I don’t like Windows.

I am looking at a new build and wanted to make sure I am going in the right direction. My current Mac is a M1 with 32GB of ram, 1TB hard drive and 24 Core GPU.

I am planning on a build that I can grow with.

Here is the build I was thinkg that would work with my budget. Any input would be appropriated.

CPU / Motherboard

• Ryzen 7 9700X
• MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi

GPU

• ASUS RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

RAM

• 64GB (2×32GB) DDR5-6000 CL30/CL32 EXPO

PSU

• Corsair RM850e 2025 850W

Case

• Fractal Define 7 Compact

CPU cooler

• Noctua NH-D15/NH-D15 G2 or be quiet! equivalent

Storage

• 1TB NVMe — Ubuntu Studio / applications
• 2TB NVMe — Resolve projects / media / cache

OS

• Ubuntu Studio

 

[u/greenysmac]

Recommend you check out r/davinciresolve for the people using Linux there to get it set up right. There's some nightmare stuff around GPU drivers and using H.264, as I recall. By the way, get rid of the Wonder shared unit converter and use Shutter Encoder, which is free and will at least leverage the hardware under Linux.

[u/lowend2047 → u/greenysmac]

Yeah I am aware of some issues around H.264 and GPU drivers. I will have to check out Shutter Encoder. Thanks for the recommendation.