Introducing my computer

After using my dad's computer for many years, I finally bought my own machine in May 2023. The machine is valued at right about $3000 USD, and is very beefy compared to my older one! Refer to the table below for the specs.

 

Specs
CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5900x (12 cores)

GPU

NVIDIA RTX 3070 (8GB VRAM)

RAM

Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL DDR4 3600Mhz 32GB (2x 16GB)

SSD(s) Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB (2x, total 2TB)
PSU

Corsair RM750x 750W

Motherboard

ASUS ROG Strix B550-E GAMING

 

Accessories
Monitor

ASUS 24" VG249QM1A

Keyboard

HyperX Alloy Origins 60

Mouse

Logitech G203 Lightsync

Desk

Svive Cygnus Gaming Desk

Operating System

Windows 11 Professional

 

My thoughts on Linux?
I love Linux - I really do. I've ran it multiple times in the past, but I never found it to be "sustainable" enough due to the lack of support for programs that I find necessary (especially certain video games). Using Linux just introduced more problems than it solved; at least that's how my experience was. Every time I felt excited about an upcoming game, I would be worried about its support for Linux systems. Sure, it allowed for tremendous amounts of customization like I've never seen before in any other operating system, but I kind of felt isolated from the rest of my friends when I couldn't join a gaming session at times.

I am a big supporter of FOSS (free & open-source software), but Linux isn't quite there yet - at least for me. Linux is the kind of operating system I'd run on a separate drive, a laptop, or on a computer where I know I won't be gaming. It is fast and good for pretty much everything other than gaming at the moment. It's got better over the years, but it is not quite there yet.