From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 454B21581D3 for ; Wed, 15 May 2024 14:23:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6B24E2A52; Wed, 15 May 2024 14:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (mail.muc.de [193.149.48.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 228B8E2A48 for ; Wed, 15 May 2024 14:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 79600 invoked by uid 3782); 15 May 2024 16:23:48 +0200 Received: from muc.de (p4fe15dd7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.225.93.215]) (using STARTTLS) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Wed, 15 May 2024 16:23:47 +0200 Received: (qmail 6756 invoked by uid 1000); 15 May 2024 14:23:47 -0000 Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 14:23:47 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Graphics configuration for a Ryzen 7 7700X chip and water cooling. Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Submission-Agent: TMDA/1.3.x (Ph3nix) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 6ebcf716-b020-46c3-9f78-cb69cae4c855 X-Archives-Hash: 264ef39ed1966b1d777da7f44edde721 Hello, Gentoo. My current rig is working well (hence the lack of posts to the list from me), but .... The time is coming up for me to buy a new PC, the current one being around 7 years old. It's served me well for that time, but nothing lasts forever. Also, it would be nice to be able to build clang and rust and friends somewhat faster. So I'm looking at getting an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X processor, and using its inbuilt graphics rather than buying a distinct graphics card. But in the doc on wiki.gentoo.org, I can't find any mention of inbuilt graphics; all references are to graphics _cards_. Does Gentoo support my intended processor's graphics, and if so, how do I go about identifying the needed microcode (if any) and so on? Am I missing something obvious in the wiki? As a somewhat tangential question, would it be worthwhile getting water cooling in my new machine? In particular, to reduce the noise it gives off while building large packages such as clang and rust? Or is water cooling only sensible for really heavy users such as gamers? Thanks for the upcoming answers! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).