On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:59:11 -0400 Daniel Wilkins <t...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:56:31PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote: > > Good day. > > > > I am looking for a hardware advice. > > I don't upgrade my desktop very often - last one was about ten > > years ago (AMD FX-8350 CPU), which I recently made my home server > > running -current, no issues. Now I am looking for a new desktop that > > will last another ten years, hence the question: if I buy the latest > > available AMD chipset (X570 I think) and Ryzen 9 CPU - are there any > > current issues with using it for OpenBSD desktop? I would like to > > overkill it with the choice of hardware now, so I don't have to worry > > about it for a while. > > > > I am ten years out of touch with hardware development progress, so will > > appreciate any input you may have. > > > > -- > > Andre > > > You got me curious, so I went ahead and installed OpenBSD on the desktop > I rebuilt this year. > I've got a Ryzen R9 3900X with an MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK for the motherboard, > and an R9 380 for the graphics card. > > Works totally fine from my initial impressions. Sound works, USB works, > plays full HD videos fine over DP, drives the 1440p display with no issues, > etc. > > The only thing "wrong" is that I don't think Audio-over-HDMI works. > > Hope this might help a bit, > Danny > Thank you very much for the test! I feel more comfortable now, will probably get the B550 chipset motherboard and CPU like yours. And if there are issues with sound as others mentioned, I can always use an external USB card, have one somewhere I think. Only need SPDIF output going to a receiver on my desk. Thank you all for the replies! -- Andre
