Hardware Recommendations

This page aims to make buying recommendations for problematic hardware.

PLEASE NOTE: Old or unavailable hardware is to be removed, and the list should be short. Best case would be one device that is good, cheap, and available in all countries. If this doesn't exist, there may be different recommendations for different countries and/or different price categories. Every price is to be provided with a date in the form YYYY-MM-DD. Mentioned devices should have great out-of-the-box experience. If there are no devices with great out-of-the-box experience available, there might also be devices mentioned that require as little tweaking as possible. Tweaking steps are to be mentioned in these cases. Feel free to add categories to further distinguish between different features.

You may find a more extensive list of hardware that is known to work here.

GPUs

Just buy AMD, and you will be fine. If you buy old GPUs, look for Vulkan support.

Bluetooth Headphones

Most Bluetooth headphones should be fine. But there are incompatible models.

Noise Cancelling Over Ear

• Premium: Sony WH-1000XM4 | EU | 250€ | 2022-03-10
• Good value:
• Cheap:

Headsets

• Premium:
• Good value: Logitech G933 | US | 29$ | 2022-03-10
• Cheap:

Mainboard

Mainboards usually just work for most features. Sometimes, features like fan control, Bluetooth, WiFi, or RGB are not supported out of the box. All devices in this category should have full support. Please mention all features that you tested, and that are working. If you don't need any of this, just buy whatever you want.

AMD

AM4

MSI Tomahawk Arctic B350

USB audio converter

I'm not sure whether this category is problematic.

• Cheap: Sharkoon Gaming DAC Pro S V2 | EU | 30€ | 2022-03-10 | Problems: Slight hissing when playing no audio

Mice

If you just want something that works, buy whatever you want. Everything will work. Problematic features are just stuff like changing DPI, lift-off distance, or RGB. Mice in this category should have a flawless sensor, and a pleasant way to change settings. From my personal experience, settings are usually stored in the mouse, so it is sufficient to boot Windows, and change stuff there, or boot a VM and pass through the mouse. After that, the settings are kept in Linux. RGB support is desirable.

• Steel Series Rival 300: Flawless Sensor | Settings are stored on the mouse. | I did not test RGB.

Keyboards

If you just want a standard keyboard, buy whatever you want. Everything will work. Problematic features are just stuff like special makro buttons, or RGB.

Hardware with RGB support

Hardware in this category is unproblematic, other than for RGB support. If you don't care for that, just buy whatever you want.

RAM:

• DDR3:
• DDR4:
• DDR5:

Fan:

Generally unproblematic hardware categories

• Monitors
• Headphones/Speaker with audio jack
• CPUs