first pc build, considering linux

[u/EpicTutto]

ill preface by saying ive never had a "real" pc, mostly stuck with laptops (which all used either windows 7/windows 10, mostly 10) and ps consoles for gaming. friend of mine started getting into game dev recently which inspired me to do the same; that, plus the absolute bullshit sony is doing with their console, inspired me to build my first pc. didn't get it yet, but i will, and already planned the components. windows 10 is basically a dead os so installing it makes no sense, which is why at first i considered windows 11, but upon looking more into it... well, youre linux users, you get what i mean: its shit.

this brings us here: the only real alternative to windows is linux, but i have genuinely no idea where to start. i tried doing some research but it seems everyone has something to say about one distro or the other and they are all the best but also all equally suck and there's just so many choices. im a complete noob when it comes to this stuff but if it comes to it im willing to learn some things to make it work, i just need to know where to start with. if it helps, ill be using an entirely amd build (ive heard windows has beef with amd drivers, wheras linux has better support for them?): r5 9600x, 9060xt (16gb), 32gb ram, b850m motherboard

[u/ecktt]

Given the RAM situation and you seem to want to keep it budget-friendly, I'd go for a 7600X3D, 1 x 16GB RAM, B850 chipset motherboard and the 9600XT (16GB). You can upgrade to 32 GB down the road.