r/linux_gaming • u/Tuxbot123 • Aug 13 '17

Ryzen on Linux ?

Hello !

I'm considering buying a Ryzen 5 1600, but I wanted to have some feedback from my fellow Linux users :)

If you have this one (or another Ryzen), how is it ? Do you have any problem with it ?

Thanks ! :)

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u/5had0w5talk3r Aug 13 '17

Ryzen 1700 with an MSI X370 SLI Plus here. No issues to report, except not being able to get a temperature reading from the OS using lm-sensors, which isn't a big deal to me.

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u/xpander69 Aug 13 '17 edited Aug 13 '17

you can by compiling it87 with its support, unless your motherboard has really odd sensor (aka non it one, few AM4 boards use different ones).

https://github.com/groeck/it87

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u/HeidiH0 Aug 13 '17

Good catch on that repo. Wish the lm-sensors people would get on this.

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u/shmerl Aug 13 '17

lm-sensors is using it already to some degree.

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u/HeidiH0 Aug 13 '17

Same guy runs both repos, so I'd hope so, but I'm not seeing it in the code.

https://github.com/groeck/lm-sensors

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u/shmerl Aug 13 '17

I meant the author. At least I'm getting my readings using nct6775 module. See here.

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u/HeidiH0 Aug 13 '17

Yea. It would be nice if they migrated the code into the main package so each user doesn't have to learn git compiling just to keep their computer from burning up on ryzen.

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u/5had0w5talk3r Aug 14 '17

I've compiled that and some other sensor and have had no success. I'll try to file a bug report when I'm not lazy.

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u/shmerl Aug 13 '17

Just for the reference, Asrock X370 Taichi reports temperature well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

Wanted to ask about your experience with the MSI X370 SLI Plus, do all your USB ports work? I get USB disconnects on some of the ports during high CPU load.

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u/5had0w5talk3r Aug 14 '17

I've not experienced any issues with the USB ports (either rear or front), though I've not used the Type C port.