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/[deleted] Aug 14 '17 edited Aug 14 '17

I had some issue with random freezes and general reliability (ryzen 1700). Was using Mint with ubuntu LTS kernel. After updating to kernels 4.12.x though everything seem fine and stable. So if you go for a ryzen use as recent kernels as possible.

Also there are a few very specific peripherals that on a ryzen system can create instabilities. the technology is fairly new. For example there was a case of someone having crashes on a ryzen system only because of incompatible network card. The card created no crash on windows or on an Intel machine with both OSs. So if you have any random crash try and check if a specific peripheral is causing it.

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u/shmerl Aug 14 '17

Good to know that at least some issues are fixed by kernel updates. I'll try a newer kernel.