10-17-2017, 07:43 AM
The system is all booted up and looks outstanding! The BIOS takes me right to ROG overclocking features that appear to tweak the CPU and RAM based on need.
What's more, the mobo sees and appears to be happy with the RAM, even though the manual listed only up to 8GB sticks (ours are 2x 16 GB Kingston HyperX Fury), and I can see the M.2 from the BIOS.
Now, to test booting into an OS.
As I prepare for the next phase (software) I've been leaning toward Ubuntu because it's quite possibly the best "novice user" experience as far as Linux goes. It's rock solid and also well supported, and the upgrade path is excellent (being based on Debian).
In my research for Ubuntu and Steam, I came across Ubuntu GamePack, which appears to be an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS spinoff that comes with a bunch of gaming features already pre-tweaked out of the box. We're talking, Steam, Lutris, Play-On-Linux, and more!
So I'm really leaning that way. I welcome your feedback.
https://ualinux.com/en/ubuntu-gamepack
What's more, the mobo sees and appears to be happy with the RAM, even though the manual listed only up to 8GB sticks (ours are 2x 16 GB Kingston HyperX Fury), and I can see the M.2 from the BIOS.
Now, to test booting into an OS.
As I prepare for the next phase (software) I've been leaning toward Ubuntu because it's quite possibly the best "novice user" experience as far as Linux goes. It's rock solid and also well supported, and the upgrade path is excellent (being based on Debian).
In my research for Ubuntu and Steam, I came across Ubuntu GamePack, which appears to be an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS spinoff that comes with a bunch of gaming features already pre-tweaked out of the box. We're talking, Steam, Lutris, Play-On-Linux, and more!
So I'm really leaning that way. I welcome your feedback.
https://ualinux.com/en/ubuntu-gamepack
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