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None - all parts new except the graphics card.
Bazzite, Garuda, and currently Cachy.
Bazzite only worked baremetal, Garuda is stuck at 720p, and Cachy is also stuck at 720p. Changing open source drivers to closed source did not work on Cachy, and the display was glitched. Changing it back didn't help either.
Edit: I was typing more but figured out it's the graphics card that's bad 🥲
lol.
Welp, that probably doesn't help solve the problem, but ... it is identifying the problem.
Yeah... I've been burned too many times buying used GPUs, even managed to get some from Amazon, that had been burnt out on BTC mining, and then (shoddily) repackaged, sold as new.
Never doing that shit again, not unless I can like, drive over to someone's house and actually see it working.
Well luckily I have an emergency spare 1660 super at least that I know works.
First time I've been burned on a used card. Should have been known that deal was too good to be true this time.
Still, between the 1660 super and this 3060ti, still cheaper than a new 4050 or 5060 and even AMD stuff of comparable performance. Though the Intel Arcs are around there - if I knew how well they ran on Linux, I'd be willing to give them a try in the future brand new.
I am genuienly sorry you had to learn the hard way, but hey, so did I (repeatedly, because I am apparently a moron)... once bitten, twice shy, eh?
But yeah, if you're looking for a fairly low spec GPU? Yeah I mean I'm generally more of an AMD fanboy, but the beefier of the Intel cards are doing pretty good for a low budget range.
I can't say I have any idea how well they run Linux though, not via direct experience anyway.