My 2022 high-end Linux PC 🐧 - Michael Stapelberg

I finally managed to get my hands on some DDR5 RAM to complete my Intel i9-12900 high-end PC build! This article contains the exact component list if you’re interested in doing a similar build.

Usually, I try to stay on the latest Intel CPU generation when possible. But I decided to skip the i9-10900 (Comet Lake) and i9-11900 (Rocket Lake) series entirely, largely because they were still stuck on Intel’s 14nm manufacturing process and didn’t seem to offer much improvement.

The new i9-12900 (Alder Lake) delivered good benchmark results and is manufactured with the much newer Intel 7 process, so I was curious: would an upgrade be worth it?

The Noctua NH-U12A CPU fan required an adapter (“Noctua NM-i17xx-MP78 SecuFirm2 mounting kit”) to be compatible with the Intel LGA1700 socket. I requested the adapter on Noctua’s Website on November 5th, and it arrived November 26th.

Anytime you need to access a PC’s components, you’ll deal with its case. Especially for a self-built PC, the case you chose determines how easy it is to assemble and later modify your PC.

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