I’m looking to get a gaming pc. I mainly want to use it for emulation of PS3 and Xbox 360 and lower. Would also use for modern gaming some too. I would like to load Bazzite onto it so I can be on Linux and use a steamdeck like interface.
I’m looking at the second hand market and I see one with these specs:
Ryzen 5 2600 Evga GeForce GTX 1660 ADATA XPG 16GB (8x2GB) 3000mhz MSI B450m pro-vdm max 500GB NVME M.2 + 1TB HDD Thermaltake 650w 80+ Bronze Coolermaster q300l v2 mATX Case
Would this PC work well with Bazzite and run PS3 games well?
You don’t need Bazzite to use the “steamdeck-like” interface. Any distro with steam will let you run Steam in “pig picture mode” which will let you control steam with a controller.
That said, Bazzite will work fine, but you’ll likely want to run it in desktop mode, rather than game mode. RPCS3 is just nicer to use this way, as it’s not really meant to be navigated using a controller. Once you have your games set up, of course, you can play them with a controller.
As for running PS3 games, that should work fine. Your performance will likely vary from game to game, but a Ryzen 5 is “pretty good” for PS3 emulation.
Yes you can setup steam to boot up in Big Picture mode but this isn’t equal to gamescope used by bazzite, steamos or chimeraos that adds some tweaks and perks for gaming improving a console-like experience.
You can setup EmuDeck on bazzite using Desktop mode and once your controller and emulator settings are setup having your ROM library synched to your steam non-steam library and booting them from gaming-mode. So yes for setting up the emulator desktop-mode is the way to do but there is no reason to not using the HTPC ISO to get a console experience for playing RPCS3 games.
🐖📸mode?