I recently moved to Linux and so far my experience with CachyOS has been great, aside from a few questions. My system has a Ryzen 7 7700X3D, Gigabyte Gaming OC 9070 XT, 32 GB of Corsair Vengeance memory, a Gigabyte Aorus B650 Elite AX motherboard, and a Thermalright Aqua Elite V3 AIO with its fans replaced by black fans. I would like to control the RGB on the pump. OpenRGB does not detect my RAM or the AIO pump, so I am unsure how to troubleshoot that. I also have a SATA drive containing only games and want to know whether it needs to be wiped before using it in Linux. Finally, how can I undervolt the GPU without AMD Adrenalin, and could CachyOS be responsible for occasional periods where my Wi-Fi becomes extremely slow for several minutes?
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If the SATA game drive is formatted as NTFS, Linux can usually read and use it, but NTFS may cause compatibility or reliability issues for regular game use. Reformatting it to a Linux-native filesystem such as ext4 or Btrfs is generally the cleaner option, but formatting will erase the contents, so back up the games first.
For GPU controls on Linux, LACT may be worth trying. It provides GPU monitoring and tuning features, including undervolting, without needing AMD Adrenalin. OpenRGB support can vary by specific RAM and pump controller, so detection may depend on whether those devices are supported and whether the required permissions or hardware access are configured correctly.
Can the drive be reformatted to ext4 or Btrfs without deleting the games already stored on it?