1st day on Linux so please be gentle.
I’ve been reading around and from what I gather I can somehow upgrade the kernel to better support AMD’s Zen 4 CPU’s ?
Currently in the terminal window it says I’m running a Zen 1 based kernel.
Again I am completely new to this and would really appreciate any pointers.
I think you mean Linux 6.9.5-zen1-1-zen. This has nothing to do with the AMD kernels like linux-amd-znver3.
We could help you better if you post your garuda-inxi:
garuda-inxi
(please paste the output here and format them using the "</>"button)
Welcome to the community 
Thanks for the reply
System:
Kernel: 6.8.8-AMD arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-amd
root=UUID=0c310529-9d32-487d-bcd5-20f7c39ab0e8 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.3.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X670E Taichi Carrara
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 3.01 date: 05/13/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA601206
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB
L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 733 high: 3559 min/max: 545/5050 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 545 2: 545 3: 545
4: 545 5: 545 6: 545 7: 545 8: 545 9: 545 10: 545 11: 545 12: 545 13: 545
14: 545 15: 545 16: 3559 bogomips: 134450
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M]
vendor: Sapphire NITRO+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Raphael vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-3, DP-4, DP-5,
HDMI-A-3, Writeback-2 bus-ID: 18:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300
temp: 38.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu,amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 3440x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.1.1-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi
navi31 LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.8.8-AMD) device-ID: 1002:744c
memory: 23.44 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31) driver: mesa radv v: 24.1.1-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO)
driver: mesa radv v: 24.1.1-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:164e
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.1.1-arch1.1 (LLVM 17.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 18:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: N/A alternate: snd_hda_intel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 18:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Device-4: Razer USA RZ19-0229 Gaming Microphone
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 1532:0511 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-5: XMOS iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 20b1:3008 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-6: Generic USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-8:4
chip-ID: 26ce:0a06 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.8.8-AMD status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator
tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak]
vendor: Rivet Networks Killer driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: ASRock driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: c000 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-7:3 chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.52 TiB used: 14.39 GiB (0.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 615400WD temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU020TZ
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 51.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 620361WD temp: 51.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Corsair model: Force GT
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5.05 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD2002FAEX-007BA0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1D05
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 294.48 GiB size: 294.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.36 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:11
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 27 MiB (28.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:7
ID-3: /home raw-size: 294.48 GiB size: 294.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.36 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:11
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 294.48 GiB size: 294.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.36 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:11
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 294.48 GiB size: 294.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.36 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:11
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 61.94 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.6 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 47.0 C mem: 52.0 C
fan: 0 watts: 19.00
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 61.94 GiB used: 3.93 GiB (6.4%)
Processes: 408 Power: uptime: 27m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 24.77 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1819 libs: 538 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-06-17
Last full system update: 2024-06-17
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
I followed a basic guide on how to install the gaming edition of garuda but I’m going a little cross eyed 
You have already installed the kernel that is best optimized for AMD Zen4 CPUs:
“Linux kernel aimed at the ZNVER4/MZEN4 AMD Ryzen CPU based hardware”
Awesome sauce, thanks for the input
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