Haymayjay

6 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

no you dont have to, Max labeled boards have the correct Bios for third gen installed. 

 

would honestly "/s" any joke on a forum, because you would be suprised the ammount of times some people are serious. 

Sweet! I’ve heard lots of positive things about Tomahawk boards but never got one.

6 hours ago, mariushm said:

The motherboards with MAX in name are made after Ryzen 3xxx were released so they all support Ryzen 3600 from the factory.

You should download the latest bios version from the website though. Updating is easy, just extract the zip file or whatever onto a USB stick, go in BIOS and select "Update bios"

 

You don't need a disc drive to install Windows, if you have a USB stick (I think 8 GB is enough, but 16 GB would be safer)

You can download the media creation tool from Microsoft and after they check the cd key,the tool downloads a disc image and prepares the usb stick for you.

 

Forgot to link to the page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

 

 

probably still going to get the drive, always nice to have Incase GPU needs a driver update from a disc or something.

10 hours ago, wt_dude said:

are you even going to use the dvd/cd player?

 

Have to burn a Windows 10 disc, besides that no lol.

11 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

um what? what kind of excuse is this for buying something new

 

Edit: like, you can get something new if you find the current system lacking, but at least be honest about it without some excuse. 

its lacking in newer games or high cpu ones, but that sentence was a joke.

10 hours ago, mariushm said:

Strictly on your configuration.

 

Drop the thermal paste, the stock cooler comes with thermal paste.

If you want x570, spend 30$ more on Gigabyte x570 Aorus Elite, excellent motherboard at $200.

GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE AMD Ryzen 3000 PCIe 4.0 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.2 AMD X570 ATX Motherboard - Newegg.com

GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI AM4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

 

Otherwise, lots of good MSI B450 chipset based motherboards that are just as good : B450-A Pro , B450 Gaming Plus, B450 Tomohawk ..

MSI B450-A PRO AM4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX AM4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

 

Don't waste your money on a 1TB hard drive. Instead of shitty SSD and shitty HDD, spend more and buy just a SSD, get a 512GB or a 960GB-1TB SSD for around 80-100$. At that price range you get higher quality, longer lasting, more reliable SSDs than that A400 ssd, and 1 TB is not enough for a mechanical drive in 2019.... I'd get mechanical drives only from 3 TB and up.

 

The case is fine, with decent air flow, you don't need to throw away 25$ on a fan ... you don't have high heat producing components in the case anyway.

Case also comes with 2 fans in the front, so if you really want to you could unscrew one from the front and move it to the back of your case to pull out the warm air from the cpu area - one fan in front is enough to push air towards the video card and one in the back is enough to pull out warm air that rises.

Use those 25$ and the 5$ from thermal paste to get the x570 Elite board, or use them on the SSD budget.

Also, you can always buy additional fans later.

 

 

Definitely the most helpful! Thanks!

11 hours ago, Plouffe said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$99.99 @ B&H
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$49.99 @ Newegg
Storage	HP EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$63.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$43.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$55.88 @ Amazon
Optical Drive	Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer	$19.85 @ Amazon
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$98.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Corsair ML120 Pro 75 CFM 120 mm Fan	$23.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$650.67
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-18 05:35 EST-0500

Better priced motherboard for the same performance, better SSD.

Won’t I have to update the BIOS by opting to not buy a X570? My local shop probably does it, but I’m just wondering.

Thanks for all the responses!

Bit of a new pc builder, I’ve built one before in 2017 and it’s held pretty well. Things been overused to oblivion and probably wants an early retirement before it dies, so I’m upgrading. I’ve thrown a few pieces in the older one over time, and I’m salvaging:

GTX 1660 6Gb

EVGA 650 Black

If anyone could check other my stuff that I’m getting to make sure it’s all ready (I did myself, but would like someone with actual experience to do so.)