Need opinions and suggestions

[Vigill]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$514.00 @ Shopping Express
CPU Cooler	CRYORIG M9 Plus 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$135.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Computer 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$737.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Luxe TG ATX Full Tower Case	Purchased For $0.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1386.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-14 11:04 AEST+1000

I'm looking to grab a psu to finish off my build and i would like it to be  fully modular as I'm planning on buying some custom coloured cables. I would prefer if the psu  stayed within the $100-$150AUD price range

[xdeathshot20]

look at corsairs rm series of psu's i could get away with 550w.  Not sure how much it is tho in AUD pricing

[Vigill]

6 minutes ago, xdeathshot20 said:

look at corsairs rm series of psu's i could get away with 550w.  Not sure how much it is tho in AUD pricing

I'll check it out, thank you

 

[Streetguru]

25 minutes ago, Vigill said:

 

Get some 3600mhz RAM

100% just grab an RX 5700 and flash the bios to the XT, then it has like 95% of the XT's performance. Use the saved cash to like do a hybrid water cooling mod on it or something, for some reason aftermarket cards are really expensive in AUS.

Otherwise just grab some 550W or above gold unit from one of the big names it'll probably be fine.
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/gwHd8Y

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($155.00 @ Skycomp Technology)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($499.00 @ Shopping Express)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $783.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-14 11:49 AEST+1000

[Vigill]

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

Get some 3600mhz RAM

100% just grab an RX 5700 and flash the bios to the XT, then it has like 95% of the XT's performance. Use the saved cash to like do a hybrid water cooling mod on it or something, for some reason aftermarket cards are really expensive in AUS.

Otherwise just grab some 550W or above gold unit from one of the big names it'll probably be fine.
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/gwHd8Y

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($155.00 @ Skycomp Technology)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  ($499.00 @ Shopping Express)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $783.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-14 11:49 AEST+1000

Alright is it difficult to flash the bios to the XT

[Streetguru]

18 minutes ago, Vigill said:

Alright is it difficult to flash the bios to the XT

Takes less than 5 minutes, do you have any kind of old graphics card around? Or can you find an after market card like a sapphire pulse for a decent price? that has Dual Bios mostly, in case of the very rare failure that you'd need to recover from, but it's generally safe, I already flashed my 5700.

You just download ATI flash, and grab the XT bios of the card from Tech Power Up's GPU database.


<https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/czhux1/psa_you_can_take_the_bios_from_a_5700_xt_and/>

 

 

[Vigill]

20 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Takes less than 5 minutes, do you have any kind of old graphics card around? Or can you find an after market card like a sapphire pulse for a decent price? that has Dual Bios mostly, in case of the very rare failure that you'd need to recover from, but it's generally safe, I already flashed my 5700.

You just download ATI flash, and grab the XT bios of the card from Tech Power Up's GPU database.


<https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/czhux1/psa_you_can_take_the_bios_from_a_5700_xt_and/>

 

 

This is my first build so I don't have another parts. I could try looking for someone selling theirs online if I need it

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Vigill said:

This is my first build so I don't have another parts. I could try looking for someone selling theirs online if I need it

It's very unlikely to fail unless the power gets yanked for some reason. At worse you can just borrow a GPU from a friend or local PC shop of some kind.
 

A dual bios card can just recover itself, but I have no idea why they're so expensive over there.

[Vigill]

34 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

It's very unlikely to fail unless the power gets yanked for some reason. At worse you can just borrow a GPU from a friend or local PC shop of some kind.
 

A dual bios card can just recover itself, but I have no idea why they're so expensive over there.

Alright sweet, I'll check it out then if it isn't that hard. Also what was this hybrid water cooling mod, you were talking about before and do I need it cause I was planning on doing a custom liquid cooling loop a few months down the track once it's all set up could it just wait till I do that?

[Streetguru]

On 9/13/2019 at 9:10 PM, Vigill said:

Alright sweet, I'll check it out then if it isn't that hard. Also what was this hybrid water cooling mod, you were talking about before and do I need it cause I was planning on doing a custom liquid cooling loop a few months down the track once it's all set up could it just wait till I do that?

Probably don't bother flashing if you end up with a card that only has a single bios and no 2nd GPU to recover with, just an FYI.

Ended up needing to flash my RX 5700 3 times because I didn't follow the instructions the first time. Mine's dual bios so recovery is easy.

[Vigill]

11 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Probably don't bother flashing if you end up with a card that only has a single bios and no 2nd GPU to recover with, just an FYI.

Ended up needing to flash my RX 5700 3 times because I didn't follow the instructions the first time. Mine's dual bios so recovery is easy.

Alright then, thanks for your help