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This is my first post here and I was wondering if any one could give me some advice on my build so far. (first time so I'm very new to this)

I have a budget of 1000 USD( about 1350 AUD) and am looking to play on a 144hz monitor at 1080p.

I am not sure what the deal is with the b450 motherboards and the 3rd gen ryzen processors? ( Is it difficult to install the BIOS update?)

 

thanks

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $309.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard $155.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $138.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $79.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.00 @ Computer Alliance
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB OC Video Card $377.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $88.00 @ Shopping Express
Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $96.90 @ Shopping Express
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter $16.50 @ Shopping Express
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1308.40
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 20:57 AEDT+1100  

 

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3 minutes ago, rocket_ said:

TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter

no, this looks very slow , without AC

and I hate tp link for being very unstable..

 

other picks are fine

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4 minutes ago, rocket_ said:

This is my first post here and I was wondering if any one could give me some advice on my build so far. (first time so I'm very new to this)

I have a budget of 1000 USD and am looking to play on a 144hz monitor at 1080p.

I am not sure what the deal is with the b450 motherboards and the 3rd gen ryzen processors? ( Is it difficult to install the BIOS update?)

Hello,

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $309.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $148.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $115.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $77.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.00 @ Computer Alliance
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB OC Video Card $377.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $88.00 @ Shopping Express
Power Supply Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $89.00 @ Austin Computers
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter $16.50 @ Shopping Express
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1268.50
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 21:04 AEDT+1100  

 

I've made some changes. Kinda the same motherboard but Ryzen 3rd gen ready, better rams for less, faster SSD, a better PSU for less.

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For the same price but a better Graphics card and wireless card:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $309.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.00 @ PCCaseGear
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $138.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $77.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.00 @ Computer Alliance
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB AORUS Video Card $445.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case $49.00 @ Mwave Australia
Power Supply EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $77.00 @ Newegg Australia
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link Archer T4E PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter $42.30 @ Device Deal
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1295.30
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 21:14 AEDT+1100  

 

 

Specs: Motherboard: Asus X470-PLUS TUF gaming (Yes I know it's poor but I wasn't informed) RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX DDR4 3200Mhz CL16-18-18-36 2x8GB

            CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X          Case: Antec P8     PSU: Corsair RM850x                        Cooler: Antec K240 with two Noctura Industrial PPC 3000 PWM

            Drives: Samsung 970 EVO plus 250GB, Micron 1100 2TB, Seagate ST4000DM000/1F2168 GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 ti Black edition

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33 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Hello,

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $309.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $148.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $115.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $77.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.00 @ Computer Alliance
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB OC Video Card $377.00 @ Skycomp Technology
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $88.00 @ Shopping Express
Power Supply Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $89.00 @ Austin Computers
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter $16.50 @ Shopping Express
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1268.50
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 21:04 AEDT+1100  

 

I've made some changes. Kinda the same motherboard but Ryzen 3rd gen ready, better rams for less, faster SSD, a better PSU for less.

thanks

ill make sure to look into the ram and ssd

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26 minutes ago, williamcll said:

For the same price but a better Graphics card and wireless card:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $309.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.00 @ PCCaseGear
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $138.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $77.00 @ Newegg Australia
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.00 @ Computer Alliance
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB AORUS Video Card $445.00 @ Shopping Express
Case Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case $49.00 @ Mwave Australia
Power Supply EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $77.00 @ Newegg Australia
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link Archer T4E PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter $42.30 @ Device Deal
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1295.30
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 21:14 AEDT+1100  

 

 

 

i kinda just picked whatever wireless card so thanks for this advice

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $94.99 @ Newegg
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $82.99 @ Newegg
Storage Hitachi 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $25.50 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB STRIX Gaming OC Video Card $434.99 @ Newegg
Case NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case $69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1133.42
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1113.42
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 05:57 EST-0500  

Ryzen 3600x has better stock cooler and 5% better perfgormance, with only 5bucks more today!

Msi b450 Tomahawk Max has already bios for third gen ryzen support so you do not have to update the bios yourself.

This ram has 3600mhz speed and can go even as low as 15cl.

Pretty basic 1tb m2.ssd. Has good performance when doing light tasks, but in heavy task this ssd stutters.

Cheapest 1t hdd i found.

This strix card is very good , has rgb and stays cool.

This h510 has glass windows and the price is not that high.

650w psu is enough

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Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

Spoiler

| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

Spoiler

 

Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

Spoiler

 

Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

Spoiler

 

Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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31 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

This strix card is very good , has rgb and stays cool.

Hum not really (at least for the 5700XT) but it's better than the 1660S. Especially with the PowerColor Red Devil being cheaper and better.

 

Plus OP is from Australia.

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26 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $94.99 @ Newegg
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $82.99 @ Newegg
Storage Hitachi 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $25.50 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB STRIX Gaming OC Video Card $434.99 @ Newegg
Case NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case $69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1133.42
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1113.42
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-28 05:57 EST-0500  

Ryzen 3600x has better stock cooler and 5% better perfgormance, with only 5bucks more today!

Msi b450 Tomahawk Max has already bios for third gen ryzen support so you do not have to update the bios yourself.

This ram has 3600mhz speed and can go even as low as 15cl.

Pretty basic 1tb m2.ssd. Has good performance when doing light tasks, but in heavy task this ssd stutters.

Cheapest 1t hdd i found.

This strix card is very good , has rgb and stays cool.

This h510 has glass windows and the price is not that high.

650w psu is enough

unfortunately this build costs 2000 aud which is to much for me

(should have mentioned my price point in AUD in my first post)

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