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Toby waiting
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I'm planning on building a new system and I was hoping to get a recommendation for a graphics card. the planned setup is a AMD Ryzen 9 3900 with a ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F Motherboard. I would ideally like the best you can get for around the £200 Mark. in terms of IO I would like to stay away from DisplayPort as I do not have any devices that support it HDMI would be a good output with three or four of them being ideal. it's not necessarily going to be a gaming machine more of a workhorse for running four DJ stuff such as live video mixing and DMX control and among other things

looking forward to your input greatly appreciate it thanks Toby

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4 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

planned setup is a AMD Ryzen 9 3900 with a ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F Motherboard

Please don't get this board. It absolutely won't power a 12 core. 

As for b450. 

Tomahawk max. 

A pro max. 

As for b550. 

Tomahawk. 

Mortar. 

A pro. 

B550 vdh. 

Aorus pro.

Strix f. 

4 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

looking forward to your input greatly appreciate it thanks Toby

Budget?  Nvm missed it my bad lol. 

A 580/5500xt for around 160 bucks. Or you can spend a little more than 200 and get a 1660 super. 

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PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

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If raw performance is not a priority, get a 1650/1650S and a better motherboard. B450-F and 3900X is not a good pairing.

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Would you recommend certain motherboard to go with said CPU

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5 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

Would you recommend certain motherboard to go with said CPU

 

20 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

As for b450. 

Tomahawk max. 

A pro max. 

As for b550. 

Tomahawk. 

Mortar. 

A pro. 

B550 vdh. 

Aorus pro.

Strix f. 

 

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13 minutes ago, jaslion said:

That rog board is not going to handle a 3900x. All suggestions of @TofuHaroto will.

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QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

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 ||

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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!

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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)

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Ok so after doing a little bit of research I think I may now go with a Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO Motherboard with the originally planned AMD Ryzen 9 3900 do you think these would work well together also just a few quick questions

 

would the integrated graphics built into the motherboard work as I know some CPUs do not support it

 

is the stock cooler for CPU ok or would you advise going for something different

 

does this change the graphics card situation and would duel graphics cards be a possibility here

 

finally what wattage of power supply would be ideal for for this setup

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58 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

B450 AORUS PRO

Make sure it is the B550, not the B450. 

 

58 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

 

would the integrated graphics built into the motherboard work as I know some CPUs do not support it

No, the 3900x does not have an iGPU. 

 

59 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

is the stock cooler for CPU ok or would you advise going for something different

I’d suggest picking up a $40 aftermarket tower cooler. 

 

59 minutes ago, Toby waiting said:

does this change the graphics card situation and would duel graphics cards be a possibility here

B450 does not support SLI or Crossfire (not 100% sure about cf though). 

 

1 hour ago, Toby waiting said:

finally what wattage of power supply would be ideal for for this setup

550-650watts. For models, look at Corsairs RMx or TXM line, or beQuiet!’s Straight Power 11. 

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