Planning 5600x, 3070 build.

[boey]

Budget (including currency): $2500 SGD / $1700-1800 USD

Country: Singapore

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Planning on playing AAA games at ultra with RTX/DLSS on whenever possible. Some esports too.

 

Planning to play at 1080p 165Hz, and RTX 2000 is still at MSRP here in Singapore, hence the 3070 choice.

 

I have this planned build right now for a friend(assuming I can find stock for a 3070 and 5600x in the first place). I'm a little worried about the BIOS flashing of the B550, since the B550 doesn't support 5600x out of box.

Any input on the motherboard choice, PSU choice etc.? 

 

Prices here are like 20-30% higher than MSRP for Ryzen 5000 and RTX 3000. Everything else is 5-10% more expensive than US pricing. The Motherboard price on the PCP Link includes CPU price, as they come in a bundle.

The Motherboard/CPU and GPU prices have been converted to USD from the SGD prices

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$0.00
CPU Cooler	CRYORIG H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler	$69.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$588.15
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$68.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$55.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card	$696.00
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1728.08
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-10 12:26 EST-0500

 

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$520.45 @ Newegg Singapore
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler	$100.12 @ Newegg Singapore
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$281.14 @ Newegg Singapore
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$140.58 @ Newegg Singapore
Storage	Silicon Power 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$207.71 @ Newegg Singapore
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$203.59 @ Newegg Singapore
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$229.33 @ Newegg Singapore
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1682.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-11 01:38 +08+0800

[boey]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$520.45 @ Newegg Singapore
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler	$100.12 @ Newegg Singapore
Motherboard	MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$281.14 @ Newegg Singapore
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$140.58 @ Newegg Singapore
Storage	Silicon Power 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$207.71 @ Newegg Singapore
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$203.59 @ Newegg Singapore
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$229.33 @ Newegg Singapore
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1682.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-11 01:38 +08+0800

Just FYI, I'll be buying parts in person as it's cheaper, so I can still bargain from the prices shown on PCP. For example that RM650x would probably be like SGD$160

 

-FE cards aren't in Singapore(iirc)

-I'll look at the arctic freezer

-I'll try my hand at bargaining, if there is enough leeway I'll get the 3600MHz RAM

 

Do you know if this motherboard supports BIOS-flashing without a CPU installed?

[SFFDesigns]

2 minutes ago, boey said:

Do you know if this motherboard supports BIOS-flashing without a CPU installed?

Yes, it does I believe

[Mateyyy]

2 minutes ago, boey said:

Do you know if this motherboard supports BIOS-flashing without a CPU installed?

It does. In fact, MSI's entire B550 lineup, even down to the PRO-VDH, does feature BIOS Flashback functionality.

[boey]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

It does. In fact, MSI's entire B550 lineup, even down to the PRO-VDH, does feature BIOS Flashback functionality.

 

1 minute ago, Hymenopus_Coronatus said:

Yes, it does I believe

Alright. That's one issue sorted.

 

I have another question: The Gaming X Trio is really expensive. Would it be wise for me to go for a cheaper model? I've listed them below

 

• MSI RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO 8G - SGD$939
• Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge 8G - SGD$799
• MSI RTX3070 VENTUS 3X OC 8G - SGD$888
• MSI RTX 3070 VENTUS 2X 8G - SGD$859
• Asus RTX3070 Dual Series 8G - SGD$829

[SFFDesigns]

23 minutes ago, boey said:

Any input on the motherboard choice

One thing I will say, is that the B550 A-Pro is cheaper and would handle the 5600X great! It also has BIOS Flashback.

[SFFDesigns]

6 minutes ago, boey said:

Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge 8G - SGD$799

This one is the cheapest, I'd go for that if the FE isn't available. 

 

EDIT: I looked at it more, go with the Asus as @Mateyyy suggested

[Mateyyy]

1 minute ago, boey said:

Alright. That's one issue sorted.

 

I have another question: The Gaming X Trio is really expensive. Would it be wise for me to go for a cheaper model? I've listed them below

 

• MSI RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO 8G - SGD$939
• Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge 8G - SGD$799
• MSI RTX3070 VENTUS 3X OC 8G - SGD$888
• MSI RTX 3070 VENTUS 2X 8G - SGD$859
• Asus RTX3070 Dual Series 8G - SGD$829

I've used an RTX 2070 Dual from ASUS and have been very satisfied with it. If that's anything to go by, I'd go with the ASUS card out of those.

The Zotac doesn't look great (and their cheap RTX 3000 offerings so far haven't been particularly great, to say the least), and MSI's Ventus cards have a track record of running quite loud. I'm not sure whether the new ones are any different though.

[boey]

8 hours ago, Hymenopus_Coronatus said:

One thing I will say, is that the B550 A-Pro is cheaper and would handle the 5600X great! It also has BIOS Flashback.

He needs Wi-Fi capability and doesn't want to get an ugly PCIe card for that

8 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

I've used an RTX 2070 Dual from ASUS and have been very satisfied with it. If that's anything to go by, I'd go with the ASUS card out of those.

The Zotac doesn't look great (and their cheap RTX 3000 offerings so far haven't been particularly great, to say the least), and MSI's Ventus cards have a track record of running quite loud. I'm not sure whether the new ones are any different though.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!