Pre-build Advice Please :)

[Sinon7]

Budget (including currency): $2,000 or so

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, multitaskinig

 

Hello folks, 

 

I'm hoping I can ask you all for some input. I've gathered all the parts for my build with my GPU arriving today, and I've moved onto getting ready to assemble the parts. I haven't done a build in a while, so I wanted to refresh myself on a few things and ran into a couple of questions. 

 

1) My current CPU/Motherboard combo is a Ryzen 7800x3d with a ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F motherboard. I've seen reports that the bios caused an issue for AMD chips in the past, however my motherboard was manufactured in May, 2023. Should I flash the bios before installing the CPU to be safe, or do you think I'll be okay to install the CPU and let the ASUS software update the bios? 

 

2) Any other pitfalls I may stumble into with this combination? I need to think about the initial setup for it. I'm not an overclocker, but I do want my system to perform well and take advantage of the components I've picked. If anyone has any good recommendations for settings or videos on decent settings for these components, I'd appreciate any guidance. 

 

3) Other than that, does my build look okay? I'm scared to death 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card 
Case: NZXT H7 Flow RGB ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  

 

Thank you everyone, and I'm sorry for being so unsure of all this!

 

-Em

[Tetras]

4 minutes ago, Sinon7 said:

1) My current CPU/Motherboard combo is a Ryzen 7800x3d with a ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F motherboard. I've seen reports that the bios caused an issue for AMD chips in the past, however my motherboard was manufactured in May, 2023. Should I flash the bios before installing the CPU to be safe, or do you think I'll be okay to install the CPU and let the ASUS software update the bios?

The issue (overvolting) mainly occurred when expo/xmp was enabled, so if you want to be extra careful, I'd check if the shipping bios version includes the fixes and if it doesn't, then flash it before you enable expo/xmp.

[filpo]

1 minute ago, Sinon7 said:

Budget (including currency): $2,000 or so

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, multitaskinig

 

Hello folks, 

 

I'm hoping I can ask you all for some input. I've gathered all the parts for my build with my GPU arriving today, and I've moved onto getting ready to assemble the parts. I haven't done a build in a while, so I wanted to refresh myself on a few things and ran into a couple of questions. 

 

1) My current CPU/Motherboard combo is a Ryzen 7800x3d with a ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F motherboard. I've seen reports that the bios caused an issue for AMD chips in the past, however my motherboard was manufactured in May, 2023. Should I flash the bios before installing the CPU to be safe, or do you think I'll be okay to install the CPU and let the ASUS software update the bios? 

 

2) Any other pitfalls I may stumble into with this combination? I need to think about the initial setup for it. I'm not an overclocker, but I do want my system to perform well and take advantage of the components I've picked. If anyone has any good recommendations for settings or videos on decent settings for these components, I'd appreciate any guidance. 

 

3) Other than that, does my build look okay? I'm scared to death 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card 
Case: NZXT H7 Flow RGB ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  

 

Thank you everyone, and I'm sorry for being so unsure of all this!

 

-Em

How much is that build? The cheapest I can get it is $2000 but the rm1000x is a bit overpriced rn considering the thermaltake GFA3 is 50 bucks cheaper

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($358.98 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($33.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($190.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($949.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 3000D RGB AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($120.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2013.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-30 11:19 EST-0500

[jaslion]

Don't buy windows. Just get a 3$ key on ebay.

 

Normally I'd say you should run this list by us BEFORE you buy stuff but honestly it's great.

 

Would'nt have gone for that board since it's more expensive than others whilst doing literally nothing better than for example a b650 ds3h.

Also wouldn't have chose the h7 flow since it's more expensive and better cases for the price. But if you like the look nothing wrong

 

As for bios. Yes update it. Especially since you have a x3d chip. Asus sucks this time with am5.

[Sinon7]

6 minutes ago, Tetras said:

The issue (overvolting) mainly occurred when expo/xmp was enabled, so if you want to be extra careful, I'd check if the shipping bios version includes the fixes and if it doesn't, then flash it before you enable expo/xmp.

Thank you Tetras! How can I check the bios version on the manufactured board? I didn't see anything on the box, but maybe they have something on the board itself. I debated asking ASUS through a support ticket honestly!

[Tetras]

1 minute ago, Sinon7 said:

How can I check the bios version on the manufactured board? I didn't see anything on the box, but maybe they have something on the board itself.

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1044755/

[Sinon7]

7 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Don't buy windows. Just get a 3$ key on ebay.

 

Normally I'd say you should run this list by us BEFORE you buy stuff but honestly it's great.

 

Would'nt have gone for that board since it's more expensive than others whilst doing literally nothing better than for example a b650 ds3h.

Also wouldn't have chose the h7 flow since it's more expensive and better cases for the price. But if you like the look nothing wrong

 

As for bios. Yes update it. Especially since you have a x3d chip. Asus sucks this time with am5.

Thank you for your input Jaslion! Believe it or not, I did post my list a few months back, and got some advice on a couple of pieces of it. I would've looked into other motherboards if I had known about the possible issues with the am5 socket, but now I'll just deal with it since I don't really feel like trying to return items. Even with all that, I'm still scared to death. My friends thought I was crazy that I didn't just buy one from MicroCenter or something like that, but this is more fun : )  

 

Thank you again for the input regarding the bios. I'm leaning towards just flashing it with the latest version to be safe and keeping my fingers crossed after that! 

[Dedayog]

24 minutes ago, Sinon7 said:

Budget (including currency): $2,000 or so

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, multitaskinig

 

Hello folks, 

 

I'm hoping I can ask you all for some input. I've gathered all the parts for my build with my GPU arriving today, and I've moved onto getting ready to assemble the parts. I haven't done a build in a while, so I wanted to refresh myself on a few things and ran into a couple of questions. 

 

1) My current CPU/Motherboard combo is a Ryzen 7800x3d with a ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F motherboard. I've seen reports that the bios caused an issue for AMD chips in the past, however my motherboard was manufactured in May, 2023. Should I flash the bios before installing the CPU to be safe, or do you think I'll be okay to install the CPU and let the ASUS software update the bios? 

 

2) Any other pitfalls I may stumble into with this combination? I need to think about the initial setup for it. I'm not an overclocker, but I do want my system to perform well and take advantage of the components I've picked. If anyone has any good recommendations for settings or videos on decent settings for these components, I'd appreciate any guidance. 

 

3) Other than that, does my build look okay? I'm scared to death 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card 
Case: NZXT H7 Flow RGB ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  

 

Thank you everyone, and I'm sorry for being so unsure of all this!

 

-Em

I never flash, just do  it and it should work.  The CPU was out then.

 

Built it and let us know.  

[Sinon7]

9 minutes ago, Tetras said:

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1044755/

Thank you, I should've looked that up myself! I'll have my husband slap my in the back of the head for that

 

It looks like I have bios version 1224, so now I just have to figure out if that'll cause issues with my CPU. It always feels like one question answered leads to another

[jaslion]

16 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I never flash, just do  it and it should work.  The CPU was out then.

 

Built it and let us know.  

Yeah but asus boards up to then were STILL frying x3d cpu's because they massively overvolted them when xmp or expo was on

[Dedayog]

Just now, jaslion said:

Yeah but asus boards up to then were STILL frying x3d cpu's because they massively overvolted them when xmp or expo was on

Cool, update the BIOS and then build?  Though I doubt they're still selling the CPU killing boards.

 

Either way, he has the parts... so build the thing.  

 

Then PBO/CO. 

 

Done.

[Tetras]

3 hours ago, Sinon7 said:

It looks like I have bios version 1224, so now I just have to figure out if that'll cause issues with my CPU. It always feels like one question answered leads to another

In Asus bios list, the first version with the updates was 1409, but it didn't stop being mentioned until 1602. Bios version 1224 does not seem to exist:

 

https://rog.asus.com/uk/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b650e-f-gaming-wifi-model/helpdesk_bios/

[jaslion]

3 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Cool, update the BIOS and then build?  Though I doubt they're still selling the CPU killing boards.

 

Either way, he has the parts... so build the thing.  

 

Then PBO/CO. 

 

Done.

Old stock the cpu killing boards are still readily available on the shelf.

 

Yeah build, update and do the stuffs