Question Please help with budget Ryzen build!

Hammad5161

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Hi, I am building a new PC after selling my old i5 build. I want to do it from scratch and have gathered a list of parts which I think are good for my budget.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6fw9fH

I am getting the r5 3600 as the CPU. I have seen a lot of people having problems with using the flashback feature while updating their b450 boards to 3rd gen. My question is that should I just get this system or wait until the bios is fixed? It would be my first build but I am not a newbie to hardware. Any advice on the build would be appreciated, (budget £750).

Please help with any advice or recommendations. The budget should be same.

Thanks!
 
Flashback will typically work fine. From what I have seen, the reason a lot of people have trouble is because they are not reading instructions properly. Flashing the BIOS is something that can cause a motherboard to be unfixable, and so care must be taken.
View: https://youtu.be/iTkXunUAriE


I made a PCPartPicker list that I adjusted to be in the price range, but with better PSU, and an NVMe SSD which will be a lot faster.
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£197.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£71.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Patriot Scorch 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.58 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.99 @ PC World)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £760.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-24 10:24 BST+0100
 

Hammad5161

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Flashback will typically work fine. From what I have seen, the reason a lot of people have trouble is because they are not reading instructions properly. Flashing the BIOS is something that can cause a motherboard to be unfixable, and so care must be taken.
View: https://youtu.be/iTkXunUAriE


I made a PCPartPicker list that I adjusted to be in the price range, but with better PSU, and an NVMe SSD which will be a lot faster.
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£197.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£71.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Patriot Scorch 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.58 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.99 @ PC World)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £760.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-24 10:24 BST+0100
Thanks for this, the build is much better. The RAM isnt actually £65 on Amazon, which other would you recommend?
 

Hammad5161

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Ah yes, I'm sorry about that. How about this one? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...-4-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-memory-pv416g320c6k
Or the ones in your original list will do fine.
Thank you for all your help! I am close to ordering the system and gonna order a cheap gpu like gt 710 to make sure the pc is working with bios flash and them return it. I have just one more question. I don't have anywhere to build the PC where there is not a carpet floor. Should I be fine if I use slippers and touch psu etc to ground myself?
 

Hammad5161

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If I were you, I'd get the GPU you want right away. If the motherboard doesn't flash properly, then you should return that instead, as Flashback is one of the advertised features of the motherboard.
After advice from other people and MSI, they have recommended me to wait for the new B450 "MAX" which will be ryzen 3000 compatible out of the box. The Tomahawk max is releasing 5th August according to CCL. It is ATX I have changed the case to an ATX. I have also found a vega 56 cheaper locally so will try to get that. I have changed the PSU to a CX650. Does this list look ok?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/
 
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