Help needed with Ryzen 3700x build

[Don007]

I am planning to build a new PC after almost 10 years during Christmas holidays.
I will be mainly using it for software development(3-4 docker images, wildfly server, Intellij IDE, postgres db, active MQ etc). My son will use it occasionally for gaming (mainly fortnight).

I have keyboard and mouse. Please suggest a monitor which is less taxing on eyes. I spend lot of time in front of screen.
I will also need a wifi card and contemplating adding another 500gb SSD for ubuntu.
I am likely to upgrade CPU and RAM after few years.
My budget is around £1600[I have some flexibility].
This is my initial basket, please suggest any improvements:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £106.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler= £42.95
• 1 x Arctic Silver ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover and Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit= £6.95
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+ 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £419.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Gray Micron E-Die 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM= £139.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower - Black= £74.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £89.99
  1 x Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive = £109.99

Total: £1,303.02 (includes shipping: £14.70)​

 

[Don007]

Thank you all for your advice and feedback, much appreciated.

 

[Don007]

If you (or your son) is only going to be playing Minecraft and you are mainly going to be doing dev work with docker images, active MQ and the like wouldn't it be a better idea to downgrade to a 5700 (non-XT) and get a 3900x instead?

At the moment I am using Macbook pro, I7, 2017 model without any issues for development work. I thought 3700x should keep me going for few years and then I can upgrade CPU(and possibly motherboard if required).
Not planning to upgrade GPU though and hence thought I will go for XT version.

 

[Don007]

I have updated basket as per above suggestions.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £106.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler= £42.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+ 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £419.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Gray Micron E-Die 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM= £139.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower - Black= £74.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Snow Silent 650W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £92.99
• 1 x Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive = £109.99

Total: £1,292.58 (includes shipping: £14.70)​

 

[Don007]

@Lemin Thanks for your suggestion. I will try using paste provided with scythe mugen to start with.

 

[Don007]

@Danny75 and @keylion thanks for your suggestions. I will read reviews of these suggested monitors.

 

[Don007]

OcUK have recently been selling MSI B450 Pro Carbon with updated BIOS. It has better WiFi than what you can purchase for the same cost through Tomahawk + add-in card. If for whatever reason the box does not say Ryzen 3000 ready, then it has BIOS Flashback to allow flashing without a CPU inside.

Is MSI B450 Pro Carbon better than MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX?

 

[Don007]

Now all I need to do is find a good monitor with some sort of eye care tech and wait for boxing day deals

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler= £42.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+ 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £419.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Gray Micron E-Die 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM= £139.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower - Black= £74.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Snow Silent 650W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £92.99
• 1 x Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive = £109.99

Total: £1305.58 (includes shipping: £14.70)​

 

[Don007]

I am getting following warning when I checked compatibility of components on pc part picker. What are the implications of not having 4-pin ATX power connector? Don't think I will need to overclock for my use case.

The MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Platinum 650 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. While the system will likely still run without it, higher current demands such as extreme overclocking or large video card current draws may require it.

 

[Don007]

I managed to finally build my PC yesterday.
I had to make few changes as I wanted delivery of items on 28th Dec and not all items were available.

1. Phantek p400a case
2. Corsair RM650i PSU
3. Did not order Mugen cooler
4. Added one more 500 GB SSD for Linux.
5. iiyama ProLite XUB2792QSU-B1 27" QHD IPS Monitor

Thanks to all for suggestions and inputs.

 

[Don007]

How did it go, mate? I've just ordered parts for a very similar system and they'll be arriving in drips and drabs over the next few days. Super excited to build it myself, but nervous at the same time!

It took me much longer than my previous build(2010). I did spent lot of time watching you tube videos. Did not face any major issues.
List of problems/mistakes which I did given below:
1. Flashing bios on mother board did not work. LED on motherboard will blink for 3 times and then stop. It is supposed to blink for few minutes. It turned out motherboard already had latest BIOS and hence it won't update.
2. Fixed PSU to case and then realised it's much harder to attach connectors. Best to attach all required connectors first.
3. Watched you tube video to figure out how to install M2 card. Need to apply little bit of pressure.
4. Finished build at 2 am, switched on system and all fans on case, CPU and graphics card started. However monitor was not getting any signal. Went to sleep. Tried swtching on again in the morning and it worked.

Hope this helps. All the best.