Help with a new Ryzen build based around some existing parts

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Hi,

My wife needs a new PC. It's for home-office use & light gaming & needs to be a Ryzen CPU:p

I have spare a Reference Vega 56 & 16GB Flare-X 2400 DDR4.

*I'm covered for SSD's as well.

The wrinkle here is the Vega & PSU requirments. 650W & semi-modular preferred. Happy to spend a bit more for a quality unit.

Budget.. £350ish but cheaper is better.

So parts needed:

CPU: 3100?
MOBO: B450.. ATX preferred.
CASE: Was thinking P300A plus some Arctic P12 but cannot find stock:/
PSU: See above

Thanks in advance!:)
 
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You could probably get away with a 550w considering the other hardware won't be drawing much power but for a 650w this looks pretty good for the price.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £330.39 (includes shipping: £10.50)



You could save quite a bit going for a 550w and then maybe spend the extra on a 3600 as Matt suggested.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £90.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Thanks for the replies. It's true I might be being overly cautious with my 650w target.

I'm certainly very comfortable with superflower units as I've been using a 650w leadex gold for.. 4 years? And it's been brilliant. The Vega runs at 1v/1500mhz all day and night and iirc pulls about 180-200w as reported by gpuz.

I do need a case though so to stay in budget I'll likely need to go for a 3100..

Cheers guys, I'm edging closer.

*okay so the super flower 550w has only 1 VGA cable that daisy chains to x2 6+2.. so thats a no go.

Seasonics new Focus GX range looks like a fit as long as it doesnt have the below issue found on older models:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...uSvH1_juom7SMG5SCNzP2Uov8w/edit#gid=768908462

Seasonic Focus Gold, Plus Gold, Plus Plat., G, S12G - trips with AMD Vega and other high transient GPUs
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So..

PSU: Fractal Design ION+ 660P 660W £105
CPU: Ryzen 3100 £100
CASE: Fractal Define Mini C w/o window (will sit under a desk) £70
MOBO: B450M MORTAR MAX £100

Total: £375.. slightly overbudget but should be okay.. cheers guys:)
 
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Build completed! Have to say I really enjoyed building in the Define Mini C & M-ATX overall was a great change from ATX.

Just going to post this as I was getting a bit anxious that I would need a Bios update for the Ryzen 3100. According to the S/N the board I received today was manafactured in June! And here is the Bios it shipped with to confirm this:

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For the cost difference I'd spend the extra on a 3600.

A 3100 isn't a bad chip however, and I'm sure it'll suit your needs. You've a really nice B450 too, so upgrading down the line grants you some great options.
 
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For the cost difference I'd spend the extra on a 3600.

A 3100 isn't a bad chip however, and I'm sure it'll suit your needs. You've a really nice B450 too, so upgrading down the line grants you some great options.
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Well it's my wifes PC & she was paying:D The good news is I can drop in a great update if required down the road, as you say. Ram is a bit naff too but the bones are there!
 
Man, just get the cheapest B450 board you can find. It doesn’t sound like you are running any high end system nor likely to upgrade.

Your ram is a crippling 2400Mhz so seriously just go for a cheap B450 or even B350 board (the latter need some kind of bios flash feature to allow you to update bios without cpu otherwise you have to get a zen CPU)

i would go for

gigabyte B450 board for around £50
1600AF or 2600 CPU £90
alternatively 3600 £135
550w PSU gold - Corsair seasonic etc £80
Meshify C - £60
This would be below your budget. Then you can sell your 2400Mhz ram and use the spare to get some 3200MHz ram.
 
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It's built:p

The monitor is 1440p 60hz. With a Vega 56 the ram isn't a massive bottleneck. At some point I'll grab some faster ram but it suffices for now. Likewise the CPU, that will get an upgrade at some point.
 
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