Sanity check - Ryzen 3600 build

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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £647.10 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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I'm looking at pressing the trigger on the above once the board comes into stock. Am I making any bad mistakes here or missing good deals for spending a bit more ? Its to replace my current Haswell 4790K build which is getting more and more flaky - I suspect the motherboard is on its way out.

I already have a 1070Ti which will go into this build and will get Windows 10 retail. Don't need any more storage as I already run a NAS.

The 3600X is about 30 quid more this week, but reading around I get the impression its unlikely to be a noticeable difference. I'm not interested in any fancy overclocking beyond what the BIOS would give me for free.

Uses will be software development, gaming, some media encoding and general "stuff". Current rig is 16 Gig RAM so don't think I need jump to 32, but the option is there down the line.
 

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I have a 760W Corsair AX PSU in my current rig and will probably cut over to it once I have transferred everything over. Expecting to run both systems for a month or two just to be sure its all done as there's stuff lurking I don't use *that* often (hence buying a case as well). I bought a MB for the 4790K a while ago before they stopped being stocked anywhere and will re-purpose the old components to a scratch box for running assorted virtual machines. New box will all be a clean install as the current has gone Windows 7 --> 8 --> 10 and full of junk.

PSU's are not something I will ever cheap out on. Seen enough horror stories here and elsewhere when one goes. Scratch box won't need to run a graphics card so went for lower wattage.
 

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ninezerofive said:
That's 650 GBP you will hardly feel.

IMO if you are not going 8 core, then save your money.
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Nice looking build thread in that sig :)

You're right, but I'm trying to avoid the insidious "just slightly more" creep of upgrades as you suddenly find the cost escalates to £lol money. I did consider a 2700X instead but reviews were showing little real world difference against the 3600 and going 3700 or higher jumps over my budget. If the Tomahawk doesn't appear in stock soon a 2700X gives me more B450 choices.

This is a bit of a forced move as the current box has been flaky for a while but seems to be getting worse in the last month. I'm also expecting the pound to fall even more in the next few months given brexit and the donald doing his best to **** everything up waving his willy at china, so "now" just seems to be the least-worst timing. A few years ago I'd have spent 2 or 3 times more quite happily, but priorities change.

I don't play the latest games and coding on something less that premium spec forces me to write better code. It should do me 2 or 3 years and then the landscape will have changed. This will be a good system to pass over to the children.
 

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ninezerofive said:
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How's your 4790k, good overclocker ?
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No clue now because of the ongoing MB cold boot problems. To boot can take up to 10 attempts and sometime removing a RAM stick, letting it all "warm up" for an hour with just one stick and then powering down and putting the second stick back in. I've done the usual stuff suggested on the forums, including re-seating the CPU and renewing thermal paste.

I did get a reasonable overclock when it was all new - can't remember how much, just that it was similar to what others reported in the forums, but just been running at stock for 18 months now as I didn't really want to keep faffing around and an overclock is probably the first thing to take off when the thing won't boot.
 

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an0nym0us said:
Do you have a spare PSU to test if that makes any difference?
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Yes a ~10 year old BeQuiet so I'd not want to use it long term in a build, but tried and no obvious difference. I am pretty convinced its the motherboard dying (Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force). Proof will be when I cannibalise for the scratch build box and use the one I bought before they stopped being stocked forever (ASRock B85M Pro 3). If the Tomahawk doesn't appear in stock soonish I may just go this route anyway and live with the downtime.
 

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All ordered now the board is in stock. A bit of upwards drift on prices (cursed brexit and exchange rates) but still just under £650 with my free shipping. Delivery tomorrow, friday 13th :eek:

@ED209 I specifically wanted that board because it works with Ryzen 3 out of the box. Alternatives seemed to be spending quite a bit more on an X570 board, faffing around borrowing a CPU to flash BIOS or paying overclockers to upgrade the BIOS (see this bundle).

Thanks all for the comments.
 

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Jimbo said:
Did you go for the same as me? Msi tomahawk Max and ryzen 3600. See my post about the wraith heatsink. Its still fine though. Im looking forward to getting it all up and running.
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Yeah - I noticed your post last night after I'd ordered. It all arrived a few hours ago and I'm hoping to put it together tonight or over the weekend. I was wondering whether to go with an aftermarket cooler but decided to start with the stock one and see how noisy it was before spending more.
 
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