[35K] CPU+Mobo+RAM

[masterkd]

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans:
Coding (Eclipse, Netbeans, Android Studio)
Gaming (Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Kingdom Come Deliverance)
Virtual Machine (Need 16 GB RAM)

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:35K - 40K

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: Already have 3 HDDs and a SSD

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans: No. Have 24 inch 1920x1080

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: 3 HDD, SSD, Graphics Card (Zotac GTX 970), PSU (Corsair TX850), Cabinet, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, UPS, Speakers

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Within 2-3 weeks

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Will build myself

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: Kolkata, local buy is first preference, online only if significant deal

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Planning to buy below items
Ryzen 3600
MSI B450 Carbon AC/B450 Tomahawk
Corsair 3200MHz 16GBx1

Is B450 safe now or should I go for X570 for peace of mind?

N.B. Posting from my mobile. Apologies for any typo or mistake.

 

[nac]

What you're planning to get is fine and good. Yeah, B450 is safe now. Since MAX series have arrived to our shore, you can try to get that (there may be availability issues).
You have 3 weeks time, I hope you will likely to find 3000 ready MAX series board.

BTW, why 16GB single stick. Expecting to fill all the four slots in the future to 64GB?

 

[masterkd]

Thanks for the response.
Yes I also see MAX have availability issue.
Only one stick as it is ₹ 1200 more for 8GBx2. Will it be significant performance gain in dual channel?
Currently trying to figure out if carbon ac worths the money over tomahawk. Any suggestions?

 

[nac]

For Ryzen, Yes. There will be noticeable performance difference.

For your use any of those two will do fine and good. If you couldn't find MAX at the time of buying, go for ASUS or Gigabyte board. They do have better BIOS, PBO, XFR than MSI.
ASUS Tuf B450M Pro Gaming
Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro

PS: You will need to update BIOS if the board is not MAX/3000 ready.

 

[quicky008]

b450 tomahawk max is being sold by Vedant from kolkata for 12k approx.But is it worth buying a b450 board for 12k when cheaper x570 boards are available for around 15k?

 

[nac]

Ain't they getting sold out? There are people who find it worth. May be not me, may be not you, but there are people who find it worth buying at that price or at least they find that's the best choice for them.

 

[whitestar_999]

b450 tomahawk max is being sold by Vedant from kolkata for 12k approx.But is it worth buying a b450 board for 12k when cheaper x570 boards are available for around 15k?

It was launched at ~10900 but they increased the price after seeing such demand.At 12k it is certainly not worth buying when you can get gigabyte X570 for ~15k.

 

[masterkd]

I am confused over the motherboard. Earlier I read MSI do not have voltage offset in their bios. But they have the best VRM. So I was thinking ROG strix b450 f. Now I find that MSI have voltage offset in their January bios update. So I am still inclined to MSI b450 tomahawk/carbon ac. What do you guys think?

 

[nac]

Any one of them is fine. Pick the one you like.

 

[masterkd]

Also does it worth to spend extra money on carbon ac over tomahawk?

 

[nac]

If you want those features, yeah it's worth.

 

[whitestar_999]

Don't buy MSI mobo just for "voltage offset"/overclocking because ryzen 3600 doesn't need it for majority of the cases.Only buy MSI non-max version if you specifically want good VRMs & hope you won't run into bios issues(or aftersales support because MSI has a poor one in India going by recent posts in /r/IndianGaming).

 

[masterkd]

In that case I might go for ROG strix f or even save money and go for Asus TUF B450M Pro Gaming?
Only problem is these do not have bios flashback.

 

[whitestar_999]

Don't go for either of them,both cost higher & are inferior to asrock B450 pro 4 *i.redd.it/7n48gewun0p21.png
Buy Online Asrock B450 Pro4 AMD AM4 Socket Motherboard lowest price in india at www.theitdepot.com

If you can afford to wait & spend more then I suggest that you go for Asus Tuf gaming plus X570 for 16.9k(best X570 mobo under 20k) or even gigabyte X570 gaming X(similar to B450 mobo but with much better VRMs & of course native Ryzen 3xxx compatibility) for 15.5k.

For RAM you can get these ADATA XPG GAMMIX D30 8GB (8GBX1) DDR4 3200MHZ RAM

 

[masterkd]

X570 boards are over budget for me. I am planning to buy it tomorrow locally and Asrock B450 Pro4 seems to be out of stock. Tough to wait, no system.

 

[nac]

It's alright. Don't have to emphasis too much on VRM alone.
Check for features you need in the board and narrow down your choices. If your top pick is not available when you buy tomorrow go for the next one.

 

[masterkd]

Bought the below parts today.
Ryzen 5 3600
Asrock B450 Pro4
GSkill 3200mhz 8GB x2

The motherboard was Ryzen 3000 ready but have May bios. Will update to latest tomorrow.

Thanks a lot everybody for all the help.

 

[whitestar_999]

Where did you get Asrock B450 Pro 4 from?

 

[masterkd]

MD Computers

 

[quicky008]

Bought the below parts today.
Ryzen 5 3600
Asrock B450 Pro4
GSkill 3200mhz 8GB x2

The motherboard was Ryzen 3000 ready but have May bios. Will update to latest tomorrow.

Thanks a lot everybody for all the help.

can you post the date of manufacture/import of your asrock mobo?was it ryzen 3000 ready out of the box?

how much did you spend on the board and what was your total expense on these purchases?