Budget (including currency): $1000 - $1500
Country: USA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: VR Gaming, Valve Index VR headset, minor video editing
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):
Trying to figure out which build might be better for VR Gaming. I'm planning on getting my Valve Index soon and still need to build a PC for it, so I figured I'd ask you guys for help. My budget is around $1000-$1500. I know the 3060 is coming out in October, but I know it's probably going to be out of stock for a while, so I would like to build now, and be able to upgrade down the line! I would be mainly using this PC for VR gaming and minor graphic design stuff for work (Photoshop, Illustrator). I'm pretty new at this stuff so any help would be appreciated.
Build 1:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
$209.09 @ Amazon
Motherboard
MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard
$139.99 @ B&H
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory
$78.98 @ Newegg
Storage
ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$64.98 @ Amazon
Storage
Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card
EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card
$419.99 @ Walmart
Case
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
$98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply
Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
$94.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
$108.78 @ Other World Computing
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$1270.77
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-27 21:40 EDT-0400
Build 2:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
$294.99 @ Walmart
Motherboard
MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard
$139.99 @ B&H
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
$112.99 @ Newegg
Storage
ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$64.98 @ Amazon
Storage
Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
$499.99 @ Best Buy
Case
Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case
$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply
Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
$94.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
$108.78 @ Other World Computing
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$1441.68
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-27 21:41 EDT-0400