Building a new PC for VR

[Rmarrtyr]

I'm looking to build a new PC for VR and 4k gaming. I'm an IT professional so am comfortable building a rig, although it has been a while! 

 

My main goal is to have a PC that will run upcoming games such as Doom Eternal and Cyberpunk 2077 well, and if possible in 4K, as well as being able to run the latest VR games in 120hz on a Valve Index.

 

Upgradability is very important and I would like the opportunity for overclocking so ventilation is also an important factor. I feel like I've done my research but these are two areas which I'll admit I could use a little help (not sure how future proof a B540 Mobo is??)

 

Any tips would be fantastic, here is the parts list I have put together: 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	£196.29 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£76.98 @ Aria PC
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£59.00 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£49.50 @ Aria PC
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC 3X Video Card	£469.98 @ Aria PC
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£79.00 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£85.97 @ Laptops Direct
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1106.71
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-08 00:34 GMT+0000

 

My location is UK and my budget is as close to £1000 as possible although there is some room for compromise there if the performance gains make it justifiable.

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited January 8, 2020 by Rmarrtyr
Added location and budget

[boggy77]

Got ir more in line with your budget. Faster ram, higher capacity ssd to put some games on it as well, better psu, better cooled gpu. The mobo is cheaper but as good as the tomahawk. The case is cheaper, but has good airflow. The3600x isn't worth more than £10 over the 3600.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£169.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£79.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£69.20 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£52.20 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£49.50 @ Aria PC
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card	£499.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	£52.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	BitFenix Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£66.53 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1039.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-08 00:54 GMT+0000

 

[Rmarrtyr]

9 hours ago, boggy77 said:

Got ir more in line with your budget. Faster ram, higher capacity ssd to put some games on it as well, better psu, better cooled gpu. The mobo is cheaper but as good as the tomahawk. The case is cheaper, but has good airflow. The3600x isn't worth more than £10 over the 3600.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£169.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£79.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£69.20 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£52.20 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£49.50 @ Aria PC
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card	£499.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	£52.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	BitFenix Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£66.53 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1039.84
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-08 00:54 GMT+0000

 

Thanks for your reply! Would you say that NAND storage isn't worth the money compared to a SATA SSD?

[boggy77]

31 minutes ago, Rmarrtyr said:

Thanks for your reply! Would you say that NAND storage isn't worth the money compared to a SATA SSD?

for gaming only, you won't notice the difference. you'll have maybe 20-30% faster loading times in games. that will translate to a few seconds, as ssd's are already much faster than hdd's. what's more, the mx500 has a 1tb dram cache that will help a lot with loading times.

at the same time, the sx8200 is one of the best nvme ssd's for only a few pounds more.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/kVzkcf/adata-xpg-sx8200-pro-512-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx8200pnp-512gt-c