Planning to build a new PC to play Half-Life Alyx and I want some feedback on this part list

[Datboi73]

I'm planning on building a new PC to play Half-Life Alyx and I want some feedback on the part list

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NZswq3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard  
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN500 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive 
Storage: Toshiba P300 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card  
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL ONE Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  

 

Total: £756.95/ €846.24/ $895.83USD
 

I'm not 100% sure about what motherboard I want (must be X570 and have USB-C). I've been thinking about getting a MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS or an Asus PRIME X570-P instead.

 

Another thing that is might change is the GPU because I have been thinking about getting either a Gigabyte or Asus 580, maybe a 590 or maybe one of those Navi GPUs with raytracing if they are released in the next 3 months (and aren't too expensive).

 

Edit: Also, it's my fault for being an idiot by not including any mention of my budget, but, I don't really want to spend much more than £750/€880 and I don't mind if the SSD is 250 or 500Gb because I was planning on buying additional Sata SSDs for larger steam games when needed (because they're stupidly cheap right now) but still want a hard drive for storing non-game stuff because they are generally more reliable than SSDs using MLC, TLC or QLC.

[boggy77]

Better motherboard, faster ram, 1tb nvme, similar performance gpu but newer gen.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£169.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard	£149.98 @ Box Limited
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£85.43 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£89.99 @ Scan.co.uk
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5500 XT 4 GB PULSE Video Card	£169.97 @ Amazon UK
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL ONE Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£88.43 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£54.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£808.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-12 16:19 GMT+0000

 

[VEXICUS]

There you go mate....enjoy!!

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£171.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£88.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY XLR8 CS3030 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£64.80 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB DD Ultra Video Card  (£290.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £798.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-12 16:29 GMT+0000

[Datboi73]

3 hours ago, boggy77 said:

Better motherboard, faster ram, 1tb nvme, similar performance gpu but newer gen.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£169.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard	£149.98 @ Box Limited
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£85.43 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage	Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£89.99 @ Scan.co.uk
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5500 XT 4 GB PULSE Video Card	£169.97 @ Amazon UK
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL ONE Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£88.43 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£54.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£808.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-12 16:19 GMT+0000

 

Half-Life Alyx needs a GPU with at least 6Gb of VRAM and considering the cost of the 8Gb variant and the fact that it wouldn't have much of an improvement in performance, I would probably be better off with an 8Gb 580 or 590 (hopefully one of those Navi Ray-tracing GPUs is a similar price)

 

Also, it's my fault for not including any mention of my budget, but, I don't really want to spend much more than £750/€880 and for me, I don't mind if the NVME SSD is 250 or 500Gb because I was planning on buying additional Sata SSDs for larger steam games (because they're stupidly cheap right now) but still want a hard drive because they are generally more reliable (SSDs using MLC, TLC and QLC are more likely to fail sooner. I still plan to have backups, I'm not that stupid that I would simply store everything one a single HDD and expect it to last forever.)

[boggy77]

Then go with this and a second hand gpu. For 250, you can find 1070ti or vega 56/64. What do you need the x570 board for?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£169.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£65.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£85.43 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage	ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£61.83 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Focus G Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£54.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£54.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£493.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-12 21:37 GMT+0000

 

[Datboi73]

1 hour ago, boggy77 said:

Then go with this and a second hand gpu. For 250, you can find 1070ti or vega 56/64. What do you need the x570 board for?

I want to be able to upgrade to a PCIe 4 GPU in the future and want to have a somewhat future proof system