[Canada] Help with VR Build

[VaunMakuza]

I have ordered a Valve Index, which is supposed to arrive mid May ish based on the 8 week window (bah!), and both my wife and myself have a VR ready machine, but neither of us want to have to "sacrifice" our computer when someone wants to play VR. 

 

With that in mind, looking to build a machine that is dedicated to just doing VR, won't really be used for anything else. Looking for suggestions/improvements on what I have below. 

 

Budget: Maximum $1,400 CAD. Looking closer to the $1,000 mark, but understand that what I want isn't entirely feasible at that price

Aim: To have a dedicated VR machine, capable of 1080p, running Valve Index, ideally at that 144hz potential (wife gets motion sick, so hoping the higher refresh will help)

Monitors: Will run on the VR machine and display off a TV for others to view (Already have the TV)

Peripherals: Not required, got what I need

Why am I upgrading?: As mentioned, so that we don't have to sacrifice one of our computers anytime someone wants to do VR (her computer is upstairs, mine is where the VR area will be, she doesn't want to bring her computer down, I wouldn't want to be kicked off my PC for her to play VR)

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$268.05 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.94 @ Vuugo
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$135.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO GAMING Video Card	$444.40 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1043.37
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$1018.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-30 14:17 EDT-0400

 

I already have a case and a PSU that I will leverage for this as well. A follow up, would an Intel do better for VR or the Ryzen? I typically go Intel for everything but have been hearing good things about Ryzen so was interested to try (plus with the lower price point). 

 

[Slottr]

3600 will do fine for this, especially with this budget.

 

I would change the ram to a lower speed and get something like a 3200 2x8 kit of ripjaws.

 

Here's an upgraded list with a better gpu, just on the 1100 mark

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$268.05 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.94 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$94.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$539.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1097.96
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$1072.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-30 14:24 EDT-0400

 

[VaunMakuza]

3 minutes ago, Slottr said:

3600 will do fine for this, especially with this budget.

 

I would change the ram to a lower speed and get something like a 3200 2x16 kit of ripjaws.

 

Here's an upgraded list with a better gpu, just on the 1100 mark

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$268.05 @ Vuugo
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.94 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$94.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$539.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1097.96
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$1072.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-30 14:24 EDT-0400

 

I've always typically gone with Nvidia for graphics AMD would be a new realm for me. Is it a significant performance increase from the 2060 to the RX 5700? Any particular reason it's better?

As for the ram, also any reason why downgrading? Would the 3600 be bottlenecked, or just unlikely to need that high of speed for what I want out of it?

 

Thanks!

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, VaunMakuza said:

I've always typically gone with Nvidia for graphics AMD would be a new realm for me. Is it a significant performance increase from the 2060 to the RX 5700? Any particular reason it's better?

As for the ram, also any reason why downgrading? Would the 3600 be bottlenecked, or just unlikely to need that high of speed for what I want out of it?

 

Thanks!

There's an increase of about 15-20 fps across the board.

 

The ram- because it's cheaper and the difference between 3200 and 3600 will be minimal

 

There's always a bottleneck somewhere, but the 3600 will play well with the coinciding components.

[VaunMakuza]

On 3/30/2020 at 2:35 PM, Slottr said:

There's an increase of about 15-20 fps across the board.

 

The ram- because it's cheaper and the difference between 3200 and 3600 will be minimal

 

There's always a bottleneck somewhere, but the 3600 will play well with the coinciding components.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

Follow up question, considering doing the Ryzen 7 3700x as opposed to the Ryzen 5 3700x.

 

Is it worthwhile, or negligible in terms of performance gain?

 

Also, here is my current updated Part list (minus the Ryzen 7 as i'm unsure at this point). Had a good tax return so splurging a bit more 8-)

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$292.75 @ shopRBC
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ Canada Computers
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$119.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$94.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB AORUS Video Card	$579.00 @ Canada Computers
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 50 ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1306.22
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$1281.22
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-07 12:26 EDT-0400

 

[Slottr]

12 minutes ago, VaunMakuza said:

Is it worthwhile, or negligible in terms of performance gain?

For strictly gaming the 3600 will be fine, no reason to get a 3700x

[VaunMakuza]

3 minutes ago, Slottr said:

For strictly gaming the 3600 will be fine, no reason to get a 3700x

And if theres the potential it could be use for streaming or Blender work in the future, would it be better to go with the 3700x?

[Slottr]

11 minutes ago, VaunMakuza said:

And if theres the potential it could be use for streaming or Blender work in the future, would it be better to go with the 3700x?

Yeah that would be applicable in that regard

[ErA.l]

Only a $15CAD difference in price between the 3600mhz and 3200mhz Ripjaws?

Personally I'd spend the money, but YMMV.