VR Gaming PC Build Help

[jdino323]

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

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

You are paying 20$ more for the x in the 3600x. A 3600 is almost the exact same, and is much better if you OC it. Could you wait a bit for the ryzen 4000 to come out and rtx3000 to be more available?

[bmx6454]

either build should run vr pretty well, the 3700x might be a better choice for going longer before an upgrade, although it is worth noting that zen 3 is very close now. also, you can save around 100$ by getting a win10 pro key off ebay for 5-10$.