Valve Index VR PC Build Help

jdino323 · October 2, 2020

Budget (including currency): $1000-$1500

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: VR Gaming, Valve Index, COD Warzone

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):

Hey guys! Trying to figue out a build for PC/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.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.99 @ Amazon
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	$113.99 @ 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
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1333.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-02 05:57 EDT-0400

BenOver · October 2, 2020

20 minutes ago, jdino323 said:

Budget (including currency): $1000-$1500

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: VR Gaming, Valve Index, COD Warzone

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):

Hey guys! Trying to figue out a build for PC/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.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.99 @ Amazon

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 $113.99 @ 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

Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts

Total $1333.90

Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-02 05:57 EDT-0400

I Highly recommend waiting for the 3070 you are paying the same price for a lot more performance (or try getting a 2080ti off ebay if they still sell them for 500$) and i doubt that you will get the maximum from the index even a year from now with a 2070 and if you can wait till the end of this month the 5700x Will be out (20%+ performance single core) don't do the stupid thing and buy a last gen pc a month before next gen for the same price comes out