A Beginners Build

[Olimario64]

Budget (including currency): £1200 (GBP)

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly a mix of indie and visually detailed games (not much of a multiplayer guy so I either appreciate unique mechanics or beautiful artwork and stories) would like to try with VR (have metaquest 3s)

Other details have never built a pc before but watch a ton of videos, trying to get a parts list together before the summer sales so I can go in with a complete idea of what I want

Really like the smaller wood accent cases, not a fan of RGB and don't care if I can see components just that they are adequately cooled

Have a PC part picker list but don't know if it fully makes sense as CPU may not be good enough for GPU?:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/X338kf

All periferals already owned, basically just need everything inside the tower

Edited June 8, 2025 by Olimario64
Forgot to include that I have all periferals

[Why_Me]

1 minute ago, Olimario64 said:

Budget (including currency): £1200 (GBP)

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly a mix of indie and visually detailed games (not much of a multiplayer guy so I either appreciate unique mechanics or beautiful artwork and stories) would like to try with VR (have metaquest 3s)

Other details have never built a pc before but watch a ton of videos, trying to get a parts list together before the summer sales so I can go in with a complete idea of what I want

Really like the smaller wood accent cases

Have a PC part picker list but don't know if it fully makes sense as CPU may not be good enough for GPU?:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Olimario64/saved/CHmsmG

 

This part list is private.  <--- this is what we see when we click your link. You need to make it public.

[Olimario64]

2 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

This part list is private.  <--- this is what we see when we click your link. You need to make it public.

Thanks for that think it should work now

[Why_Me]

12 minutes ago, Olimario64 said:

Thanks for that think it should work now

Everything other than the board looks fine. Look for a board with better VRM's. I'm using this as an example.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£145.21 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£28.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£104.22 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£84.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£148.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire 21323-01-20G Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card  (£569.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Lian Li A3-mATX MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£69.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.95 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1251.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-08 12:02 BST+0100

[Olimario64]

What are VRM's and what should I be looking for?

[Why_Me]

9 minutes ago, Olimario64 said:

What are VRM's and what should I be looking for?

Look for a board with a 8 phase or greater power design.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vrm-voltage-regulator-module-definition,5771.html

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qNTrC8

Cost optimizations and fixed the only major issue in this build (now the board doesnt have garbage vrms)

 

If you need wifi on the board theres the msi b650m gaming plus wifi for an extra 25£ also decent vrms

 

The cost cuts are in areas you wont realistically notice and theyre similar enough anyways in actual performance though regarding rams it may be c36 but its 36-36-36 1.25v which is still hynix based like the 6000c30 rams which means itll perform the exact same due to the primaries on ddr5 (the timings you always see advertised) dont matter for performance

[podkall]

5 hours ago, Olimario64 said:

What are VRM's and what should I be looking for?

VRMs are responsible for power delivery to the CPU

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jNHR8Q