5700 XT or RTX 2070 Super

[AdeptusTerra]

Evening all, I've set myself a rough budget of £2k to spend on a new rig and am torn on which GPU I should purchase. I'm looking to run 1440p @ 144hz and potentially investing in VR at a later date (The Index looks fun, but I'm not so sure I can justify spending another grand for the tiny pool of VR-ready games out right now) Any thoughts on what would be the better choice?

I'd also welcome any feedback on the rest of the specs I've put together below too.

Cheers!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £419.99
• 1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock 3 High Performance CPU Cooler= £44.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £239.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £149.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £149.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define 7 XL Full-Tower - Black Dark Tint Tempered Glass= £199.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £419.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £99.95

Total: £1,740.78 (includes shipping: £15.90)​

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[AdeptusTerra]

Thanks for the advice guys, Ryzen 7 and GTX 2070 Super it is then. Having looked into it some more, I’ll stick with a SATA SSD over NVME for now - the real world performance doesn’t seem worthwhile for what I plan on using.

On the Motherboard; is PCIe 4 not worth it now/for future proofing? That was my main reason for looking at the higher cost options.