Advice please on first time build

[Mary Jane]

Looking to get my son(12) a gaming pc for Christmas. He’s wanting to play steam games with his Oculus VR. Hubby is more than capable of assembling but we would like help with the best components please. We have a budget of £1200 for everything apart from a monitor which we have. Thanks in advance.

 

[Tetras]

We have a budget of £1200 for everything apart from a monitor which we have. Thanks in advance.

What is the monitor resolution?

The CPU cooler in the below is optional (there's one in the CPU box).

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £134.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £89.98
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-MSI-01573) = £539.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03769) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400S Glass Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Gun Metal (SKU: CA-06A-PT) = £54.54
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £1,202.42 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Mary Jane]

1920x1080 monitor resolution
Thanks

 

[Mary Jane]

Any suggestions for keyboard and mouse also
Thanks

 

[mickyflinn]

1920x1080 monitor resolution
Thanks

If you want a case with a bit more RGB with fans then look at these .

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cases-and-modding/pc-cases/mid-tower-cases?sort=price_asc

 

[Tetras]

1920x1080 monitor resolution
Thanks

A 4070 Super is overkill for 1080p, but if you're comfortable with the budget then no big deal.

 

[Mary Jane]

Would a Msi mag b650 tomahawk motherboard be a ok in stock alternative?

 

[Mary Jane]

Would I be better getting a wired rgb keyboard and mouse from Amazon?

 

[Tetras]

Would a Msi mag b650 tomahawk motherboard be a ok in stock alternative?

The Eagle is showing as in stock for me?

 

[Mary Jane]

It wasn’t earlier?

 

[Tetras]

It wasn’t earlier?

maybe they just had a delivery

 

[Craig_d1]

tomahawks better board, but more expensive at 160...doesn't make pc faster but a bit of rgb does get the kids excited....just saying

 

[Craig_d1]

1920x1080 monitor resolution
Thanks

@Tetras has put a 4070super in there...that'll take care of 1440p gaming...next b'day/xmas sorted then

 

[Craig_d1]

added a bit of lights and made it a bit more open as an alternative..if you can stretch to the tomahawk I'd do that over the eagle to. it has more usb connectivity on the back i/o for starters...switched to tomahawk as you mentioned it..again, as alternative

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Antec C3 ARGB Midi Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-02727) = £79.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-00997) = £98.99
• 1 x Team Group G50 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03132) = £109.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £89.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge 12Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01499) = £539.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03769) = £0.00
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02418) = £29.98
• 1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £160.00

Total: £1,288.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Mary Jane]

Thanks

 

[subroutine]

He’s wanting to play steam games with his Oculus VR.

A 4070 Super is overkill for 1080p, but if you're comfortable with the budget then no big deal.

Did you see the part about Oculus VR ?

 

[Tetras]

Did you see the part about Oculus VR ?

Is a 4070 Super unsuitable?

 

[Craig_d1]

Is a 4070 Super unsuitable?

nope, think for budget, as good as it gets. 1832x1920 res for the vr headset in each eye...so you still want a good gpu...
also, can't believe a pc will be used exclusively for vr headset only(OP can correct me if wrong), that's why i put about fututre 1440P monitor as a future pressie...rounds off the sytem for me...can even do 4k with upscaling, though competetive high refresh rate you'd def want to bump that up, but you wont get that for £1500/£1600 all in...and you want to keep nvidia for the vr, as amd doesn't seem to work as well from what I've read

 

[subroutine]

I only mentioned VR because it will be more demanding than a monitor. It really depends on the games played and which headset it is being used. My 3080ti is struggling with the quest3 in some games due to not enough VRAM, 12GB (combined res in Oculus app showing as 5408x2912). Turning setting way down helps. For the money, you've put together a good build and if the headset is using Oculus link, an Nvidia card is the way to go due to the encoder being generally better than AMD.

 

[Tetras]

The only way I can think of to fit a better graphics card would be to downgrade from AM5 to AM4, which could release around £150-£200. Possibly enough for a 4070 Ti Super in the deals.

My 3080ti is struggling with the quest3 in some games due to not enough VRAM, 12GB (combined res in Oculus app showing as 5408x2912). Turning setting way down helps.

Can you use DLSS with VR? A build with something meaningfully better than a 3080 Ti (and nvidia for the encoder) would be more like £2K+.