Making a new PC for VR - gear check please!

[fross]

Hi all,

my i7-2600k/16GB/290x is looking a bit long in the tooth, so it's being retired to be a workstation/music machine only. I need a new gaming machine.

This is going to be mostly for VR (I have a Vive), so of course I want the usual future-proof/expandable yada yada, really I'm just checking I haven't made a dumb mistake like got the wrong case or missed something I should have. Aside from gaming (on the Vive and some on a TV), it's going to just be used for watching movies, nothing too heavy.

http://i.imgur.com/flBmI9l.png

As I've not specced a machine in some years I would appreciate your opinion on these components. Thanks!

 

[lee32uk]

Hi

The H440 doesn't have an optical drive bay so maybe change Windows to the USB version.

I would drop the ram down to 16GB (2 x 8GB). You shouldn't need more than that for a gaming pc.

The Intel 600p is meh. Might as well go with a regular SATA SSD such as the 850 EVO. If you want a real NVMe SSD then you would want to swap it for the 960 EVO.

I would wait for an aftermarket 1080 ti.

Also if you don't plan to SLI then you could drop down to the 550W/650W power supply.

You will need to ask customer services if the above options are not listed in the configurator and they should be able to make the changes.

 

[fross]

This is exactly the reply I wanted, thank you!

Excellent point re the USB windows - I don't want an optical drive (I may buy an external one later), so I'll do that.

RAM is more expensive than I remember so I will indeed drop to 16GB

Going to check out the benchmarks of the NVMe and probably go for the EVO.

I have indeed already decided for an aftermarket 1080Ti (the Asus ROG Strix one), it wasn't on the picker yet

I will keep the PSU so I have the option to SLi without redoing the whole setup later.

Thank you!