VR PC for ~£2k

[Dogtanian-Oc]

Calling on the collective wisdom of OC for some help with a dedicated VR build. Overall, the aim is to go over-kill for the current generation of VR sets, but the PC would then also last through the next-generation HMDs. Budget is ~£2k to spend on the PC (with the monitor / Vive extra).

From a first pass through the Pro Gaming PC Configurator, I've drawn up the following list as a starting point:

Case: be quiet! Silent Base 800 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26
Solid State Drive: Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
Mechanical Hard Drive: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)
Optical Drive: OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
Networking: TP-Link Archer AC600 Dual Band Wireless USB Adapter (Archer T2U)

For the Graphics Card, I was looking at the Gigabyte 1080 Xtreme Gaming (specifically with the Premium Pack with the front mounted HDMI & USB ports for a Vive) when that comes available (early July?).

So, what here is under / over-powered relative to each other? What would you swap in/out? Any other recommendations?

 

[andybird123]

if you are going for the Vive, don't worry about getting the Gigabyte 1080 as it comes with a breakout box anyway so you don't need the front mounted HDMI, you could probably save quite a bit going with another custom 1080 like the EVGA FTW

other than that, its a pretty solid build, if it was me I would go with a water cooler for the CPU and some 3000mhz mems as I would look in to overclocking the CPU to about 4.5ghz

going with that case, I would definitely install the top 2x140mm fans (or a 2x120mm CPU water cooler) and the side panel 120mm to blow air on to the GPU, that way you can run low speed fans to keep the noise down - with just one 120mm on the rear/back you could get heat build up in the case