First gaming PC - any advice welcome

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Joe_B123

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Hi everyone, I'm choosing parts for my first PC and this is what I've got so far. This build is currently £829 which I'm okay with, in terms of budget I haven't got a set limit but I really wouldn't want to go much higher than this because I also need to buy other things (monitor, keyboard etc). The PC will be mostly used for gaming and low-intensity university work. At the moment I don't have any devices capable of running many games at all so I don't need anything that's the best of the best in terms of performance because anything is a step up from what I've got now. Its also worth noting that at some point I might want to get into vr, at the moment all I want is beat saber though so I might not get into it because that's a whole lot more expensive just for one game. If I needed to I would probably be comfortable doing small modifications myself later like adding more ram if I had to but I'm hoping the PC I buy will have me mostly covered. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 580 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 V2 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
 
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Joe_B123

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Thanks for the tips! So with the RAM vs GPU - if I get a more powerful RAM can that counteract some of the effects of the lower GPU? Because you're right in only looking for a 1080p monitor for now due to budget reasons. Also would that combination likely be okay for vr one day or would I probably have to do some sort of GPU upgrade?
 
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Joe_B123

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Okay I understand what you've done with the spec you've posted now then, much appreciated! Looking around online the 2070 super is looking really expensive at the moment so I don't think I'd be going for it any time soon - are the new ones coming out in September likely to be cheaper/because there are new ones could that knock the price of the 2070 down? Because my other option is to abandon the hope of vr and get a pc that's slightly less powerful but will be cheaper (I'm hoping).
 
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The new cards will be similar prices to the current ones, but they'll be far higher performance, so the 3060 will be the equivalent to the 2070, so you're paying a lot less for equivalent power.

I think the 2060 on release was around £300, so it's much cheaper for the 3060 than the 2070.
 
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