Building my first (VR-ready) PC.

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I'm building my first desktop PC. I'll be using it for VR and other light gaming. I've already picked out the parts I believe will be suitable and compatible with one another but was wondering if there were any other additional things I should look into getting, or possibly considering as an alternative?

I'm not looking to have the beefiest setup, as long as it runs VR and has good quality and loading times for gaming that's suitable for me.

Completely new to PC-building and any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Current Component List:

Case: Corsair CC-9011075-WW Carbide Series 100R
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z370P D3 Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G3, 80 Plus Gold 850W
RAM: 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM
SSD Drive (just for OS): Kingston Technology 120GB SSD
Hard Drive: Western Digital 1TB HD
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 1070
Operating System: Windows 10 Home
Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£218.79 @ Kustom PCs)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£144.85 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£160.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte -...
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1. will work fine
2. MB is not good enough to overclock 8600k
3. ssd too small, game on SSD is beneficial too, faster loading
4. cooler can be cheaper like Cryorig H5
5. PSU can be smaller, 550 is more than enough.

Living in US? total budget?
 
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Thank you very much for the response and advice! Much appreciated.

- I live in the UK. My budget is £1000-£1300. ($1250-$1650).
- Will look into a 550 PCU and Cryorig H5 cooler.
- For the motherboard, would a ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard be a suitable alternative? I can afford something pricier.
- A 500MB SSD then? Or would you personally suggest I go even higher to 1TB?
 
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I have a VIVE headset and will be using the computer to play VR games through it.
I'm not a competitive gamer and am not bothered if the quality isn't absolutely "100% the ultimate best" but do still wish for a PC to be reasonably efficient in playing games such as Overwatch, Monster Hunter etc.
 
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Change gpu as you see fit:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£218.79 @ Kustom PCs)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£144.85 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£160.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card (£444.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1295.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-16 16:38 BST+0100
 
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Oh wow, thank you so very much! I definitely feel a lot more confident going ahead now, your help's greatly appreciated and shall go forward with purchasing components now.
 
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