u/comediehero

With the State of Play sale I could no longer resist.

I am upgrading from a Quest 1.

I already bought a handfull of VR games like Horizen, RE, GT7 and Hitman.

Excited to be here!

So yeah exactly what the title says. I love Valve and my SteamDeck and I want to support an open Linux VR headset. But $1000+ Is getting to high for me. And then I still need to build a powerfull gaming PC to drive it. I'll be spending between 2-3K when this is all done.
All while I have a PS5 just sitting there and the PSVR2 is currently on sale again...

Since the Steam Machine is expected to hit $1200 while having the performance of a PS5, I think it's better to go the DIY route even with inflated memory pricing.

My main reason being that the Steam machine will have a RX7600 GPU.
Spending ~42% more on a DIY solution will give me ~201% more GPU performance.
(Numbers are based on the 1080p Ultra benchmarks in this article from Tom's Hardware)

I also calculated that with a higher end build the inflated RAM and SSD prices will be a smaller part of the overall build. Overpaying only ~16% of the total cost compared to ~60% on a RX7600 build compared too september 2025.

My plan is to use a Fractal Ridge case so I don't need to worry too much about GPU space now and with future upgrades. I am gonna mount it on the back of my TV Stand.
Using a PS5 wall mount kit like this one.
My hope is to undervolt it to be relatively quiet ~38dB.
I want to enable USB wake on the motherboard so i can wake it with my SteamController.
And use this adapter to enable HDMI-CEC support with my TV.
I plan to use Bazzite or SteamOS for the OS.
There are 2 fans included in the case and I still have thermalpaste laying around from my GF's PC build.

Final note: Yes a RX9070 non XT would technically be slightly better value but I like having the extra GPU headroom for VR gaming since modded flat to VR games can be quite heavy.

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/G4HXyF)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/4r4Zxr/amd-ryzen-5-9600x-39-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100001405wof) | €171.00 @ Amazon Belgium

**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/hbnG3C/noctua-nh-l12s-5544-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-l12s) | €64.90 @ Azerty

**Motherboard** | [ASRock B650I Lightning Wifi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/rVfxFT/asrock-b650i-lightning-wifi-mini-itx-am5-motherboard-b650i-lightning-wifi) | €149.00 @ Azerty

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/H6rqqs/corsair-vengeance-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr5-5200-cl40-memory-cmk16gx5m2b5200c40) | €208.00 @ bol.

**Storage** | [Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/crKKHx/western-digital-wd\_black-sn850x-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t2x0e) | €298.94 @ Amazon Belgium

**Video Card** | [Asus PRIME OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/WcHp99/asus-prime-oc-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16-gb-video-card-prime-rx9070xt-o16g) | €699.95 @ Azerty

**Case** | [Fractal Design Ridge PCIe 4.0 Mini ITX Tower Case](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/Jgn9TW/fractal-design-ridge-pcie-40-mini-itx-tower-case-fd-c-rid1n-12) | €142.95 @ Azerty

**Power Supply** | [Cooler Master V SFX Gold ATX 3.1 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply](https://be.pcpartpicker.com/product/FrMXsY/cooler-master-v-sfx-gold-atx-31-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-sfx-power-supply-mpy-8501-sfhagv-3eus) | €119.90 @ Megekko

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| **Total** | **€1854.64**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2026-06-02 15:09 CEST+0200 |

I just hope I get to pull the trigger before the prices jump again...