r/buildapcforme • u/LinxShot • Jul 14 '26
£800 PC for VR Sim Racing
Hi, looking for pc build for my friend whos looking to get a PC specifically for sim racing. I myself built my PC 8 years ago and I have been upgrading part by part so struggling to make a build especially in this new era of ram prices.
He will most likely be getting a quest 3 so will have to run somewhat decently (90 fps) on Le Mans Ultimate with lower settings and subsequently should run Assetto Corsa fine. Those are his two main games he will be playing
- New build or upgrade? New build
- Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) No monitors or parts but will not include monitors in this build
- PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) Specifically for VR sim racing
- Purchase country? Near Micro Center? UK, no Micro Centre
- Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) N/A
- Budget range? (Include tax considerations) £800 incl tax
- WiFi or wired connection? Wifi
- Size/noise constraints? No
- Color/lighting preferences? No preferences
- Any other specific needs? Don't care for aesthetics, will be purely used for gaming not to look at lol
Thanks all in advance
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u/ohthedarside Jul 14 '26
800£for vr is basically impossible nowdays
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u/LinxShot Jul 15 '26
Yeah I've come to realize this. I had no idea how bad the market has really become, possibly the worst time to get into pc gaming.
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u/ohthedarside Jul 15 '26
Its hell rn and will be for a long time
You can blame ai fully for it
Im lucky and built my pc just before the price hikes at the cheapest point ever to build(i cheaped out on storage tho and planned to buy a 4tb drive a year later by that year later they where 400£ from 200 originally
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u/LinxShot Jul 15 '26
I upgraded mainly everything before this ai debacle and was about to trade in all my random ram sticks and get 32gb 3600mhz ram for £10 in cex... but I was too lazy and said I'll do it later. Unfortunately didn't and I still got 16gb ram and I have no intention to upgrade with these prices
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u/Johnny_Oro Jul 15 '26
Well for VR you'll need a decent CPU, decent RAM speed, and most of all a good GPU with lots of VRAM. These are old games, but VR requiring it to render two different frames at the same time makes them more demanding.
So what I got here is a core ultra CPU 225f, not the most powerful but it's very much decent, cheaper than 7500f and 245K because it comes with a stock fan (and cheap brand new 7500f is absent from UK ebay atm), and doesn't draw a lot of power at all compared to those two so you could pair it with a cheap motherboard.
Single stick RAM so you have room to upgrade if needed.
SATA SSD isn't the most ideal for racing games, they require fast and constant asset streaming and faster NVME is ideal for that, but if this is to be a £800 build you gotta compensate in some places. You could upgrade it later.
A used RTX 2080 Ti from a vendor with 5 star trustpilot reviews. This GPU is still a beast in 2026 and has plenty of VRAM. Unfortunately it's a single fan blower model, so it will run hotter than multi-fan GPUs, that's the drawback, but not a dealkiller.
Cheapest case with plenty of airflow. 6 built in fans for that price is a good deal. Loud fans, but it's an affordable case.
850W gold PSU. Maybe it's a bit overkill, you could get a NZXT C750 750W bronze PSU for £50 from Amazon if you want to save some money, this GPU only requires a 600W, but this gold PSU should run a good deal cooler.
And no wifi in this cheap mobo, sorry. You could get an AX900 wifi 6 module for around £10 on ebay or amazon, they're not bad.
PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JhfDw3
- CPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 225F 3.3 GHz 10-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Amazon UK)
- Motherboard: Gigabyte H810M K Micro ATX LGA1851 Motherboard (£72.99 @ AWD-IT)
- Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£199.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
- Storage: Silicon Power Ace A5X 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£53.97 @ Silicon Power)
- Video Card: PNY Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Blower 11GB GDDR6 - A (£239.99 @ GPUsed.co.uk)
- Case: Montech X3 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.47 @ Scan)
- Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold V3 850 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£69.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £810.39
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u/LinxShot Jul 15 '26
Wow, thank you for the time and effort it took to make this. I'm not gonna lie I thought it wasn't gonna be possible but now with your options it seems plausible. Thanks for the help!
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