Request ideas for a VR Ready build. Budget: £800

Aeroplane01 · 19 Nov 2017 at 18:12

Another one of these threads sorry...

My children have asked for an Oculus Rift for Xmas and the family Q6600 machine is nowhere near the minimum specs required.

I've always built my own systems, so happy with the physical part of the build. However, I'd be really greatful for suggestions on a spec that would run Elite Dangerous on VR, at a decent level, for around £800. Just the system required, no peripherals. I've got a couple of AOCI2367FH displays, which I think should be OK.

I've seen the current high prices of GPUs and RAM, so my plan is to build to this budget for now, and upgrade in about a year. I'm also trying to keep an eye on Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals. I'd consider a pre-built system, but it seems like I can get more FPS for my £££ by building it myself, plus it's more fun!

Any ideas?

Thanks

Aeroplane01 · 22 Nov 2017 at 11:49

Been shopping around and this looks like a good deal...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ml#p=bjQG2-08bjQP2.vYbjQQ2.v#bjRe2.w+bkeO2.#Y

Thinking of adding a 250GB SSD to the default setup.

I've looked at the CPU / RAM / Mobo bundles and was tempted, but they took me above budget. Do you think the above system will play most games on high settings with a decent FPS? Also has to run an Oculus Rift.

Any advice gratefully received

TallPaul1878 · 22 Nov 2017 at 12:36

I just bought a Rift and am playing Elite Dangerous and Project Cars in it. That's with a GTX 1080 graphics card and a Ryzen R7 1700 CPU.

For yourself I'd be looking at grabbing a GTX 1070 for as cheap as possible and then building a system around that.

Aeroplane01 · 22 Nov 2017 at 12:37

Thanks! I'll have a look at GTX 1070 prices.

I'm a bit clueless when it comes to working out hardware bottle necks, though. Any suggestions on what to build around the GTX 1070 GPU and the Ryzen R7? Mobo and RAM I mean. I've just had a a look and it's looking like that GPU / CPU combo is already over budget unfortunately.

danoliver1 · 22 Nov 2017 at 12:47

Is second hand an option? A 980ti is just as fast as a 1070 but half the price, its also twice as fast as a 1060.

Aeroplane01 · 22 Nov 2017 at 12:58

Good idea! I'll look in to that on ebay! Thanks.

DomBruv · 22 Nov 2017 at 13:09

Aeroplane01 said:
Been shopping around and this looks like a good deal...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ml#p=bjQG2-08bjQP2.vYbjQQ2.v#bjRe2.w+bkeO2.#Y

Thinking of adding a 250GB SSD to the default setup.

I've looked at the CPU / RAM / Mobo bundles and was tempted, but they took me above budget. Do you think the above system will play most games on high settings with a decent FPS? Also has to run an Oculus Rift.

Any advice gratefully received

That build has a 1060 which won't run VR mate

Aeroplane01 · 22 Nov 2017 at 13:58

DomBruv said:
That build has a 1060 which won't run VR mate

Thanks for the heads-up!

DomBruv · 22 Nov 2017 at 14:04

Aeroplane01 said:
Thanks for the heads-up!

For proper VR and when i say proper I mean 4k, you want to be spending at least £1200 imo

danoliver1 · 22 Nov 2017 at 14:22

DomBruv said:
That build has a 1060 which won't run VR mate

It will as it meets minimum specs, you just wont be able to run much super sampling which Vr needs to make it look sharp. With a 980ti you can run ss between 1.3 - 1.5, with my 1080ti I run ss at 1.6 - 2.0 depending on the game.

https://support.oculus.com/170128916778795/

Rilot · 22 Nov 2017 at 14:33

Not sure why DoomBruv is telling you a 1060 is no good for VR. It's absolutely fine with the current headsets. You won't be able to run any kind of super resolution but it's fine for running pretty much any game with the Rift or Vive.
Also, what's this 4k VR rubbish? Show me the 4k VR headset.

danoliver1 · 22 Nov 2017 at 14:49

I assume hes on about the Pimax 4k/8k headsets.

Aeroplane01 · 23 Nov 2017 at 19:33

Thanks again. I'm going to hang on and see what deals come up.

Aeroplane01 · 24 Nov 2017 at 09:03

Thanks again for all the help so far guys. After a bit more research, looking at this with a few config changes, as below...

OCUK GAMING NITROGEN OVERCLOCKED GAMING PC - INTEL CORE I3 8350K @ 4.7GHZ

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...h2(/UbhHj2(/$bhHk2(/XbhHl2(/YbhHm2(/ZbieG2$xY

Any suggestions for optimisation changes to the above configuration, without changing the final price above £850? Looking at around £150 spend on a monitor, any advice there as well is welcome.

My budget has crept up a bit, so the new plan is to spend £1k now on a solid gaming PC, and get the VR headset next year, probably upgrading other components at the same time.

Keen to hear any other build ideas. Happy with self build or pre-built.

Thanks.

Update: Latest Basket, hovering over the checkout button. Any red flags?

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Aeroplane01 · 24 Nov 2017 at 18:09

Upgraded the GPU to a Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 580 8192MB GDDR5 and went for the above deal. Decided the monitor was too big, so got a different one on a Black Friday deal from another firm.

Thanks for the advice.