First build Vr/Gaming pc some advice please.

Paco-mac

Paco-mac

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Hello All,

Been away from the gaming scene for a long time now and would like to get back in with the appearance of VR but it’s a mine field of products and information, so I’d like to ask advice from you well versed folks.

Originally I was going to go with this setup a configured one from ocuk.

Graphics CardAsus GeForce GTX 1070Ti Strix 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Primary DriveSamsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 (Socket 1151) ATX Motherboard
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
MemoryCorsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24
Secondary DriveSeagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*

Total £1537.00

But after speaking with a mate he reckons I should ditch the motherboard for one that is 8th generation compatible and a more recent core as he says current config is not future proof and I’m locked in.

Please could you suggest a board and core that are next gen, will work great on both VR & high end games while remaining close to or around my current budget.

Many thanks All.
 
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I7 8700 6 core 12 thread non K version, all core boost to 4.3ghz and will hold it with that cooler !

Gtx 1080 - whilst non VR 1070ti can almost match it overclocked, 1080 has higher ram speed and texture fill rate which helps with VR along with the extra cuda cores

Larger 512GB SSD and better PSU, OCUK should be able to build for £50-80 so bring you to your budget :)


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,423.98 (includes shipping: £13.20)


Ryzen version

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,442.03 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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@orbitalwalsh, Thanks for the reply , like your selection however for the extra few quid I was considering going with the 3.7ghz i7-8700 version but would this require a more powerful psu and cpu cooler fan to cope with that?
 
Paco-mac said:
@orbitalwalsh, Thanks for the reply , like your selection however for the extra few quid I was considering going with the 3.7ghz i7-8700 version but would this require a more powerful psu and cpu cooler fan to cope with that?
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Nope, CPU cooler should be fine , but there is 130mm version of it , not sure if it will fit in case

8700 is a beast of a chip, 4.3ghz across 6 cores and 12 threads

Bit odd for 8700k when 9700k comes out and there is no Non K version so 8700 will be hailed as cheap media chip to combat AMD
 
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