Budget for Oculus Rift

[Shamm68]

Hello all

Looking for some advice on building rig to handle an Oculus Rift

I already have a pretty powerful PC in my man pit but Im looking to build something for downstairs so my Son can have a go at playing some games.
What im after is something budget. A cheap enough case and a good price graphics and CPu etc but with enough guts to handle this.

Many thanks

 

[Plec]

Maximum budget - and do you just need the tower and if so what res is the monitor?

 

[Shamm68]

Well ive already have a monitor but does it matter once you use the oculus ?
budget wise im unsure. Just something not expensive that can handle VR gaming well

 

[Plec]

Well ive already have a monitor but does it matter once you use the oculus ?

No, i was asking on the off chance your son may play standard games - then the resolution would be factor if above 1080p

budget wise im unsure. Just something not expensive that can handle VR gaming well

Not expensive is very relative on here - but i'll assume as you haven't given a fixed budget it's not too much of an issue.

 

[Plec]

The 1600 will clock to 3.7 across all cores with the stock cooler if that was your want.

I added an SSD as they're virtually a staple - but it could be dropped. I also added a decent case - you could save money here too if required.

Memory is the killer - plus the price of GPUs - but it is what it is, unfortunately. But this would run VR comfortably.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £199.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 275GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT275MX300SSD1)= £85.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £39.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Window= £64.99

Total: £983.04 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[Plec]

A micro system (if size mattered) - but done even more on a budget - no SSD and 450 PSU (which would be fine for the above too) and a cheaper case:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £199.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £39.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 450W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £59.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £87.95
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £29.99

Total: £854.55 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Shamm68]

Thanks a lot Bud. much appreciated

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Even smaller...

Heads up, VR on pc - min gtx 1070 ... Any lower and nights as well get a PS4 Pro , which is based around RX480 chip which is rival for gtx 1060 .

You know if your son's sensitive to VR ? Anything below 70hz/FPS for me and I feel sick !
Better GPU will power it with higher quality of graphics, allow better filters to smooth edges and higher frame rates which are key to immerse and trick the human brain


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Gigabyte AB350N-GAMING WIFI AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £110.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2C30= £199.99
• 1 x Cougar QBX Mini-ITX Cube Chassis - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1070Ti Twin X2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x Seasonic M12II-520 EVO 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £72.95
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £82.99

Total: £1,100.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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