LGA 1155 advice for VR

[beany_bot]

So my friend wants to get an Oculus Rift but is on a serious budget.
His Rig is currently an i3 3225 (dual core, no hyper threading) and a R9 290x. 8GB RAM

I think his GPU will work. probably as low as you want to go but I think it's suffice to get going.
Luckily his Mobo is a Z77 and he already has a Hyper Evo cooler.

So for a budget, what second hand CPU should he go for and I'll overclock it for him. I was thinking a 2500k or something like that is cheap and decent enough for VR. That will make a huge difference running at >4.3Ghz compared to his i3 and should enable him to get the Oculus.

Thoughts? Remember cheap cheap cheap.

 

[mickyflinn]

3570K

 

[harvey.l12]

Yep i would go with the above for that socket

 

[Legionaire68]

It depends if he wants to overclock it, if it does then the I5 3570k or I5 3570 if not.

Its going to be about £75 for the K version vs £50 for the vanilla so worth checking if he's going to overclock it.