New Build for 1070

[melmac]

Well, I just purchased a Palit 1070 GTX and I have an Oculus Rift. My CPU is an I5 2500k overclocked to 4.6GHz but no compatible USB 3.0 ports. The Rift works, but I think I am not getting the best out of it. So began the expensive upgrade process, I was going to just upgrade bits and pieces, but, went for broke and am replacing everything apart from the hard drives, monitor and Keyboard.

MY current 2500K will become my Unraid server, replacing the old Q6600 that has been doing that duty for the past 5 years.

This is my proposed new build, if anyone spots any major flaws please point them out.

Thermaltake Chaser A71.
ASRock Intel Z170 Fatal1ty Gaming K6,
Intel 6700K the 4.0 Ghz one (OEM)
Arctic Freezer i30 CPU cooler.
Corsair Ram, DDR vengeance. 3000MHz Speed, CAS 15-17-17-35 (2x8GB)
EVGA 650 Watt GQ Gold Power supply.

Think everything is ok.

 

[Lemin]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Dynamode USB3.0 4-port PCIe Adapter (USB-4PCI-3.0)= £14.99
• 1 x Silverstone ECU05 USB 3.1 and USB 3.0 PCIe Expansion Card= £39.95

Total: £63.64
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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[melmac]

And Neither works with the Rift. But, even with that, I am enquiring about my build, getting USB ports for the rift is only part of the reason for upgrading. I planned to upgrade my unraid server at some stage, decided to do it now.