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Red or Blue for VR Gaming

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Hi All,

I'm struggling to decide which CPU to go for to get into VR Gaming. I have a GTX 970 in an old i7 920 set up so looking to get a new CPU, MOBO, Ram etc.

For around £160+/- for the CPU mark which way would you go? Giving myself a headache at the moment lol

thanks in advance
 
humbug said:
Is £160 your total budget or just for the CPU?

The thing is upgrading from an X58 platform you will need to change the motherboard and the Ram.

Realistically you couldn't do that for much less than £400, but TBH getting a new Intel or Ryzen probably isn't going to drive the GTX 970 much if any better than your current 920, which is still a good CPU and i would argue the 970 doesn't need anything faster, really.
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£160ish for just the cpu.

im looking to spend around £500+/- for CPU, MB, RAM, PSU.

im not looking to get into VR tomorrow, just starting to upgrade things so I can eventually :)
 
AiiR said:
Didn't think of the platform change.

In that case get a Xeon X5650 off of eBay. That will give you 6 cores 12 threads and be plenty for VR.
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I hadnt thought about that. my thinking was that I'm in a position to upgrade my hardware so should get something relatively current.

what is the lifespan of a motherboard, psu etc will i get much life out of them?
 
koooowweeee said:
X5650 + GPU is the best option I think. The. When you have more cash next year (or whenever) upgrade the rest.
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Ok, I'm liking this idea now. I guess giving the platform I've got now some TLC and a new GPU could see me into vr. I've ran the steam vr performance test and vr mark and the cpu didnt pass 80% usage GPU at 100%
 
ok, so i've got a couple of routes to think about...

get a xeon chip for my gigabyte ex58-ud5 board and get a new GPU now or wait and see what happens in the coming few months

get on a new motherboard now with a modern chip, hold onto the 970 for now and see what the market is saying.
 
Andy D said:
Upgrade to a x5650 and get a 1070Ti or 1080/1080Ti.

I've gone from 920 to x5650, then to Ryzen 1600, and now Ryzen 2700x

With VR it's all about being able to keep 90fps and having the clearest/cleanest visuals. Extra eye candy is nice of course.
A little after I got my Rift I changed my 970 to a 1070 which gave great gains in VR (I can only game in VR now).
After seeing how a 1080Ti allowed extra supersampling and the fact that my 1070 kept dropping to 45fps in games I had to get a 1080Ti.
I've overclocked my 1080Ti as much as I can but just to try and squeeze a little more from my system I upgraded my CPU again lately to a 2700x.
To me, for VR this hasn't helped at all. I feel really I could have kept my old EX58 board and x5650 and bought the absolute fastest 1080Ti.
A Titan V is silly money but I would definitely be buying the next card from Nvidia as soon as it's available.
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Hey Andy,

yeh im going to go the x5650/x5675 route.

A 1080ti is going be out of my budget, as things stand im going to be around 1070ti price point. When nivida release new cards the 1080ti's will come down in price wont they?
 
koooowweeee said:
Just google overclocking on your board. There's plenty of guides on there. If you can't find one for your CPU use one for the 920 its pretty much the same settings.

Have you got a decent cooler?
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I ordered a NZXT S340 case and a Cooler Master MasterLiquid lite 240 AIO earlier along with a x5675.
 
SupraWez said:
When I built my new VR rig I went Ryzen 1700 and it's been great.

If I was building a new rig now I would go 2700X.
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2700x is out of my budget really, I could probably stretch to a 1700 but I feel im better off going for a ryzen 5 2600 than a 7 - 1700 correct me if im wrong in that respect?
 
This was something i had considered.

1700

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £552.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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2600

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £540.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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Journey said:
Your VR experience will gain zero ground if you bought either of those kits, and stuck with the GTX 970, your GPU is the bottleneck, and unless you are going to get a GTX 1080 or above, then that will continue to be the case. You should analyse the problem as number of frames gained per pound spent, of which changing the platform isn't going to net you as many frames as having a much better GPU, at the moment.
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Yeh i understand my GPU is the bottleneck currently. I dont want to splash out on a new 1080 until i know what the next gen of GPU's are looking like and how prices are affected. Im tempted to upgrade my platform while i wait and see what happens with GPUs

(I havent currently purchased any VR hardware as of yet, I just wanted to get my system ready for around the end of the year where i might put a vive/rift on my christmas list)
 
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