Two Choices For My VR Machine

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Hello everyone, I'm going to be building myself a machine for VR gaming in November. This is going to be done in two parts - tha main rig in November and the GPU in May next year, with me using the on-board GPU until then.

I've narrowed it down to two choices:

1) Intel Core i7 4790K CPU
Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3 Motherboard
16GB HyperX Fury 1866MHz DDR3
CM Storm Stryker Case
LiteOn iHAS124 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA
Corsair 1000W RM1000 G2 Power Supply
Kingstone HyperX 120GB SATA SSD

2) Intel Core i7 6700K CPU
Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler
ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Socket 1151 Motherboard
Hyperx Fury Black 16GB DDR4-2133MHz
CM Storm Stryker Case
LiteOn iHAS124 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA
Corsair 1000W RM1000 G2 Power Supply
Kingstone HyperX 120GB SATA SSD

For the GPU I'm leaning towards a Radeon R9 Fury X if either AMD or Nvidia fail to come up with something special to beat it before then for around the same price. I'm looking at an AMD card because of AS and the insane memory bandwidth as well as their LiquidVR and Virtual Super Resolution features.

But for now my main choices are option number 1) or option number 2) above. Option number 2) works out at around £50-60 more expensive but obviously has the advantages that the Skylake architecture and higher speed DDR4 give it, which I would imagine would be a good thing when gaming in VR.

I'm going to be using it primarily for gaming and VR gaming but have also started to mess around with creating 3D models too so I reckon an i7 CPU will be better than the cheaper i5 versions of each CPU.

So will option 1) be okay for VR gaming goodness or is it worth spending an extra 50-60 quid to get option 2)..? :confused:

Thanks in advance for any help! :D
 
X99 is indeed worth looking at, but no onboard graphics on this platform. Also, if only using a single gpu. A 1000w psu is overkill.
 
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X99 is indeed worth looking at, but no onboard graphics on this platform. Also, if only using a single gpu. A 1000w psu is overkill.
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Yup, I know that it's a whopperdongler power supply but I'm allowing for a second GPU too at some point down the line. 850W may even do the job but I tend to run my PCs pretty much 24/7 so I'm also allowing for a little degradation too.

I did think about going the X99 route but it's a bit too expensive.

The i7 4790K option will cost me around £717 and the i7 6700K option will cost me around £773.

Basically I want to know if the Skylake option is worth paying the extra money for..? My budget for the PC is about £755, but if it's a better idea going for Skylake then I can always eat less for a bit lololol. The totals I've given include the cheapest online prices I could find and I'm allowing for at least a 10% discount on everything via the likes of Bespoke and Flubit.
 
The 4790k is a decent chip, had been using one until recently but have moved over to X99. If buying new in the Intel mainstream range, id go for the newer 6700k setup. Support for fast ddr4, overclocks nicely. PSU wise, a quality 850w unit would likely be enough for sli/xfire with the new cards. I ran sli gtx 780 on the setup in sig with a 6 year old corsair hx 850 prior to switching over to a 1000w superflower which I picked up at a bargain price.
 
Well if you really want decent 4K or VR performance *right now*. Then there isn't really a choice in the matter. A Xeon for the 40 pci-e lanes to permit quad SLI. And 4x 980 ti's.

It's during next year when we will get better performing discreete GPUs. Not for another 6 months. Then you won't need so many cards. Maybe just a dual SLI Pascal or something like that would be equivalent.
 
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